List of avant-garde metal artists
This is a list of avant-garde metal artists, regional scenes, and record labels. Avant-garde metal or avant-metal, also known as experimental metal, is a subgenre of heavy metal music loosely defined by use of experimentation and characterized by the use of innovative, avant-garde elements, large-scale experimentation, and the use of non-standard and unconventional sounds, instruments, song structures, playing styles, and vocal techniques. It evolved out of progressive rock and various forms of metal, including extreme metal, particularly the extreme subgenre death metal. Some early examples are the King Crimson releases Larks' Tongues in Aspic and Red in 1973 and 1974 respectively,[1] and the 1976 Led Zeppelin album Presence.[2] The genre emerged in the early 1980s through the efforts of bands such as Celtic Frost and Voivod, who pioneered the genre.[3] Other pioneers of avant-garde metal include Boris,[4] Earth,[5] Helmet,[6] maudlin of the Well,[7] Neurosis,[8] Sunn O))),[9] and Mr. Bungle.[10] In the late 1990s, Misanthropy Records emerged as a promoter of Norwegian avant-garde metal until it folded in 2000,[11] and, according to Jeff Wagner, in the late 1990s and early 2000s, a so-called "new wave of avant-garde metal" was spearheaded by The End Records.[11] Some other record labels which promote avant-garde metal are Aurora Borealis,[12] The Flenser,[13] Holy Records,[14] Hydra Head Records,[15] Ipecac Recordings,[16] Napalm Records,[17] the Relapse Entertainment imprint of Relapse Records,[18] Seventh Rule Recordings,[19] and Southern Lord Records.[20] In the United States, local avant-garde metal scenes have emerged in the San Francisco Bay Area, with bands such as Giant Squid, Grayceon, and Ludicra,[21] Boston, with bands such as Isis, Kayo Dot, and maudlin of the Well and Seattle.[22] According to the New York Times, some regional scenes that developed in the mid-1990s included the cities of Tokyo, Los Angeles, and Oslo.[4]
Record labels
[edit]- The End Records[11]
- The Flenser[13]
- Holy Records[14]
- Hydra Head Records[15]
- Ipecac Recordings[16]
- Misanthropy Records[11]
- Napalm Records[17]
- Relapse Entertainment, imprint of Relapse Records[18]
- Seventh Rule Recordings[19]
- Southern Lord Records[20]
- Sumerian Records
Regional scenes
[edit]Artists
[edit]0–9
[edit]A
[edit]- Abstrakt Algebra[24]
- Agalloch[25]
- Age of Silence[26]
- Ahleuchatistas[27]
- Ai Weiwei[28]
- Alarum[29]
- The Algorithm[30]
- Altera Enigma[31]
- Amenra[32]
- Animals as Leaders[33]
- Antigama[34]
- Arashk[35]
- Arcturus[36][37]
- Atheist[29][38]
- Avenged Sevenfold[39]
B
[edit]- Babymetal[40]
- Mick Barr[41]
- Behold the Arctopus[42]
- Bethlehem[43]
- Black Flag[44][45][46]
- Blut Aus Nord[47]
- The Body[48]
- Boris[4][49][50]
- Borknagar[51]
- Boulder[52]
- Breadwinner[37]
- Buckethead[53]
- Buried Inside[54]
C
[edit]- Candiria[55]
- Cave In[56]
- Celtic Frost[3][57]
- Cephalic Carnage[58]
- Circle[59]
- Cojum Dip
- Conelrad[60]
- Coroner[61]
- The Contortionist[62]
- Cronian[63]
- Chryst[64]
- Cult of Luna[65]
- Cynic[29]
D
[edit]- December Wolves[66]
- Devilish Impressions[67]
- The Devin Townsend Project[68]
- Devolved[69]
- Diablo Swing Orchestra[70]
- The Dillinger Escape Plan[71]
- Dir En Grey[72]
- Disharmonic Orchestra[73]
- Dødheimsgard[74]
- Dog Fashion Disco[36]
- Doom[75]
- Draconian[17]
E
[edit]F
[edit]- Fact[81]
- Fantômas[82][83]
- The Flying Luttenbachers[37]
- Frantic Bleep[84]
- From a Second Story Window[85]
G
[edit]- The Gathering[86][87]
- God[88]
- Genghis Tron[89]
- Giant Squid[21]
- Glassjaw[90]
- Grayceon[21]
- Godflesh[91][92]
- Green Carnation[93]
H
[edit]- Hammers of Misfortune[94]
- Hawk Eyes[95]
- Head of David[96]
- Hella[97]
- Helmet[6]
- Horse the Band[81]
- Hortus Animae[98]
- Hypno5e[99]
I
[edit]- Imperial Triumphant[100]
- Inhale Exhale[101]
- Into Another[102]
- Intronaut[103]
- Jon Irabagon[41]
- Isis[104]
- Iwrestledabearonce[105]
J
[edit]K
[edit]- Kayo Dot[108][109]
- Kekal[110][111][112]
- Khanate[113]
- Khlyst[114]
- Killing Joke[115]
- King Crimson[1]
- KK Null[116]
- The Kovenant[26]
- Krallice[117]
- Kylesa[118]
L
[edit]- Lengsel[119][120]
- Leprous[121][122]
- Liturgy[50]
- Living Colour[123][124][125]
- Locrian[126]
- Ludicra[21]
M
[edit]- Made Out of Babies[127]
- Manes[128]
- The Mars Volta[129]
- Master's Hammer[37]
- Mastodon[130]
- Maudlin of the Well[7][131]
- Mayhem[132]
- The Meads of Asphodel[133]
- Melvins[134]
- Meshuggah[135][136]
- Motograter[137]
- Mr. Bungle[36]
- Mudvayne[138]
- Mushroomhead[139]
- My Dying Bride[140]
N
[edit]O
[edit]- O'Brother[143]
- O, Majestic Winter[144]
- The Ocean[145]
- Old[37]
- Opera IX[146]
- Opeth[147]
- Orthrelm[148]
- Oxbow[149]
P
[edit]- Painkiller[37]
- Pain of Salvation[150]
- Pan.Thy.Monium[37][151]
- Mike Patton[152]
- Peccatum[36]
- Pelican[104][153]
- Periphery[154]
- Pinkly Smooth[155]
- Pin-Up Went Down[156]
- Planning for Burial[157]
- James Plotkin[158]
- Polkadot Cadaver[159]
- Portal
- Praxis[160]
- Protest the Hero[161]
- Psychofagist[162]
- Psyopus[163]
Q
[edit]R
[edit]S
[edit]- Saccharine Trust[170]
- Samsas Traum[171]
- Sculptured[172]
- Shining (Norwegian band)[173]
- Shining (Swedish band)[174]
- Sigh[75][175]
- Sikth[164]
- Sleepytime Gorilla Museum[176]
- Smohalla[177]
- Solefald[178]
- Sound of Urchin[179]
- Spektr[180]
- stOrk[181]
- Strapping Young Lad[136]
- Sunn O)))[49]
- System of a Down[182]
T
[edit]- Talons[183]
- Therion[184]
- Thought Industry[185]
- Thrones[186]
- Thy Catafalque[187]
- Tiamat[86][147]
- Today Is the Day[188]
- Todd Smith[159]
- Tomahawk[189]
- Tombs[190]
- The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza[191]
- Tool[2][192]
- Treponem Pal[37]
- Triptykon[193]
- Twelve Foot Ninja
U
[edit]V
[edit]W
[edit]Y
[edit]Z
[edit]See also
[edit]Notes
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...later turned up on the 1973 avant-metal killer Larks' Tongues in Aspic.
Mojo (1 November 2007). "4". The Mojo Collection (4 ed.). Canongate Books. p. 337. ISBN 978-1847676436. Retrieved 27 April 2012. - ^ a b Fricke, David (5 December 1996). "Aenima". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 9 July 2011. Retrieved 27 April 2012.
Still, the best parts of Ænima come when Tool just let the music rip and dip with the broiling, avant-metal ferocity of Led Zeppelin's Presence.
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Early arrivals were able to see experimental metal pioneers Helmet as well as retro punks the Casualties.
- ^ a b Wagner 2010, p. 308.
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Their metal-based drone experiments have proved groundbreaking and hugely influential for an entire new generation of musicians practicing the art of avant-garde metal, drone, post rock and psychedelia.
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Distributed by experimental metal label Aurora Borealis, the release earned Krlic a recording deal with the London-based company.
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...said co-owner Mark Thompson, who also co-founded and runs the experimental-metal label Hydra Head Records.
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We'd like to give a shout out to Seventh Rule and the striking, experimental metal acts coming from this label
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...a busy day for Basick Records saw them announcing... ...French electronic/experimental metal act The Algorithm...
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Other highlights include the saxophonist Jon Irabagon and the drummer Mike Pride, a veteran tag team, joined by the experimental-metal guitarist Mick Barr (Tuesday at 10 p.m.)...
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Ginn wrote Black Flag's music specifically to sound anti-melodic as the band morphed into an avant-garde metal enigma.
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...the fiercely melodic experimental metal of the Devin Townsend Project's 'Addicted'...
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Swedish avant-metal dance band Diablo Swing Orchestra's third full-length outing, the dense and typically diabolical No. 3: Pandora's Piñata...
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Avec les spectacles de Fantomas (heavy metal d'avant-garde) et du quatuor The Danubians...
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its epic, goth-tinged atmospherics recalling experimental metal bands like Tiamat or the Gathering.
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Like its early supporters in the Deftones, Glassjaw uncovered a new angle of avant-garde metal that wasn't based on overly intellectual concepts, a la Tool.
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Finally, there was grindcore... ...Yet in the hands of Godflesh, Napalm Death, and Carcass, it was also experimental metal.
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Their avant-garde sound and uncommon focus on New York's seedy and glamorous sides sets them leagues apart from many of the other NYC acts focusing solely on grimness.
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They're either today's loudest alternative group or this epoch's most experimental metal band.
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... the classically trained front-man of avant-metal band Killing Joke, and co-producer of this latest genre-leaping venture.
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