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	Avant garde metal - FoxyTunes
		Avant garde metal, sometimes called experimental, is a cross-genre reference to metal bands characterized by large amounts of experimentation and by non-standard sounds, instruments, and song structures.
		While progressive metal, like avant garde metal, is also a genre which favours experimentation and non-standard ideas, there are rather large differences between the two forms (although, confusingly, there is also quite a bit of overlap between the two genres).
		One of the most striking differences is that the experimentation of progressive metal lies mostly in complex rhythms and song structures, while the genre usually sticks to a more traditional instrumentation, whereas in avant garde metal the usage of unusual sounds plays usually a fundamental role.
	www.foxytunes.com /tag/avantgardemetal (194 words)

	Music Bands 3
		Avant Garde - The term "avant garde" is generally applied to bands that try to achieve a higher level of artistry and creative exploration, usually by way of the fey and surreal.
		Avant garde approaches composition with a fresh, or inventive outlook -- complexity isn't an issue, but wild creativity is. Avant garde metal tends to be theatrical and melodramatic, attempting an infusion of art music, impressionistic and disjointed arrangements, and metal.
		Avant garde is not a genre, but a term that can be generally applied to any band of any genre pushing the boundaries and composing from a truly original direction.
	www.vaidilute.com /music-bands-3.html (143 words)

	Qwika - similar:Heavy_metal
		Hot metal work from a flsmith In chemistry, a metal (Greek: Metallon) is an element that readily forms ions (cations) and has metallic bonds, and metals are sometimes described as a lattice of positive ions (cations) in a cloud of electrons.
		Avant garde metal, sometimes called experimental, is a cross-genre reference to metal bands characterized by large amounts of experimentation and by non-standard sounds, instruments, and song structures.
		According to one definition, the heavy metals are a group of elements between copper and lead on the periodic table of the elements—having atomic weights between 63.546 and 200.590 and specific gravities greater than 4.0.
	www.qwika.com /rels/Heavy_metal (1493 words)

	Brazilian Metal
		Heavy metal was a genre claiming legitimacy through a strategy of radical negation, a negation directed both at tradition and at everything that’s part of the present actuality, the totality of what is. Mílton was the musical embodiment of both the past and the present, precisely the two major targets of the headbanging negation.
		The irreconcilability between metal and its surroundings, then, is not only a spatial impasse: it is derived in fact from the impossibility of temporalizing that space, for the only available temporalization was based on an ideology explicitly negated, and denounced as a failure, by one’s very surroundings.
		Metal’s response to that collapse was unique, and it was firmly rooted in the experiences of urban working and lower middle class youth.
	www.tulane.edu /~avelar/metal.html (3503 words)

	dweeb metal - Metal Genres by James Slone (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The term avant garde is generally applied to bands that try to achieve a higher level of artistry and creative exploration, usually by way of the fey and surreal.
		Whereas prog metal simply attempts more difficult arrangements, the avant garde throws out the rule book altogether and approaches composition with a fresh, or inventive outlook- complexity isn't an issue, but wild creativity is. Avant garde metal tends to be theatrical and melodramatic, attempting an infusion of art music, impressionistic and disjointed arrangements, and metal.
		The forebearer of death and fl metal, thrash brought a higher level of intensity into metal, primarily by combining the intensity and tempos of early hardcore punk with the rigidity and dexterity of heavy metal.
	home.carolina.rr.com /dweeb/SloneDefinitions.html (1522 words)

	Chapter 4 - Categories and Sungenres
		Pure heavy metal is mainly blues-based, with pentatonic scales and a blues-like song structure; fl metal and related forms often draw on classical music, even if at a first glance it seems to be only distorted guitars playing a very fast repeating melody.
		Metal's profound influence on contemporary popular music is again seen in its effect on several bands in the garage rock revival set of the early 21st century.
		Despite hair metal's popularity at the time, many began to consider it unimportant or derisory, due to a common perception that the bands were more focused on their make-up, clothing (usually spandex), lyrics, and stage shows, than on their music.
	www.wastingthedawn.com /metalhistory/chapter4.html (6450 words)

	Avant garde metal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		While progressive metal, like avant garde metal, is also a genre which favours experimentation and non-standard ideas, there are rather large differences between the two forms (although, confusingly, there is also quite a bit of overlap between the two genres).
		One of the most striking differences is that the experimentation of progressive metal lies mostly in complex rhythms and song structures, while the genre usually sticks to a more traditional instrumentation, whereas in avant garde metal the usage of unusual sounds plays usually a fundamental role.
		It should be noted that there is no common agreement within the metal world on the correct usage of the term avant garde metal, though certain issues, such as the presence of experimentation, are agreed upon.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Avant_garde_metal (344 words)

	The Avant Garde And How To Swing It - Metal Storm
		This means that avant garde metal is about allowing thought and creativity flow more freely within the music, and encouraging the bands to "think outside the box." This greater flow of creativity and thinking abstractly yields results in the form of strange arrangements and abnormal song structures.
		As of now, their raw fl metal properties are a thing of the past, as they have now become a sophisticated, musically brilliant avant garde metal band.
		Im so into Avant Garde lately that this served me very well, I'll be checking out some of the bands you mentioned, and well I wanted to see also my beloved Unexpect there or Diabolical Marquerade but its all right you cant put all the bands like Black_Handed say.
	www.metalstorm.ee /pub/article.php?article_id=161 (6322 words)

	Doom-metal.com: Reviews - Moon Of Sorrow
		But also expect almost grooving songs which are a mixture of progressive metal and heavy metal.
		It is still their avant-garde doom metal style that dominates the music.
		Both the doom metal in the music and the well played guitars play a large role in my positive view of this CD.
	www.doom-metal.com /reviews/mos.html (801 words)

	dweeb metal review - Korova / KorovaKill (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The first few songs are then very heavy, atmospheric death metal with both death and clean theatrical vox, with odd vocal and keyboard melodies.
		I think Korova is a master of avant-garde metal and this is definitely the band at their best.
		This CD is hard to place — it is certainly avant-garde, though it does not fall cleanly into gothic, death or fl metal, though it has elements of all of these, and is quite atmospheric in places as well.
	home.carolina.rr.com /dweeb/Korova.html (598 words)

	AP Wire \| 11/24/2006 \| Celtic Frost, fathers of avant-garde heavy metal, return
		They learned what they could about heavy metal by listening to British metal bands like Iron Maiden, and by reading foreign magazines.
		Metal covers of pop songs were almost unheard of then, but years later they're common.
		Celtic Frost began experimenting when many other metal bands followed the lead of their peers, Falgoust said.
	www.contracostatimes.com /mld/cctimes/news/16090298.htm (960 words)

	Celtic Frost - Biography - AOL Music
		Celtic Frost's impact on the evolution of European heavy metal cannot be overstated.
		Along with power metal kings Helloween (and to a lesser degree, the sometimes cartoonish Mercyful Fate), Frost's enduring influence on Europe's heavy metal landscape is arguably comparable to Metallica's standing in America.
		The sudden departure of Priestly also proved to be a blessing in disguise, as his replacement, American drummer Reed St. Mark, brought a confidence and musicianship that the group sorely needed.
	music.aol.com /artist/celtic-frost/3857/biography (1267 words)

	PROGRESSIVEWORLD.NET: REVIEWS BY MATHIEU CHAMBERLAND
		What is great with a lot progressive metal fans is the ability of some to be open minded in regards to music style.
		Their music is really hard to describe, being a blend of jazz, progressive, gothic and operatic metal.
		I am pretty sure real fans of progressive metal and those with an open mind who try Atrox will not be disapointed, but taking that first step can be the most difficult.
	www.progressiveworld.net /atrox.html (234 words)

	Heady Metal - New York Times
		On closer inspection, you would have noticed that surprisingly few people in the room had the look of genuine metal heads; big hair was in notably short supply, and the ratio of button-downs to heavy metal T-shirts was approximately one to one.
		As metal was integrated into the cultural mainstream, it was perhaps inevitable that a full-fledged, card-carrying avant-garde would come into being.
		The experimental metal community that began to emerge in the mid-90's, centered in major cosmopolitan centers like Tokyo and Los Angeles and Oslo, set its sights not on MTV or commercial radio but on the limits of the genre itself.
	www.nytimes.com /2006/05/28/magazine/28artmetal.html?ex=1306468800en=68f2bce18597d7a3ei=5088partner=rssnytemc=rss&pagewanted=print (4426 words)

	Avant-garde Metal - Stories: Aldrahn (ex-dhg, Thorns, Deathtrip) - DJ Astral Dog On Planet B8 - - 18
		For instance, when I and many other fl metallers from the 90's began exploring drugs and alternative lifestyles, cracking our heads open every night, partying and ending up in an ashtray the day after, Stian and the gang kept on focusing on the band and their music.
		So, you can say that she wasn't at all surprised with me. In fact, I believe, I was the more surprised one, that someone with so good understanding about things I found important in life could hail from a background such as that.
		We all know how fl metal have been and still is, at least to some extent, related to a mostly darker form of self-expression, even sometimes a quite hateful, despaired, rebellious and destructive energy channeling.
	www.avantgarde-metal.com /content/stories2.php?id=49 (7545 words)

	Metal Reviews :: View topic - prog vs. neo-prog vs. avant-garde
		Avant garde metal, sometimes called experimental, is a subgenre of heavy metal characterized by large amounts of experimentation and by non-standard sounds, instruments, and song structures.
		It should be noted that there is no common agreement within the metal world on the correct usage of the term avant garde metal, though certain issues, such as the presence of experimentation, are agreed upon.
		Another style of music for which the term avant garde metal has been used, is circus metal.
	www.metalreviews.com /phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=5079 (1027 words)

	::MetalJet.com:: - Exploration of the Metal World (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The genres and sub-genres of heavy metal are a much debated subject.
		The heavier side could almost be considered Black Metal considering the shrieking male vocals, and sometimes female as well.
		The main difference is the use of synths to create an air of gothic horror and the generous use of female sopranos and male/female choirs.
	www.metaljet.com /genres.htm (1077 words)

	BNR Metal Pages -- Arcturus (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Once tabbed a fl metal supergroup, this collection of members of various fl metal bands (Mayhem, Ulver, Ved Buens Ende, and in an earlier incarnation, Emperor) burst onto the scene with Aspera Hiems Symfonia, a classic symphonic fl metal album.
		While Aspera is very much a fl metal album, all thoughts of staying within the genre were thrown out the window with the followup, La Masquerade Infernale, a truly unique affair that that might be described as progressive avant-garde art metal.
		Only scant traces of true fl metal remain, as the vocal style has changed to a kind of carnivalesque narration, and the various instruments (metal and non) branch out in countless directions.
	www.bnrmetal.com /groups/arct.htm (221 words)

	Celtic Frost, fathers of avant-garde heavy metal, return - Culture - International Herald Tribune
		SAN FRANCISCO: Celtic Frost was among the most celebrated heavy metal bands of the 1980s.
		When Fischer and Ain were disillusioned teenagers growing up outside Zurich, the metal scene there was almost nonexistent.
		Metal covers of pop songs were almost unheard of then, but years later they are common.
	www.iht.com /articles/ap/2006/11/27/arts/NA_A-E_MUS_US_Celtic_Frost.php (1013 words)

	Maudlin of The Well - Bath
		Pondering a fit description, I would just have to dub Maudlin avant-garde Doom Metal (they like to call themselves "Astral Metal" yeah, that fits too.) Still I'm unsure of this label since they seem to include a lot of folk influences, Death Metal and even Jazz at times.
		Brilliant is often an over used word but In Maudlin Of The Well's case it should go without saying, one listen to the albums and if it's not apparent the talent and unique song writing involved than this might not be your band.
		This song is extremely old school technical death metal reminding me of a Voivod/Nocturnus hybrid.
	members.aol.com /metalb/maudlinbath.html (521 words)

	SoundClick artist: Potentiam - Avant garde and melodic black metal from Iceland.
		Avant garde metal from Iceland, focusing on song structure that shapes and shifts from note to note, steering away from much of the norms in the metal world while still holding onto tradition.
		Still we have had 5 drummers through the years, one of them is back with us again and we will be ready to perform live again very soon.
		So far, Potentiam has been called heavy metal, gothic metal, fl/death metal, dark metal, suicide metal, avantgarde metal ect.
	www.soundclick.com /bands/pageartist.cfm?bandID=356791 (730 words)

	Teufel's Tomb : Brutal Isn't Just A Way Of Life... It's Also Stupid!
		Of course originating out of fl metal you have Arcturus and Sigh, both waving around metal conventions like mere play things of children and- for the most part- creating damn great albums with them.
		The album tries to balance the avant garde metal from the first half (along with more dissonant experimentation in the vein of Unexpect) with these relaxing female interludes and it's disjointed, but not in a good way.
		If you like avant garde stuff, there is definitely a lot to get out of The Mother and the Enemy, but this is entirely buyer beware.
	www.teufelstomb.com /reviews/luxocculta-themotherandtheenemy.html (609 words)

	Metal Reviews - Metal Coven Webzine - Metal Reviews - Arcturus - Sideshow Symphonies
		One would think that the latest Arcturus would be amongst the band's greatest releases, if not among all other Nordic metal albums releases over the past year.
		More than a mere singer, Garm (as this reviewer is most-want to remember him) was an integral part of the unique sound that was Arcturus, providing influence in sound and texture and helping to guide the band from its raw extreme metal roots to a more avant garde sound.
		"Aspera Hiems Symfonia" was true fl metal, but it also introduces clean vocals, folk influences, and a touch of modernism that was up to that point unknown in fl metal.
	www.metalcoven.com /review_arcturus_sideshow.html (907 words)

	Circus-metal / Avant-garde - myStations on SoundClick
		Avant garde spy metal with drumming that Lucifer himself, king of music, could not pull off but that Dennis Grecco, god of drums did.
		As brutal as the song title suggests, this song quickly became a favourite amongst death metal fans in Headkase's audience.
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	www.soundclick.com /stations/stations.cfm?id=137774 (240 words)

	The Metal Crypt - Reviews (Site not responding. Last check: )
		I never heard their first, but I heard good things about it, so when I saw a new one was out I troubled myself to listen to some samples.
		This is a very different CD – as you would expect of a band that bills their sound as 'Summer Black Metal'.
		This is pretty much midway between Agalloch and Morgion, as there is a BM basis to this music, but there is a lot of melody worked in, mostly in the form of acoustic interludes and clean vocals.
	www.metalcrypt.com /pages/reviews.php?revid=1881 (546 words)

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