The Avant-garde/Experimental Metal Thread

[AcidLameLTE]

Polkadot Cadaver

I'm really getting into these guys! I was listening to Chloroform Girl by them and then I read the lyrics.

[Ultimetalhead]

I feel like an asshole for not mentioning Buckethead in my list. I mean, he does a lot of straight forward stuff, but he's mostly Avant-garde and experimental. Hell, he's the reason I delved deeper into the genre and found Unexpect.

SHIT.  How did I forget him? The man's a genius, plain and simple.

Honestly, if you want his most avant-garde stuff from that list, I'd say go with Inbred Mountain. If you want a more straightforward album, go with Albino Slug. If you want something completely out of this world and weird, go with Bucketheadland 2, and if you want a cool album with some forgettable tracks (but with many amazing ones), go with Monsters and Robots.

[lateralus88]

Or you could really fuck up your perception of reality and just listen to Bermuda Triangle.

[Gorille85]

Buckethead is amazing stuff!! Why on earth did I've never heard of him before?!

[Arcaeus]

This is swiftly becoming one of my favorite genres. My top artists considered part of it:

Ulver (well, not the metal part)
Mr. Bungle
Fantômas
Kayo Dot
maudlin of the Well
Unexpect
Diablo Swing Orchestra (thanks Lat)
Buckethead

Recommend me some more!

[Sigz]

You'd better have maudlin of the Well already.

[lateralus88]

Diablo Swing Orchestra (thanks Lat)

Not a problem, mang. DSO really needs all the exposure they can get. They are so talented yet don't nearly enough recognition.

You'd better have maudlin of the Well already.

Also this. Get their album Bath. Now. Right. Now.

[Arcaeus]

whatever do you mean I have them on the list

[Sigz]

Get all their albums.

Also, lat, from their first album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIi83RGScoE

[Gorille85]

GET SOME UNEXP-hum...good!


Also, I recommend Stolen Babies. Pretty awesome band with elements of dark cabaret and a pretty good female singer.

[Sigz]

Definitely second Stolen Babies. Also Tomahawk if you don't already have it.

[Arcaeus]

I think Sigz posted a Stolen Babies song in a Skype convo and it kicked all kinds of ass. And I can't find any Tomahawk

[Sigz]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt856_nRxQk

[Arcaeus]

I've heard that song before, but that's all. Awesome, though

Also Irony Is a Dead Scene is the best thing ever

[Gorille85]

Get all their albums.

Also, lat, from their first album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIi83RGScoE

GOD!! That is amazing!

[Sigz]

  maudlin

[Arcaeus]

I'm giving Bath another listen right now

[Gorille85]

 

[Sigz]

oh gawd

[ariich]

Arcturus fit the bill for this thread perfectly.

Ulver's metal stuff too, just amazing.

[Gorille85]

I've only heard "La Masquerade Infernale" by Arcturus...but I liked what I've heard.

[lateralus88]

*snippity dippity*
 

[Gorille85]

I can't see your picture!

[Gorille85]

Unexpect are going independent!

October 5, 2010


2010 has been quite scarce in terms of words isn't it ?.
...so much to say though !
Let us fill those empty spaces with some radioactive thoughts.

On the stage side : For those who are not yet aware of it, we'll start an Eastern Canadian Tour in  less than 1 week ! At our sides will play the bands STREAM OF PASSION from Netherlands and MANAHIL from Montreal.

The following band will also be part of the musical rumble :


Metric Madness @ Rimouski
Instanzia @ Saint-Hyacinthe
Elliptic @ Quebec City
Inner Control @ Jonquière
Despised Icon, Misery Index & more @ Rouyn-Noranda
Unveil et Smelly Pedros @ Sherbrooke
Half Past Four @ Toronto
Transe Metal Machine @ Montreal
Necronomicon, Insides Out & Signs of Chaos @ Ottawa ( without Manahil & Stream of Passion)


To celebrate this pre-pumpkins tour, we'll not stop at one crime...we'll indeed play 2 new songs for the curious minds !

Since we never mentioned the following tidbit in this newsletter here it is : We now have an official Facebook page... A lot of you are already participating...we love tho read you so keep it up !
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Unexpect/238413107024

Speaking of novelties...
After some deep and profound thinking, we finally decided to take back the reins of our destiny and go Independent for the release of the next album !
We gave this option a lot of attention/thinking time and the conclusion was that we think it's all positive and for the best !
And the fact of removing intermediaries will let us be even closer to our public!

The album has been completed for a while and we're currently working on some re-adjustments so that we can release it as soon as we have the ideal conditions. More details to come about a release date. Thanks for your patience...it'll be worth it we assure you !

Now...probably a lot of you already heard about Exod's departure from the band a few months ago. Some say that he's traveled in time, exploded, and thus would be at the origin of the Big Bang.
But that is one wacky theory...some people are crazy I tell ya !
The lifestyle and sacrifices that goes with touring is not to everyone's taste and it's been the main reason behind his choice ( this...and the fact that peanut butter is definitely too hard to find in Europe).
We were already talking about all of this while touring North America in 2008 so it's been a well thought decision that we all knew of for a long time.
That said, it doesn't mean that there won't be more future collaborations with him as we're still very good friends and are, as always, totally musically compatible...as you'll be able to hear on the new album

For the shows, Exod, our favourite cyborg, prepared an electronic alter ego (read : a sequence ) which reproduce exactly the same sonorities as when he was physically with us. It feels like playing with an invisible Exod.
We're not currently searching for a replacement but we stay open to diverse possibilities !

Talk soon !

PS: Should I start an official Unexpect Thread? I wanted to start one (that is not a necrothread) but I fear we're just a few fans of the band here. Should I start one anyway? Or should I bump the old one?

[YtseBitsySpider]

Galexia

[Bombardana]

Listening to Unexpect on recommendation of this thread, I like what I hear! Cheers

[Gorille85]

Listening to Unexpect on recommendation of this thread, I like what I hear! Cheers

Nice!!

[lateralus88]

Unexpect are going independent!

*snippity dippity doo*

PS: Should I start an official Unexpect Thread? I wanted to start one (that is not a necrothread) but I fear we're just a few fans of the band here. Should I start one anyway? Or should I bump the old one?

I'd say just bumb the old one.

Also - OMGNEWUNEXPECTISFINALLYCOMINGINTHENEARFUTUREOHMYGODICANTFUCKINGWAITOMG

[Gorille85]

OK then I'll bump that bad boy!

[AcidLameLTE]

Going to see Dog Fashion Disco play their two best albums: "Anarchists of Good Taste" and "Adultery" with a VIP ticket in Baltimore.

ROLL ON JUNE!

[LieLowTheWantedMan]

Sleepytime Gorilla Museum

I don't consider them metal. More like avant-garde rock with some metal tendencies.

[Gorille85]

Sleepytime Gorilla Museum

I don't consider them metal. More like avant-garde rock with some metal tendencies.

Hmm, I don't know. I've never heard of something like "avant-garde rock". The whole thing with avant-garde is to mix up genres so of course they're not really metal. They are enough metal to be categorized as AGM though, IMO.

[Gorille85]

Going to see Dog Fashion Disco play their two best albums: "Anarchists of Good Taste" and "Adultery" with a VIP ticket in Baltimore.

ROLL ON JUNE!

 

[Zantera]

So... Unexpect is pretty weird. 

[TheMadgician]

My first thought upon seeing this thread was Harmony Bay

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJOInbAdaKY

Awkward rhythms everywhere. Completely batshit insane, it's awesome.

I've found a lot of great bands lately through Last.FM. I've actually found Harmony Bay radio and Zvoyn radio to be two of my favorites. A few selected bands for anyone interested

https://www.last.fm/music/zenziC
https://www.last.fm/music/the+pervers+animals
https://www.last.fm/music/Mothguts

GET SOME UNEXP-hum...good!


Also, I recommend Stolen Babies. Pretty awesome band with elements of dark cabaret and a pretty good female singer.

That really made me think of The World/Inferno Friendship Society. They refer to themselves as cabaret punk/circus punk. They come out sounding fairly avant garde. They remind me of DSO, but they're not quite that. Classic instruments with some punkish sound female vocals sounding really fun and out there.

https://www.myspace.com/worldinferno