Author Topic: The Avant-garde/Experimental Metal Thread (Read 31437 times)

Gorille85 · « **on:** September 19, 2010, 07:15:26 PM »

ITT we discuss bands and artists of this awesome genre. I personnally am always searching for new bands like that and I'm probably not alone!

As most people here probably knows: Unexpect is my favorite band of all-time. Ulver is also pretty popular around here!

Here is a rough list of some experimental bands other than those two:

Mr. Bungle
Stolen Babies
Pin-Up Went Down
Diablo Swing Orchestra
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum

GO!

Sigz · « **Reply #1 on:** September 19, 2010, 07:20:49 PM »

Experimental metal in its broadest terms is probably my favorite type of music overall.

Other good bands besides the ones mentioned:

maudlin of the Well
Kayo Dot (only their first album fits here, but its the greatest thing ever)
Fantomas
Ved Buens Ende
Tomahawk
Grayceon

Gorille85 · « **Reply #2 on:** September 19, 2010, 07:42:01 PM »

I still need to get that Kayo Dot CD...I don't find it anywhere in stores so I might have to buy it online.

Sigz · « **Reply #3 on:** September 19, 2010, 07:42:38 PM »

You need to get every Kayo Dot album.

Now.

Gorille85 · « **Reply #4 on:** September 19, 2010, 07:46:32 PM »

I think the guy behind maudlin and Kayo also did a pretty good solo album amirite?

Sigz · « **Reply #5 on:** September 19, 2010, 07:49:10 PM »

Yeah, it's fucking awesome. Really, REALLY out there, but awesome nonetheless.

I actually wrote a review for it, which got exactly 0 replies

: https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=2632.0

Gorille85 · « **Reply #6 on:** September 19, 2010, 07:55:44 PM »

Yeah! That's what I had in mind! I remember getting very interested by reading your review but I could'nt find any previews of it in the interwebs so I eventually forgot about it.

But yeah I have to check that out, all three of his projects.

And while I'm on-topic --> I'm gonna see Unexpect live three times over the coming month!

Sigz · « **Reply #7 on:** September 19, 2010, 08:15:49 PM »

In The Wake Of Poseidon · « **Reply #8 on:** September 19, 2010, 08:29:12 PM »

Irony is a Dead scene, the most avant garde metal album I've heard.

Sigz · « **Reply #9 on:** September 19, 2010, 08:32:41 PM »

Probably the best EP ever recorded, or damn close to it.

Gorille85 · « **Reply #10 on:** September 19, 2010, 08:35:15 PM »

Is that the one with Patton as a guest?

In The Wake Of Poseidon · « **Reply #11 on:** September 19, 2010, 08:39:17 PM »

Quote from: Gorille85 on September 19, 2010, 08:35:15 PM

Is that the one with Patton as a guest?

Correct, and it contains some of the most insane metal ever.

AwakeFromOctavarium · « **Reply #12 on:** September 20, 2010, 04:23:22 AM »

The Butcher's Ballroom

I love Diablo Swing Orchestra. I don't have their second album though. How's it?

Portrucci · « **Reply #13 on:** September 20, 2010, 05:06:21 AM »

Quote from: AwakeFromOctavarium on September 20, 2010, 04:23:22 AM

The Butcher's Ballroom

I love Diablo Swing Orchestra. I don't have their second album though. How's it?

Superb. One of my favourite 2009 releases. Get it!

AcidLameLTE · « **Reply #14 on:** September 20, 2010, 05:39:19 AM »

To add to the list:

Dog Fashion Disco
Polkadot Cadaver

SPNKr · « **Reply #15 on:** September 20, 2010, 05:40:25 AM »

Here's a list of bands I've found avant-garde in the last month to two months:
Burst, get their 2008 album Lazarus Bird

Candiria, get their albums from 1997 & 1999

Ephel Duath, get The Painter's Palette (has lots of saxophone, people describe this album as "jazz metal" lol, though Pain Necessary To Know focuses on more jazz guitar and random staccato riff breaks in many sections which I found irritating but it was still a cool find regardless)

Fredrik Thordendal, his only album called Sol Niger Within deals with lots of metal riffage at groove tempos and his signature Holdsworth influenced jazz fusion solos and also becomes experimental. For the guys that love epic length albums on a single track.

Ihsahn, everybody has After by now right.

(forgot a strong recommendation! if you were to check out something from this list, pick this first) Yakuza, I really enjoyed Transmutations
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That's it for now.

Gorille85 · « **Reply #16 on:** September 20, 2010, 01:11:06 PM »

Arcturus is also great. La Masquerade Infernale is an excellent record!

And Tactile Gemma is consider avant-garde but they're hardly metal at all...

EDIT:

Quote from: Sigz on September 19, 2010, 07:49:10 PM

Yeah, it's fucking awesome. Really, REALLY out there, but awesome nonetheless.

I actually wrote a review for it, which got exactly 1 reply : https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=2632.0

FTFY

Ultimetalhead · « **Reply #17 on:** September 20, 2010, 07:00:13 PM »

Quote from: AcidRainLTE on September 20, 2010, 05:39:19 AM

To add to the list:

Dog Fashion Disco
Polkadot Cadaver

Hell Yes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V06jHcNDyZs

Gorille85 · « **Reply #18 on:** September 20, 2010, 07:07:53 PM »

That is really good!

EDIT: I thought the monkeys in this clip looked familiar! Now I know were I saw them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQEmaj9C6ko

Seventh Son · « **Reply #19 on:** September 20, 2010, 07:52:10 PM »

Gorguts tends to be lumped into the "Experimental Metal" groups, so I figured I'd bring them up. Obscura is a masterpiece, both compositionally and technically!

AcidLameLTE · « **Reply #20 on:** September 21, 2010, 01:32:15 AM »

Quote from: Ultimetalhead on September 20, 2010, 07:00:13 PM

Quote from: AcidRainLTE on September 20, 2010, 05:39:19 AM
To add to the list:

Dog Fashion Disco
Polkadot Cadaver
Hell Yes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V06jHcNDyZs

I'll swallow you whole with milk and then spit out the bones.

Edit: Since I didn't get to speak to you last night and did you get Sole Survivor alright?

Ultimetalhead · « **Reply #21 on:** September 21, 2010, 06:26:13 AM »

I did. The song is really awesome and I can't believe it, uh...didn't rip properly. The nerve of some people. That looping at the end is ridiculous though.

lateralus88 · « **Reply #22 on:** September 21, 2010, 06:59:37 AM »

Quote from: Gorille85 on September 19, 2010, 07:15:26 PM

Unexpect
Stolen Babies
Diablo Swing Orchestra
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum

Quote from: Sigz on September 19, 2010, 07:20:49 PM

maudlin of the Well

All of these. Oh my god all of these.

Unexpect being my all time favourite, followed closely by DSO. GAWD DAMNIT I WANT NEW UNEXPECT NAO!

limnides · « **Reply #23 on:** September 21, 2010, 07:56:48 AM »

Arcturus, Kayo Dot, maudlin of the Well, and Ephel Duath have already been mentioned.

I'll add Age of Silence, Frantic Bleep, In The Woods..., Peccatum, and Solefald to the list.

faemir · « **Reply #24 on:** September 21, 2010, 08:14:38 AM »

Noobs, everyone knows that The Sham Mirrors is the best avant-garde album ever.

(Sorry Sigz)

limnides · « **Reply #25 on:** September 21, 2010, 08:16:58 AM »

Quote from: faemir on September 21, 2010, 08:14:38 AM

Noobs, everyone knows that The Sham Mirrors is the best avant-garde album ever.

(Sorry Sigz)

yes yes a thousand times yes.

bodiesinflight · « **Reply #26 on:** September 21, 2010, 11:39:06 AM »

Do Shining (NOR) count as avant-garde?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eXUjfVPkGk

The answer is yes

Gorille85 · « **Reply #27 on:** September 21, 2010, 01:09:04 PM »

Quote from: faemir on September 21, 2010, 08:14:38 AM

Noobs, everyone knows that The Sham Mirrors is the best avant-garde album ever.

(Sorry Sigz)

That title belongs to In a Flesh Aquarium.

Quote from: lateralus88 on September 21, 2010, 06:59:37 AM

GAWD DAMNIT I WANT NEW UNEXPECT NAO!

THIS!

lateralus88 · « **Reply #28 on:** September 21, 2010, 05:48:27 PM »

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.

Gorille85 · « **Reply #29 on:** September 21, 2010, 06:01:32 PM »

I feel like a complete n00b but I've never heard any Buckethead...

lateralus88 · « **Reply #30 on:** September 21, 2010, 06:05:02 PM »

Bucketheadland 2, Monsters and Robots, Inbred Mountain and Albino Slug. Nao.

And just for funsies:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bSZslEDUl0

Gorille85 · « **Reply #31 on:** September 21, 2010, 06:26:47 PM »

Quote from: lateralus88 on September 21, 2010, 06:05:02 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bSZslEDUl0

WTF

Which of those 4 CDs should I get first, Lat?

Gorille85 · « **Reply #32 on:** September 22, 2010, 11:39:42 AM »

So what about an all-star Avant-garde line-up??

I'll try:
Vocals: Mike Patton (Mr. Bungle, Faith No More, etc.)
Guitar: Buckethead (solo)

Bass: ChaotH (Unexpect)
Keys/Stuff: Garm (Ulver)
Drums: Tomas Haake (Meshuggah)

Holy cow!

Quote from: AcidRainLTE on September 20, 2010, 05:39:19 AM

Polkadot Cadaver

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

Sigz · « **Reply #33 on:** September 22, 2010, 11:53:58 AM »

Vocals: A Tibetan Yak during mating season
Music: Shaken-up can of Mountain Dew Red

So fucking avant-garde.

Gorille85 · « **Reply #34 on:** September 22, 2010, 11:57:15 AM »

Quote from: Sigz on September 22, 2010, 11:53:58 AM

Vocals: A Tibetan Yak during mating season
Music: Shaken-up can of Mountain Dew Red

So fucking avant-garde.

It's like, close to post-avant-garde.

News: Fall Into the Light, official video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFxH4kky6z4

Author Topic: The Avant-garde/Experimental Metal Thread (Read 31437 times)