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i'm really digging it lately. 
first started listening to Isis a couple of months ago and i'm just now getting into their other albums because i've been hooked on Panopticon for so long. 
the lengthy songs, the unconventional sound, the energy! 
two cds by Neurosis are next on my list.
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Hear ye. Looking for recommendations?
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#7504266 - 10/10/07 04:44 AM (4 years, 4 months ago) |
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yes, anything along the lines of Isis would be great. 
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Try Pelican. Similar to Isis but without vocals.
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#7504621 - 10/10/07 08:06 AM (4 years, 4 months ago) |
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i recently got REALLY big into isis, too. panopticon is fucking genius. i own all their works with the exception of the live album. just got an 8" of red sea in the mail not too long ago. in the abscense of truth is awesome, but i keep finding myself coming back to "celestial" as i find it to be my favorate album by them.
i can't make any recommendations based on sounds similar to isis as they seem to be in a league of their own, but i can tell ya some interesting stuff to check out:
sleep - dopesmoker (must have)
torche - self-titled
jesu - silver (must have)
jesu - conquerer
jesu - self-titled
om - conference of the birds (unreal. check the mp3 i uploaded on this forum of "at giza")
boris - pink
WINDMILLS BY THE OCEAN!!!!! (contains members of ISIS! absolutely AMAZING!!)
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: FleaAccela]
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fantomas.
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#7505054 - 10/10/07 11:14 AM (4 years, 4 months ago) |
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thanks guys, i'll be sure to check 'em out. 
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Red Sparowes (that's spelled correctly)
Cult of Luna
MINSK
Subarachnoid Space
Ufomammut
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Dope thread. Check out the godfathers, The Melvins and Lustmord attached.
Pelican and Boris for sure, and Sunn O))) scares the hell outta my pets. 
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Mr. Middle]
#7507899 - 10/11/07 04:05 AM (4 years, 4 months ago) |
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excellent middleman!
sunn o))) is totally my personal meditation music. if i've had a hard ass day, i toss on some sunnn, preferably grim robes or altar (w/ boris) and let the worries of the world melt away and i become hypnotized by the drones.
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#7507949 - 10/11/07 06:16 AM (4 years, 4 months ago) |
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Fuck yeah, I had Altar on 9 @ 500W during my last shrooming, it was, um, searing.
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Yakuza - sax and sometimes cello with a bit of electronics to metal.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Mr. Middle]
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sheesh, dont know how you got through it, but big ups!
altar on shrooms, fuck!
how about black 1 on mescaline? 
ooooh! oracle on dust! 
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Altar is definitely an intense listen, but a lot easier to stomach than most of SunO)))'s own releases heh.
Some of Boris' releases are equally unpleasant.
Yakuza are damn good too. A very mixed bag.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Sheepish]
#7510098 - 10/11/07 05:44 PM (4 years, 4 months ago) |
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Sheepish said:Some of Boris' releases are equally unpleasant.
i agree. i wish they would record another album like pink. such a bomb dropper! pop? possibly yes. garbage? i think not!
i got the boris/merbow collab on yellow/green vinyl not too long ago. quite a rendition of i am the walrus. the flip is equally mesmerizing.
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#7510479 - 10/11/07 07:00 PM (4 years, 4 months ago) |
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The Melvins and Lustmord attached.
That's not too bad, sort of sounds like a mix between Corrosion of Conformity(vocals) and Meshuggah(sound and off-beat time sigs)....
I gave a listen to ISIS and Pelican.... I couldn't get into either one of them....
I guess I am just more drawn to the intricate melodies and the multiple riff arrangements of progressive metal....
It's all good, it's music....!
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yah isis is good stuff
didnt like pelicans stuff
check out kyuss "welcome to sky valey"
lowrider "ode to io"
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: FleaAccela]
#7550459 - 10/23/07 10:19 AM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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WINDMILLS BY THE OCEAN!!!!! (contains members of ISIS! absolutely AMAZING!!)
Dude you aren't kidding, best stuff I've heard in awhile. 
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Mr. Middle]
#7551109 - 10/23/07 01:30 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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Check out maudlin Of The Well. I personally like their Bath album. They disbanded some time ago and some members moved on to form an avant-rock band named Kayo Dot. Also great! 
If you love Isis, check out Red Sparowes and Explosions in the Sky. Both instrumental bands.
btw, I'm new here, so.. hello! 
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#7551977 - 10/23/07 04:47 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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hey there, welcome to the shroomery! 
i'm listening to Cult of Luna and Callisto right now and will definitely be giving Windmills by the Ocean a listen.
i'm happy for all the responses here, lots of new music to get into.
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It's so hard for me to find Metal that I like,
I've listened to every band mentioned in this thread,
and I gotta say I really dig Ufomammut. 
They're heavy as fuck and nicely mixed, thanks Sheepish.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Mr. Middle]
#7554359 - 10/24/07 09:13 AM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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jesu.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: b0red5tiff]
#7554638 - 10/24/07 10:46 AM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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They've been mentioned, a little too Emo for my taste, but "Silver" is an outstanding album.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Mr. Middle]
#7554861 - 10/24/07 11:51 AM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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emo?
you are full of shit.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: b0red5tiff]
#7555146 - 10/24/07 01:17 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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jesu is the evolution of godflesh. duh. it's not emo, but i can see where he's coming from, and im a HUGE jesu fan. i listen to at least one of their ep's in it's entirety if not a full album every day. it's angry and beautiful, a wild combination.
the song heart ache is a fucking BEAST. is it just me, or does both "friends are evil" and "wolves" seem like a continution of parts from heart ache?
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: b0red5tiff]
#7555339 - 10/24/07 01:57 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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Jesu sounds kind of emo to me, it's called a fucking OPINION.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Mr. Middle]
#7555844 - 10/24/07 03:44 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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no it sounds like a prejudice. why are you calling names?
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#7555921 - 10/24/07 03:58 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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it is not a prejudice if he has listened to the band prior to forming an opinion.
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Jersey Band is kinda nifty...thanks to YawningAnus for posting this first.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Clean]
#7555993 - 10/24/07 04:11 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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haha wow, rockin' the jazz.
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got this song Dim by Cult of Luna from their newest album.
yay or nay?
i find the instrumentals uplifting.
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mouth of the architect, rosetta, tephra, conifer, battlefields, dark castle, the pax cecilia, irepress, the ocean collective, adai, callisto, isis, zozobra, sunn o))), adrift, aussitot mort, battle of mice, big business, black cobra, the pax cecilia, caspian, conifer, dakota dakota, across tundras,
explosions in the sky, fjord, genghis tron, from a second story window, giant squid, god is an astronaut, godflesh, halifax pier, mogwai, irepress, jesu, jesus lizard, made out of babies, north, the ocean, old man gloom, the gersch, windmill by the ocean, the sameul jackson five, tides, giant, mono, zatokrev, drawing voices, 5ive, aeolian, yellow swans, blood and time, constants, gifts from enola, grayceon, grey daturas, laura, tephra, wolves in the throne room, tides, book of knots
I LISTEN TO ALL THESE GROUPS, AND ENJOY IT EVERY BIT OF IT.
I SUGGEST ANYONE LOOKING TO GO OUTSIDE THE FUCKING MTV 'METAL' BOX, DOWNLOAD THESE ARTIST, AND UNDERSTAND TRUE MUSIC...
MOST OF THE MUSICIANS I HAVE POSTED DONT LIKE THE SPOTLIGHT ON THEM, THEY RATHER IT BE ON THEIR MUSIC..A PERSON'S "HOTNESS" SHOULDN'T SELL RECORDS, ONLY THE QUALITY OF MUSIC SHOULD MATTER, THATS WHY I THINK AVANT-GARDE, EXPERIMENTAL OR POST-WHATEVER IS THE BEST TYPE OF MUSIC TO LISTEN TO..
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
#7556354 - 10/24/07 05:26 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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this stuff makes me think of explosions in the sky
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
#7556370 - 10/24/07 05:30 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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gracias! 
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no prob man, and if you cant find anything, ill zip the file and upload it to sendspace or something..just PM me, or post in here, and then everyone can download it..
yeah, thats what ill do. if any of you guys want any of the groups i mentioned up there, jsut let me know, and ill post the sendspace.com link in here...im pretty sure sendspace takes down files after a few days, so make sure yo download right as it is uploaded.
i love spreading music.. im constantly giving CDs to friends randomly, like "you got to hear this sshit!!!" lol..im jsut a giver 
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Avant-Garde metal? Sounds interesting, gonna have to download something sometime.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
#7557235 - 10/24/07 08:52 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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no prob man, and if you cant find anything, ill zip the file and upload it to sendspace or something..just PM me, or post in here, and then everyone can download it..
yeah, thats what ill do. if any of you guys want any of the groups i mentioned up there, jsut let me know, and ill post the sendspace.com link in here...im pretty sure sendspace takes down files after a few days, so make sure yo download right as it is uploaded.
i love spreading music.. im constantly giving CDs to friends randomly, like "you got to hear this sshit!!!" lol..im jsut a giver
very cool!
can i hear sunn o)))
5 shrooms for that.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: eligal]
#7557370 - 10/24/07 09:29 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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im uploading Isis - In the Absence of Truth, thats a good start for avant-garde/post-metal,Isis is able to incorporate all the influences into one song. it should be up in 25 mins. i highly recommend to not put off downloading it until tomorrow, once it gets taken off sendspace, im not reuploading it. unless you guys now of a good server/host for me to upload gigs worth of music..
Wikipedia: Isis
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
#7557406 - 10/24/07 09:39 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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that album isn't hard to find via torrent. 
http://bestsharing.com/ lets you host plenty of files, but they can only be 125mb max.
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Sunn O))) is being zipped now. but be warned, this is not 'songs' but tracks, its to non-musical to be called song...not to say its not a form of sound, but i dont call it music, i usually call it visual sound.
Ambiance at its purist form.
Wikipedia: Sun O)))
CD im uploading
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
#7557446 - 10/24/07 09:54 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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im also putting this sunn0)) album on sendspace:
Flight of the Behemoth
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
#7557455 - 10/24/07 09:59 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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HURRY, download this ASAP if you need it, it will be taken down in 48hrs prolly.
Isis - In the Absense of Truth
Isis in the absence of truth
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
#7557619 - 10/24/07 11:20 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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sUNN o))) [2001] - Flight Of The Behemoth
Sunn O))) [1999] - The Grimmrobe Demos
where my shrooms!!!!
lol.
let me know of any other bands on my list anyone is interested in.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
#7557882 - 10/25/07 02:15 AM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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Thanks for the uploads, but what we really need are more new names...
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"mouth of the architect, rosetta, tephra, conifer, battlefields, dark castle, the pax cecilia, irepress, the ocean collective, adai, callisto, isis, zozobra, sunn o))), adrift, aussitot mort, battle of mice, big business, black cobra, the pax cecilia, caspian, conifer, dakota dakota, across tundras,
explosions in the sky, fjord, genghis tron, from a second story window, giant squid, god is an astronaut, godflesh, halifax pier, mogwai, irepress, jesu, jesus lizard, made out of babies, north, the ocean, old man gloom, the gersch, windmill by the ocean, the sameul jackson five, tides, giant, mono, zatokrev, drawing voices, 5ive, aeolian, yellow swans, blood and time, constants, gifts from enola, grayceon, grey daturas, laura, tephra, wolves in the throne room, tides, book of knots"
those should be enough names to hold you over for a few years...
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
#7558550 - 10/25/07 08:59 AM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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Wow thanks.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
#7558559 - 10/25/07 09:01 AM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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hey falkor, thanks for Sunn O((( could you also please upload Windmills by the Ocean? i really want to hear them but the torrent has stalled at 75% for the past two days. 
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
#7558793 - 10/25/07 10:20 AM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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that's really awesome of you, i will give you shrooms for sho'!
i've been meaning to check out godflesh and wolves in the throne room. actually wolves in the throne room just played a show with jesu around here last week. it was awesome. that isis side project sounds funky fresh as well.
zozobro...is that a group? or that old man gloom thing? ...or is it a group named after the old man gloom thing? ah whatever, maybe i should just check that out myself.
if my desktop didnt just crash last night, i'd offer up my files on share through my aim account. but i guess that would have to wait..
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"zozobro...is that a group? or that old man gloom thing? ...or is it a group named after the old man gloom thing? ah whatever, maybe i should just check that out myself."
Old man gloom started when aaron turner of isis and some friends(fromother popular bands) in sante fe got bored and 2wanted to fuck around with all the instruments they had acquired over the years.
since old man gloom wasnt a constant thing and doesnt take up alot of time, two of old mans glooms members decide to start their own project. the drummer and bassist.
http://www.myspace.com/oldmangloom <-has their story(in a funny narrative) on the page.
http://www.myspace.com/zozobra505 <- also has story on page.
alteredagain, windmills is zipping now, should be up in 30 mins.
its some good dark post rock. one member from isis(the keyboard/sampler Bryant Meyer) and some chick too..
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bickethead is more a progressive rock sound.. he is some what avant-garde, he really touches all genres and styles with his music.
....Windmills by the Ocean uploading now...and im listening to it..man, i love this album.. its good to not listen to an album for a few months, then give it another spin.
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I am just amazed at bucketheads skillz. playin everything from blue-grassy stuff to heavy shredding and be good at it. Not to mention that he puts out so many albums (10 so far this year)
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windmills will be up in 10mins.
im also zipping 'Beware of Safety - It is Curtains', my new favorite album..ive been listenign to this album everyday since i downloaded it.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
#7559779 - 10/25/07 03:00 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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Windmills by the Ocean download
here yah go fellas, Beware of safety will be up in 30mins...beware of safety's debut album is simple amazing, i hope they continue to fucking rock.. it would be a great trip album..most avant-garde albums are good trip albums, some more than others tho.
Also, if any of these links go down defore oyu get a chance to download them, feel free to PM me and i will send the file to you directly thru aim.
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alllll right kiddies, i got one more upload for today, unless you all can think of any other bands named above that you would like an album from.
my last one is a band called Giant Squid. Its like Neurosis meets the Cranberries. there is a chick who sings/screams and plays electric cello, also a badass guitar player/singer...giant squid is a great band with a mash up of many genres and sounds..and over all a good listen.
Giant Squid - Metridium Field. will be up in 45mins.
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QUICK!!!
everyone and anyone who plans on taking a trip down pschedelic lane any time soon, download this album...just put head phones on, close you eyes and enjoy...its really some emotion invoking music.
Enjoy!
Beware of Safety - It is Curtains
well, next will be hte giant squid album, after that im done for today until you all com eup with some more albums you want.
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Windmills by the Ocean is fantastic. Feels like it's made for my soul. 
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its unfortunate that there will never be any more windmills by the ocean albums.
The Gersch is another good band with Bryant Clifford Meyer of Isis in it. Its a lil more Black Sabbath-ish with some nice riffs. oh, and they have no bass player, just some low sounding guitars.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gersch
From their myspace: (http://www.myspace.com/thegersch)
"Ashes were trampled into the Earth, and the blood became as snow. No one would ever know that my lord's people had lived at all. life and death... the same. Only the war masters would teach them. It's not the length, it's the Gersch..."
that will tomorrows first upload.
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Giant Squid - Metridium Field
read up on the album, its an interesting concept album. something about some field under water or something..i forget now, i have to go red up on it.
but is a good listen, ENJOY!
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any other bands you want me to upload people!!??!?!?
let me know now while im in a giving mood.
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everything you posted from Isis to Windmills by the Ocean to Beware of Safety was great stuff. Anything else you'd recommend with a similar sound?
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that entire huge list i post.
i have all those bands, and about 25% of those bands full discography.
i think youll like mouth of the architect, rosetta, battlefields and irepress.the first three have great emotional screaming vocals, irepress is great instrumental work.
go look for them, if you cant find an album, let me know, i got them all..here is some Irepress.
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You should upload You Are There by MONO. That album is fantastic. It feels like all the sorrow and beauty is passing through you via the speakers. At least that's how I feel when I listen to that album.
Dysrhythmia is another good band. I recommend the Barriers And Passages album. Also Envy; check out Insomniac Doze.
Not sure if you would like these guys, but Agalloch are quite good. They're a folky black metal band with a fair amount of avant gardeness going on there. They have lengthy epic songs and a lot of more acoustic orientated songs. I recommend The Mantle by Agalloch.
Don't know if anyone recommended Godspeed You Black Emperor; I suppose they are more rock, but they deserve a listen. Check out their f#a#OO (that's meant to be an infinity symbol on the end there) album.
Did anyone mention Pelican? Australasia is a great album.
Check out some Ozric Tentacles also. I'm not that familiar with their work, so I can't recommend their best album, but pick one. I'm sure they're all equally good.
Might be going out on a limb here, but check out Ulver's album Blood Inside. It's the sound of a black metal band that got bored with the genre and started dabbling in everything they could get their hands on. It's certainly an interesting album.
Don't know if you've ever heard of Between The Buried And Me, but they recently released a rather prog influenced album. There's a fair bit of screaming in there and when they kick into the metal, they really go for it. But a lot of the album sounds like a mish mash of the 70s prog sound. It both rocks and trips you out.
On the rather heavy side, check out ISOR's album Post Mortem Peep Show. A rather weird mix of heaviness going on there. They are a 2 piece band from the UK.
Farmakon are fairly good too. I like their A Warm Glimpse album.
There's a good local band from NZ that I really dig; they opened for Isis and they were a perfect match in terms of that sound and feeling. 99% instrumental too. They are called Jakob and I recommend their album Solace. May be hard to find that one is it's a NZ band and I'm not sure how big they are outside of this country.
Dunno about this one, but have you checked out Opeth? My favourite is their Orchid album and it's a very good mix of heavy and light. Very damn epic too.
Can't believe no one didn't mention Sleepytime Gorilla Museum (either that or I missed it). Check out their Of Natural History album. I can verify that this album is suitably intense on a trip. I love the lyrics too. Definitely avant garde these guys.
I recently found this amazing one piece band, Caïna. It's what you'd called extremely avant garde black metal. No corpse paint or screaming about Satan here. Just swathes of black tinged electronics/ambience. Probably the best album I've heard this year. Check out their album Mourner. The older ones are more traditional black metal.
Flat Earth Society are a jazz based band. A weird one at that. The review I read for them described it as music to rearrange old people's synapes to. Check out Isms (they don't have much else material sadly. that is a collection of their songs).
Fredrik Thordendahl's Special is insane. Side project of guitarist from Meshuggah. Certain songs sound similar to Meshuggah, but it spins off into far stranger territories. He only released one album and it's called Sol Niger Within.
Hella have some interesting work. Check out There's No 666 In Outer Space.
Kayo Dot is the continuation of maudlin Of The Well's musical concept. Choirs of the Eye is a truly epic listen. I highly recommend this album.
YOB are a doom/stoner metal band with psychedelic touches to their sound. My fav album of theirs is The Illusion of Motion. Insanely heavy as well with huge build ups.
Naked City is what happens with jazz meets grindcore and various other musical genres thrown into the blender. Check out their self titled album. It will make you laugh.
John Zorn (Naked City) also was in Pain Killer, which is much heavier than Naked City and is far more chaotic. Much closer to grindcore than Naked City (Naked City only had smatherings of it here and there). Pain Killer can be an unpleasant listen
OK, that's it for now
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i am really loving this stuff thanks
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Im goign to be uploading two .mp3 full albums.
i condensed a few whole albums into one track for trips.
they are:
Tephra - Tephra 45:02
Great Post-Metal from germany. they have a new album out just as good as their first. http://www.myspace.com/tephramusic
Battlefields - Stained With the Blood of an Empire 33:58
http://www.myspace.com/battlefieldsdoom
i actually saw these guys live and talked to the lead singer/sampler/electronics. really cool guys from Fargo with some powerful music. if you want to go from beauty to disgusting, light to dark, this band is a great listen. its a short 33 min album, but they plan on a full release soon. and man, when i saw them, it was a real intimate experience, they played with no stage, and i was like 2 feet form them, i could hear the vocals from the mouth more than the mic.
and the CD does no justice to their live sound, so much LOUDER!
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here ya go, the Gersch, as promised.
this is less avant-garde then the others i have posted, and would prolly be put in the stoner-rock genre nowadays, but when the band was writing and performing(1994-1998) it was very experimental for its time. In fact, they said they clear the room their first show:
"Debuting at O'Briens in Allston in 1995, The Gersch cleared the room with the first song of their set - the 15 minute, funeral dirge "Cheapskin", which, unfortunately, was never recorded, but, fortunately, changed the lives of the 3 or 4 people who sat through it."
The Gersch
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[url=http://www.sendspace.com/file/5laqmq]Battlefields - Stained With the Blood of an Empire 33:58[/url]
THIS IS ONE TRACK, GREAT FOR TRIPS, JUST HIT PLAY AND ENJOY!
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M TELLING Y0U GUYS...I HAVE 14 DAYS WORTH OF MUSIC, ALL GOOD SHIT.
here/hear is mouth of hte architect, another band i was able to see live. they border isis in song wiriting, but not in style. MotA i s much more 'hardcore' sounding, but it also has plenty of non-vocal interludes and trippy parts.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/lm60kr
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if you post it they will come
btw, thank you !
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#7565622 - 10/27/07 02:06 AM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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im uploading Irepress- Samus Octology now..
another great album to trip to, along the same vein as Beware of Safety, but this band uses some distortion comparable to Messhuuguh, but dont worry, they are instrumental, so no guttural vocals..
for a sample, see my upload, June Ipper, it is a song from their album
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You should upload You Are There by MONO. That album is fantastic. It feels like all the sorrow and beauty is passing through you via the speakers. At least that's how I feel when I listen to that album.
Dysrhythmia is another good band. I recommend the Barriers And Passages album. Also Envy; check out Insomniac Doze.
Not sure if you would like these guys, but Agalloch are quite good. They're a folky black metal band with a fair amount of avant gardeness going on there. They have lengthy epic songs and a lot of more acoustic orientated songs. I recommend The Mantle by Agalloch.
Don't know if anyone recommended Godspeed You Black Emperor; I suppose they are more rock, but they deserve a listen. Check out their f#a#OO (that's meant to be an infinity symbol on the end there) album.
Did anyone mention Pelican? Australasia is a great album.
Check out some Ozric Tentacles also. I'm not that familiar with their work, so I can't recommend their best album, but pick one. I'm sure they're all equally good.
Might be going out on a limb here, but check out Ulver's album Blood Inside. It's the sound of a black metal band that got bored with the genre and started dabbling in everything they could get their hands on. It's certainly an interesting album.
Don't know if you've ever heard of Between The Buried And Me, but they recently released a rather prog influenced album. There's a fair bit of screaming in there and when they kick into the metal, they really go for it. But a lot of the album sounds like a mish mash of the 70s prog sound. It both rocks and trips you out.
On the rather heavy side, check out ISOR's album Post Mortem Peep Show. A rather weird mix of heaviness going on there. They are a 2 piece band from the UK.
Farmakon are fairly good too. I like their A Warm Glimpse album.
There's a good local band from NZ that I really dig; they opened for Isis and they were a perfect match in terms of that sound and feeling. 99% instrumental too. They are called Jakob and I recommend their album Solace. May be hard to find that one is it's a NZ band and I'm not sure how big they are outside of this country.
Dunno about this one, but have you checked out Opeth? My favourite is their Orchid album and it's a very good mix of heavy and light. Very damn epic too.
Can't believe no one didn't mention Sleepytime Gorilla Museum (either that or I missed it). Check out their Of Natural History album. I can verify that this album is suitably intense on a trip. I love the lyrics too. Definitely avant garde these guys.
I recently found this amazing one piece band, Caïna. It's what you'd called extremely avant garde black metal. No corpse paint or screaming about Satan here. Just swathes of black tinged electronics/ambience. Probably the best album I've heard this year. Check out their album Mourner. The older ones are more traditional black metal.
Flat Earth Society are a jazz based band. A weird one at that. The review I read for them described it as music to rearrange old people's synapes to. Check out Isms (they don't have much else material sadly. that is a collection of their songs).
Fredrik Thordendahl's Special is insane. Side project of guitarist from Meshuggah. Certain songs sound similar to Meshuggah, but it spins off into far stranger territories. He only released one album and it's called Sol Niger Within.
Hella have some interesting work. Check out There's No 666 In Outer Space.
Kayo Dot is the continuation of maudlin Of The Well's musical concept. Choirs of the Eye is a truly epic listen. I highly recommend this album.
YOB are a doom/stoner metal band with psychedelic touches to their sound. My fav album of theirs is The Illusion of Motion. Insanely heavy as well with huge build ups.
Naked City is what happens with jazz meets grindcore and various other musical genres thrown into the blender. Check out their self titled album. It will make you laugh.
John Zorn (Naked City) also was in Pain Killer, which is much heavier than Naked City and is far more chaotic. Much closer to grindcore than Naked City (Naked City only had smatherings of it here and there). Pain Killer can be an unpleasant listen
OK, that's it for now
Thanks for the descriptions Sheepish, that really helps. I really like Mono.
I couldn't find Jakob, not even on the NZ hubs, any chance you have an upload?
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#7565701 - 10/27/07 02:51 AM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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Disclaimer: If you like any of these artists, BUY THEIR CD. They need our $upport to keep rockin. 
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Irepress - Samus Octolgy
enjoy..this album really toys with my emotions, pulling thru blissful moments into dark, deep textured moments..really a great trip album..like just about all my albums are.
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http://www.sendspace.com/file/q83o7z
This is MONO's album You Are There
Captured to tape by Steve Albini at his Electrical Audio studios in Chicago, IL, You Are There extends the cinematic drama of 2003's Walking Cloud and Deep Red Sky, Flag Fluttered and the Sun Shined (also recorded by Albini), while surpassing the sinister heaviness of 2002's lauded One Step More and You Die. MONO disproves the myth that an increased focus on intricate song structures and string arrangements comes at the expense of youthful energy and inspired aggression. With You Are There, MONO's representation of tragedy comes with an inherent joy, delivered with the hope that in all dark there is equal parts light. They're not heavy like Black Sabbath - they're heavy like Beethoven.
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Uploading Jakob - Solace now.
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uploading tephra now(again,lost the link)
and i saved all the ones you couldnt find altered, and will try to get hem uploaded in the next week. yeah, its more post-metal stuf fi like, but there is some avant-garde bands in there, like yellow swans and drawing voices..check out a guy named James Plotkin, he is/was in alot of amazing avant garde groups. Also look up David Scott Stone, or Sir DSS is his performer name, he works with the MOOG like a champ.
some i dont have cds for, simply now them threw myspace.
those bands are:
James Plotkin: http://www.myspace.com/jamesplotkin
Sir DSS: http://www.myspace.com/sirdsssound
adai: http://www.myspace.com/adai
dakota dakota is now Russian Circles, just a different drummer, but dakota dakota came out with an awesome 45min album b4 they change up.
black cobra is more metal/doom..not wort the download in your case.
all the rest i will have uploaded in a week or so..
this thread is gonna end up like OINK!!
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OOOO, and hosue of low culture, one of aaron turner of isis' side projects is also really good..its avant-garde to the max..mostly ambient tracks and some subtle melodies.
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http://www.sendspace.com/file/79fvp3
Tephra's first album, condensed to one track.
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Hey falkor, could you upload Gifts from Enola or 5ive "Telestic Disfracture" when you have time?
Let me know if you guys are looking for anything...
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http://www.sendspace.com/file/s6lzyd
This is Jakob - Solace. Hope you enjoy it Middleman.
Instrumental bliss from across the Tasman
If you managed to drag yourself out of the house a few months ago to catch Sydney based heavy rockers Cog on their cross-country jaunt in October, then you will have doubt managed caught New Zealand (Napier) based instrumental act Jakob in support. If on the other hand you missed out on Jakob’s incredible performances, all I can say is that you missed out big time, as Solace only compounds the fact. Having already released two highly respected albums (2001’s Subsets Of Sets and 2003’s Cale:Drew), it’s been a long wait for Jakob (Who comprise of guitarist Jeff Boyle, bassist Maurice Beckett and drummer Jason Johnston) to return with something new, but the wait has been more than worth it.
The gentle and rhythmic Malachite is a slow building introduction to the album that sees the trio build up toward an explosive tail end, all the while maintaining a sense of hypnotic groove with a distinct and memorable catchiness. The predominately bass driven Pneumonic is far heavier initially (Enhanced with some sampling from H. Walker), but gives way around the middle to allow the guitars to add some atmospheric tones, only to find the trio turn things up towards the crushing finale. Lonesome is one of the more reflective numbers on the album in which the guitars are used for subtle (And at times eerie) tones rather than for anything resembling a riff (Which is aided by producer Dave Holmes, who puts in a guest performance on guitar), while the up-tempo Oran Mor chops and changes from moody lulls to raging feedback.
The single (And first promotional video clip filmed from the album) Safety In Numbers is similar in nature to the album’s opening cut with it’s ever ascending build on layers of sound, while the epic Everything All Of The Time (Featuring HDU’s Tristan Dingemans on guitar and vocals) and the melancholy/delicate Saint are rich tapestries in sound movement, and stand out as the album’s strongest moments.
Describing Jakob is no easy task, but if you were to combine elements of Jesu, Pelican, Isis and Neurosis together into an instrumental form, you’ll know just how special Jakob really is, and how utterly essential Solace is to your collection.
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Currently uploading these albums:
Dysrhythmia - Barriers and Passages
Pelican - Australasia
Envy - Insomniac Doze
Agalloch - The Mantle
Godspeed You Black Emperor! - f#a#OO
Check back later.
I wouldn't worry about the RIAA with these bands. I'm sure the RIAA doesn't even know most of these bands exists.
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FUCK the RIAA! But the fact that they aren't worried about these bands means we should support them by buying their CDs.
These guys work hard and spend a ton of dough to bestow upon us the Rock,
if we want them to continue we should pay them for their work, just like any other service.
At least buy a shirt when at the show...
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I definitely still buy albums, especially when the band plays a show down here. Trouble is in the stores they usually charge import prices so I can't always afford to buy the albums.
But when they tour down here, I definitely make the effort to go along.
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i dont have that 5ive album, i have their self titled and the 5ive's Continuum Research Project - The Hemophiliac Dream...hemphillic dream is badass..its 2 tracks one 23 mins, the other 14 mins and is a remix done by JAmes PLotkin, and they are fucking badass..ill upload first track..its in flac, but worth the extra space..
gift's from enola and 5ive will be up in about an hour.
(oh, and th4e 5ive track is similar in sounding to the pink floyd song Set eh controls for the heart of hte sun..the bass line sounds the exact same. ima upload them both in the same file.)
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
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ok, i just listen to the remix, it defiantly a remake of set the controls for the heart of the sun....how fucking badass..
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#7567826 - 10/27/07 07:08 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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Can't wait to hear it...
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#7569409 - 10/28/07 09:55 AM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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Sorry it took so long; my internet was being unbearably slow yesterday. Here's one of the five albums.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/4vvhyc
This is Agalloch - The Mantle.
It was a cold and unpleasant afternoon as I left the used CD store. The sky was grey and I prepared myself for the journey home. As I put on my hat and opened the door to leave the store, I turned on my CD player and zipped up my coat. Although I was feeling eager to get home, and out from the cold, something strange happened at that moment. As the music began flowing through my headphones, and the opening chords immediately surrounded me in their dark, melancholy atmosphere, I was suddenly overwhelmed with an urge to go for a long walk. As I reached into my coat and increased the volume, I began observing the people around me as they went along with their daily comings and goings. As I continued on my march, still observing the life that surrounded me, the sombre mood of the music continued to accompany me along my way. The sky remained bleak, and the air cold as the afternoon wore on...
If you can create a mental image of the scene that I have just described, then you already have I clear idea of what AGALLOCH's newest release "The Mantle" sounds like. Having read many positive reviews regarding this group from the bleak landscapes of Oregon, I was very curious to hear them for myself. While I had heard a few songs prior to purchasing this release, nothing could quite prepare me for the dark, depressive nature of AGALLOCH's music. The inescapable atmosphere of this collection of songs is truly breathtaking. The emphasis on acoustics contribute greatly to this emotional masterwork. Though the songs remain in the slow, to mid-tempo range, it never becomes a problem, as fast drumming and sweeping riffs would seem out of place on "The Mantle". While the use of repetition throughout this album may be seen as boring, I feel that it helps to add to the overall sense of longing and foreboding expressed by the musicians. Like a flowing river, each track joins together seamlessly, giving the listener a true sense of appreciation for "The Mantle"'s complete nature. While all songs work together to make this album the achievement that it is, look no further than the fourteen minute epic "In The Shadow Of Our Pale Companion" to truly experience AGALLOCH's greatness. While Metalheads looking for a place to bang their heads may be turned away by AGALLOCH's calmness, this album will easily appeal to any looking for an original, yet challenging musical experience that will reveal its beauty over time. AGALLOCH have managed to create an album worthy of the attention of any music fan, which is why "The Mantle" deserves to be perceived as a great musical achievement.
...As I finally reached the end of my street, the final awe-inspiring note resounded from my CD player, only to be replaced by silence. In awe, I attempted to grasp what I had just experienced, but failed to successfully do so. My journey had come to its end as I entered my house, feeling welcomed by its warmth. The air was still cold, and the sky still grey as I took one final look outside. Emotionally drained, I shut the door.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Sheepish]
#7569539 - 10/28/07 12:16 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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most of you probably have this already...
here is the 2003 release from YOB:-
Catharsis
3 tracks, roughly 50minutes
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
#7570615 - 10/28/07 05:36 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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any more albums by Impress by any chance?
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http://www.sendspace.com/file/3ix8k5
This is Dysrhythmia - Barriers And Passages
Prog rock is dangerous terrain. Step one way, and you fall into the wretched excess of Emerson, Lake & Palmer. A misstep another way leads to the interminably turgid Dream Theater. Abandon all hope (of meeting girls), ye who listen to Yes! The problem with prog is self-indulgence; the genre brings to mind guys with ponytails who sit around and praise Rush for its "musicianship." But now that bands like The Mars Volta (and in the past, Built to Spill) has made prog less unhip, Dysrhythmia should find fans outside the usual long-haired circles.
This instrumental trio has what most prog doesn't: restraint. No note is out of place, and the group eschews "jamming" in favor of tight but adventurous composition. Bassist Colin Marston and guitarist Kevin Hufnagel are virtuosos; Marston moonlights in avant-prog metal band Behold…the Arctopus, while Hufnagel is trained in jazz and classical guitar. But despite its technical bent, the group knows how to groove, and concisely conveys its chops without sounding studied.
After two self-released recordings, including the phenomenal No Interference, the band signed to grind/death metal label Relapse Records. The pairing might seem odd, but the band's chops match or exceed those of anyone on the label. In 2003, Dysrhythmia recorded Pretest with Steve Albini, who captured the band with his signature "live in the room" sound. Albini was a good choice; he recorded The Jesus Lizard's best albums, and at times Dysrhythmia sounds like The Jesus Lizard playing instrumental surf rock filtered through the prog metal of Atheist and Cynic.
On Barriers and Passages, Martin Bisi (Sonic Youth, Dresden Dolls, Helmet) is behind the boards. His work is so stellar that the album's promotional sticker hypes his role as engineer. Albini brought out Marston's huge, distorted bass tone and Jeff Eber's tough, yet supple drumming (again, think of The Jesus Lizard's rhythm section), but Bisi adds more clarity and detail. A notable difference from Pretest is the greater use of overdubs. They don’t often happen, as Hufnagel's playing is so full-bodied that he already sounds like more than one guitarist. But when they do, overdubs allow sustained melodies to soar over staccato, Duane Denison-esque chords on "Seal/Breaker/Void," and crystalline harmonics to chime over the wall of noise that ends "Sleep Decayer."
That song is noteworthy, both for its twitchy double-time and growling half-time passages, and for its technical prowess. Three minutes in, Hufnagel plays what sounds like a drone, but what is actually a single note picked repeatedly. He continues for two and a half minutes, picking sixteenth notes until the end of the song. That's endurance.
Hufnagel's basic tone is twangy (imagine Dick Dale, but tougher), but he liberally dials in both clean tones and muscular distortion, resulting in the band's most diverse album yet. While Dysrhythmia's music is challenging, close inspection reveals kindred spirits; Touch and Go, classic Dischord (the band has covered Fugazi live), Joe Satriani (minus the populist tendencies), Trenchmouth, The Mermen, and Mastodon all inhabit the same constellation of controlled dissonance.
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its Irepress...and no, thats their only album im aware of.
Good reveiw of the album here tho:
http://www.sonicfrontiers.net/php/review-72.html
and i got like 5 albums im uploading now...i
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
#7571573 - 10/28/07 11:18 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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http://www.sendspace.com/file/yhqkaz - Conifer - S/t
http://www.sendspace.com/file/l4btfs - Dakota Dakota - Shot in the Dark
http://www.sendspace.com/file/267pmt - North - Siberia / Ruins
More to come!!
im uploading the 59ve remake of pink floyd's set the controls for the heart of the sun, also in the rar file will be the pink floyd version, and James PLotkin's remix of 5ive's remake of set the controls...
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any more albums by Impress by any chance?
You mean Irepress? We have similar tastes, they're among my favorite mentioned so far.
Lots of killer 5/4 + 7/4, they're like a heavier, more modern, and instrumental King Crimson.
Love all the instrumental stuff, great soundtracks for The Cosmic Trigger series I'm reading.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Mr. Middle]
#7573666 - 10/29/07 04:04 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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yes no idea how i misperceived that. i even had it written as Impress in my music library. 
this thread is evolving so quick, i can hardly keep up with all the new suggestions flowing in. i really like Jakob also. their song Pneumonic feels good in my eardrums.
keep it coming guys!
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Paranaut - ...and they have fallen
http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=C3F8D7640E4E5FC1
11 minute instrumental from their album The Hills Fell Silent
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Clean]
#7574953 - 10/29/07 10:15 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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More albums for the kind folk:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/t77mpe
Pelican - Australasia
http://www.sendspace.com/file/aus1wo
Godspeed You Black Emperor! - f#a#oo
http://www.sendspace.com/file/mm6sc7
Envy - Insomniac Doze
More to come!
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Sheepish]
#7575256 - 10/30/07 12:36 AM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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Jakob was good..im listening to Agalloch now, it OK, itll take a few listens, but i think it will grow on me.
remind me of Therion.
ima have some new uploads to come.
im thinking these:
Rosetta's new album
Tephra's new album
and the pax cecilia albums(this is an UNSIGNED band, who releases all there album on the net for free, and also send albums to people at cost for them, just pay for shipping and like$1 for the cd-r and htey send you their album..im shocked they havent been picked up by a label yet.)
expect these tomrrow afternoon!
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#7575261 - 10/30/07 12:40 AM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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AARGGG.
I FORGOT GIFTS FROM ENOLA AND THE 5IVE TRACK!!!
SORRY, THATLL BE UP TOMORROW AS WELL.
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#7575335 - 10/30/07 01:39 AM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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any more albums by Impress by any chance?
You mean Irepress? We have similar tastes, they're among my favorite mentioned so far.
Lots of killer 5/4 7/4, they're like a heavier, more modern, and instrumental King Crimson.
Love all the instrumental stuff, great soundtracks for The Cosmic Trigger series I'm reading.
i think beware of safety is close in sound to Irepress, and gift from enola, which im gonna put up tomorrow, is also close in sound, not quite as 'dark' tho. windmills by the ocean has a similar sound as well, ...but Irepress is in its own ballpark when it comes to sound..i think about it more and try to put somethings up that might be similar..red sparrowes as kinda the same vibe..
so, for fans of Irepress, download these:
Beware of Safety
Gifts From enola
windmills by the ocean
red sparrowes
north
caspian
those arent EXACT replicas of Irepress, but who would want that any ways, but they are similar in that they are all instrumental, and all explore the light and dark sounds of music.
i uploaded on this post one song from North's latest album, Ruins, to give an example of hte light/dark sounds im speaking of.
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URGENT!URGENT!URGENT!URGENT!URGENT!URGENT!URGENT!URGENT!URGENT!URGENT!URGENT!URGENT!URGENT!URGENT!URGENT!URGENT!URGENT!URGENT!
START DOWNLOADING THE SONGS NOW!!!!!!!
SENDSPACE IS STARTING TO EXPIRE THE SONGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HURRY BEFORE THEY ARE TAKEN DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!11
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
#7575438 - 10/30/07 04:23 AM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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Super cool, thanks fellas.
Sheepish, I fixed your Godspeed link, you had the "delete file" link up there, I'm glad no one clicked the button.
Do you have any Subarachnoid?
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#7578207 - 10/30/07 06:53 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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enter the dronezone....
Here is Earth's 2005 release Hex (Or Printing in the Infernal Method) )
Earth is more ambient-like than a lot of the driving / powerful stuff we've been hearing. This album is more mellow (less distorted) than a lot of their releases (but it still has its moments that make you want to unleash some headbangs that could stop time.) as far as i can tell this album is devoid of vocals. check wikipedia link for more.
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#7578776 - 10/30/07 09:34 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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Whoops, didn't mean to put the delete link for Godspeed. Thanks for fixing that.
Here are today's 3 albums:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/hzirkm
Farmakon - A Warm Glimpse
Someone had described FARMAKON as "OPETH in a head on collision with MR BUNGLE" but since I don't know anything about MR BUNGLE I can't really attest to that statement. Instead, I'd describe FARMAKON as a fusion of OPETH, Thrash, Funk and lounge-Jazz. Sounds impossible? Sounds like a mishmash? Not at all, for FARMAKON has succeeded in the seemingly impossible with their debut full-length. And the fact that this is their debut only makes this that much more incredible. So wipe that look of disbelief from your face and read on.
Whoa! I'm not even sure where to begin here! This is certainly unique and probably will be a turn-off for the most extreme Death Metal fans with it's odd mixture of elements, but it'd be a grave injustice if fans of Progressive Death Metal were to pass this by. Ok, I guess you want some kind of a proof of that. But first I'd just want to say that I'm not that experienced as to be able to fully explain this music so bear with me on this one. Alright, here we go…
The base of "Loosely On Amoebas" is Swedish Death/Thrash in the vein of THE HAUNTED or THE CROWN but to make it more interesting there are some OPETH like passages with beautiful riffs and clean vocals and at times the song breaks down to some funky lounge-Jazz jamming. "Mist" then shows a bit more of the OPETH side of FARMAKON. Already the first notes bring "Morningrise"-era OPETH to my mind but still FARMAKON maintains a sound wholly their own. And more of the OPETH kind is shown on the next track but whereas "Mist" took on "Morningrise", "Stretching Into Me" is taking on "Still Life" and especially it's more mellow parts. But wait, there's more! The last couple of minutes of the track are made up of a kind of Funk with a touch of Latin American rhythms. I know, I nearly cried at that moment too…
So you can basically expect the unexpected here. One minute it's a furious Death/Thrash attack and the other it's like OPETH and the next thing you know is that it's moody jamming as could be found in some smoky little pub…and the next minute it's something else again…
FARMAKON carefully navigates their ship keeping clear of such hazards as overdoing it or making it sound too difficult to approach. Everything is fitted together with care to deliver the best possible outcome and despite the progressive nature of the music it is still easy to approach and even get into, yet hard to fully comprehend. But hey, I'm only my sixth or so listen in so I've still got a lot more to go!
And to keep the OPETH similarities going the singer sounds just like Mikael Åkerfeldt at times. Not only can he growl like the great Mikael but he also has a great clean voice and can also vary those two vocal types all the way from Hardcore to almost Black Metal screams. The rest of the quartet should be merited as well for being able to go from fast and crunchy Death/Thrash to lounge-Jazz, Funk and whatnot in between like any pro of said genres without ever losing control. And that is something not many can muster.
Quirky and odd at times, but never out of control. A bit like EPHEL DUATH, just heavier. "A Warm Glimpse" is an extremely mature offering from such a young band and should appeal to any open-minded fan of Death Metal. Any fan of Progressive Death Metal and OPETH should be on the lookout as well!
http://www.sendspace.com/file/ulvgwr
Between The Buried And Me - Colors
Thanks to a recent influx of talented competitors the spastic progressive tech metal terrain Between The Buried And Me used to freely enjoy began to suffer from a loss of habitat. It wasn't that these North Carolina natives' chops had lessened though, but faced with fierce one-upmanship and a seemingly limited set of resources, this musical spectrum was definitely prime for some population control.
"Colors", their latest release is more a parting shot to their imitators than anything else. For to get ahead of their peers, Between The Buried And Me have astutely studied the works of the past and heavily incorporated them into this stunning release. While the basis of the bands spastic metal forged upon highly agile musicianship is still the main proponent of this release, the bands exterior influences are no longer mere interludes or dalliances.
No, this time around the group will freely break loose from a pummeling predatory thrash/death metal groove and emerge into some Kansas-like southern rock stomp or bow gracefully at the feed of the likes of Queen, Dream Theater, Pink Floyd and King Crimson. The trick to making these seemingly disparate nods turn into something that functions properly throughout comes from the bands overall modern approach. They don't try to directly imitate and rather emulate the attitude, allowing them to convincingly graft a number of styles into their underlying metallic prowess.
As varied and expansive as this disc is though, there's still a soul to it. A rare feat in this day and age when the influences thrown against a wall usually resemble the blood splatters at a gruesome crime scene rather than some kind of art. But some kind of art is exactly what "Colors" is. A broad spectrum of musical talent, played by some incredibly proficient musicians who relentlessly endeavor to provoke the listener while pushing their own limits.
In a genre often bent only upon intensity, Between The Buried And Me have managed to add in the depth and variety necessary to keep the audience coming back long after the adrenaline has worn off. In turn, they have made a new milestone many of their followers will simply be unable to reach. Long-winded and indulgent at times? Sure, and it may not be something you can listen to everyday. But with an end result this epic, who gives a shit. It may not be a new revolution, but it's still the best this corner of metal has come up with in years.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/02safp
Kayo Dot - Choirs Of The Eye
The year 2003 saw avantgarde metal band Maudlin of the Well change its name to the equally esoteric Kayo Dot, join the roster of John Zorn’s Tzadik record label (thereby somewhat acrimoniously terminating their tenure with Dark Symphonies), and release an album that is far and beyond better than anything released under their previous moniker.
Choirs of the Eye was released as part of Tzadik’s Composer series of albums, which is to say that a large part of the albums in question were composed via classical theory. The normally restrictive confines of classical composition (yes, I am a notoriously lazy musician) do not really come into play as the music itself leaves a lot of room in which the members can improvise and noodle around on their respective instruments. Whereas Maudlin of the Well’s more experimental (read: weird) moments were occasionally forced in approach, Kayo Dot tends to go about things in a much more organic and moody way. It seems as if the band’s intent was to create and obtain a mood without so much weirding their listeners out, and while it does have its revved up, doomed out, and intense moments (witness the utterly awesome, almost Weakling-inspired black metal cacophony that comes about at around the 10:30 mark of “The Manifold Curiosity”), Choirs of the Eye is mostly a pensive and moving affair that has more in common with the releases of Talk Talk, Cerberus Shoal (with whom the band has recently toured), and The Dirty Three than with any that of any metal band I can think of offhand.
To close, I will say this: I wish that Dark Symphones did not take Kayo Dot’s departure so personally, as they are now witholding the release of MotW’s back-catalogue, thereby robbing fans of some truly great music. Let us hope that they shape up before the albums are forgotten entirely. In the meantime, we can rejoice in the release of this album and, hopefully, many albums to come.
I do have some Subarachnoid Space. I will upload some once I'm done uploading everything else. Patience
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#7578971 - 10/30/07 10:42 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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ive been lazy, but im uploading like 5 albums right now...
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
#7579088 - 10/30/07 11:19 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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2 more here for you guys:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/i4ah0g
ISOR - Post Mortem Peep Show
Another extreme noise band, which made its way through the Underground and which crowns the hard work of the past years with the release of the “Official” debut. It’s official because this splendid band finally found a capable record label with Copro Records, which should lead to a greater fame due to a better distribution. And believe me, their fame will grow as ISOR deliver an insane intensity on “Post Mortem Peep Show”.
Hundreds of crazy rhythm changes, mad outbursts of fury on both sides, musically and vocally and they have such great songwriting abilities that the common Metalhead will probably have its problems with ISOR. There is no average concept but they weave between diversified noise attacks. Whether angry Hardcore, bone-crushing Death Metal or progressive Thrash Metal, ISOR infuse all these ingredients into their own visions of a sound and they create a pretty hard and completely unique thing. Between that are again and again short but weird acoustic passages, which instantly won’t fit in but after some spins, they find their places in the overall sound and they serve for even more diversity and variety in their sound.
The elite with SIKTH, BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME, JOHNNY TRUANT, THE END or MEDULLA NOCTE has a new member but with a big difference. Because in contrary to mentioned bands, ISOR have not a several members line-up but consist only of two members. Dave Merricks (guitars and vocals) and Nick Hemingway (drums and backing vocals) make out the whole thing. But the insane ideas of “Post Mortem Peep Show” come out from these two guys and they had only some help in the studio. But also there, they did a good job and enlisted Dave Chang (MIOCENE, STAMPIN’ GROUND, LANDMINE SPRING and many more), who is a secret tip due to his great work and he ennobled a lot gems in the Philia Studios.
Already the first notes prove, that they have chosen the right one as it initially crushes and it’s hard to imagine a more pressuring and crushing sound. Furthermore, they have some strange lyrics and song titles, so it’s also not predictable in this area. “Post Mortem Peep Show” is not an album with single check out tips, it must be listened as a whole. Due to the multitude technical highlights, you have the duty to give it some time and to regard it as an overall work of art. This is how an ultra brutal bastard of the most extreme styles has to sound to and when a band thrashes through all these styles with such a self confidence, it deserves much praise. ISOR fight against all boring music and that’s really really great.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/q0ul9e
Flat Earth Society - Isms
Listening to Flat Earth Society is like hearing Carl Stalling score a film adaptation of a James Ellroy novel. One listen to "De Vrachtwagen 1", the opening track from the new Flat Earth Society compilation ISMS, is all you need in order to get a good idea of just how insane, yet compelling this music can be. Starting off with a foreboding, sustained double bass note and an eerily playful, undulating melody by either a synth or a melodica, you can picture an opening title sequence of a 1940s film noir, stark white titles superimposed over a dark, murky street. Trumpets erupt in a swanky fanfare, but the classy feeling is negated immediately by whimsical clarinets and crazed snare drum syncopation, as if mimicking the footsteps of a cartoon character who has happened to sneak onscreen. Murky yet effervescent, sinister yet whimsical, this is the one big band record that's made for anyone who thinks they don't want to own a big band record.
And what more perfect home for an outfit as strange as Flat Earth Society, than Ipecac Records? Mike Patton's brilliant little record label already has its own resident jazz fusion outfits in Trevor Dunn's Trio Convulsant and the dastardly demonic Fantomas, so why not a little bit of old-fashioned big band, tweaked just enough to scare the pants of stodgy traditionalists? Formed by bandleader/primary composer/clarinetist Peter Vermeersch in 1998, and over the course of four very well-received albums, the Bruges, Belgium outfit has earned the reputation of being one of the most experimental, yet accessible avant-garde jazz ensembles in Europe. It's one thing to try to take the classic sound of big band into an altogether new direction, incorporating the influences of more latter-day artists, including Sun Ra, Frank Zappa, and The Residents, but to take such a sound, and present it all in a very fun, strangely warm, and weirdly beguiling package that's able to simultaneously command the attention of discerning jazz aficionados, indie rock geeks in search of something their blogging friends haven't heard of, and children with strong senses of humor, is another thing entirely.
Until now, each of Flat Earth Society's albums had been available in Europe only, as any curious North American listeners were forced to shell out the cash for overpriced import copies, but thanks the always ingenuous Mr. Patton, who took the time to lovingly assemble what he felt would be the definitive introduction to the band's work, music fans on this side of the Atlantic can now find out for themselves just why these Flemish musicians are so fascinating. Culled from those four albums, ISMS is a 19-track, hour-long piece of inspired musical lunacy.
Fans of the crime thriller genre will get an absolute kick out of "O.P.E.N.E.R.", which achieves a scintillating balance between darkly dramatic and kitschy, peaking with an inspired solo section, before coming to an intense, cacophonous conclusion. "Pune" is just as crazed, but wildly different, with its traditional Oriental tones sounding as if performed in the cantina scene from Star Wars, and if that weren't weird enough, a kazoo solo and surf guitar included for good measure. Two brilliant tracks from the 2003 album The Armstrong Mutations are loving, but highly demented tributes to Louis Armstrong and New Orleans jazz; the raucous "(Little) King Ink" combines early jazz and primal rhythms, meshing an obscure Armstrong composition with Nick Cave's classic 1981 Birthday Party composition, "King Ink", Tim Wouters' impassioned lead vocals matching Cave's vocal theatrics. Meanwhile, "Funeral & Binche" is an excellent evocation of the classic New Orleans funeral dirge, but then, midway through, erupts into a ridiculously incongruous, John Philip Sousa-style march, as free-form trumpet solos whirl around the rigid melody. It's fantastic.
Patton deserves a lot of credit here, as he's been able to bring this bizarre, yet ingenious band to listeners who otherwise would not have looked for it in the first place. It's just the kind of freakazoid jazz that not only any fan of Fantomas, Mr. Bungle, or Bohren & der Club of Gore would enjoy, but most importantly, it's guaranteed to thrill anyone looking for instrumental music that's way, way, way left of the mainstream.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Sheepish]
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Here's another one
http://www.sendspace.com/file/dcqn8n
SubArachnoid Space - A New And Exact Map
There are five tracks on the album, two of them being extended space excursions. "Indy Maru" is my favorite track and the one with Ferguson joining on vox organ. The 15 minute tune opens with eerie organ, various bells and blocks, and subtle but effective sounds and atmospherics from the guitars. The mood is dark but there's also a bit of a Middle Eastern psych feel. Organ fits SubArachnoid Space's music well and is an outstanding instrument in general for psychedelia. As the music slowly evolves the guitars begin their whale song wailing. Proper studio recordings from this band come across as a potent force with each musician and each sound commanding its own place in the sonic whole. Some of the guitar parts reminded me of Djam Karet. And this track also reminded me of Spacious Mind's "The Mind Of A Brother" album for the high powered and totally spaced out combination of guitars and keyboards. Some of the guitars are really searing. It's amazing how much cosmic intensity can be wrung from just a few notes. The other long track is the 18 minute "Melted", which is similar to "Indy Maru" but without the organ. Just a cool extended guitar dominated psychedelic journey through the cosmos that is just as soothing as it is brain blistering.
"Prism" and "Fruity Drinks With Little Umbrellas" are a bit different having more rock structure and rhythm than typically heard from SubArachnoid Space. Andy Stephens' bass is partly responsible as it helps set a steady and confident pace. The guitars are still the heart of the band's music but the more prominent keyboards and synths really flesh out the music and send it in more varied and exciting directions. "Fruity Drinks With Little Umbrellas" is totally unlike anything I've heard from SubArachnoid Space yet. It starts as a spacey rockin' Dub tune, but quickly launches into an Ozric Tentacles styled jam. A heavy driving spacerocker! Finally, "Drink Me" is the one live performance on the album, taken from a show in Las Vegas and is classic SubArachnoid Space. Very trance trippy and embellished by space synths.
In summary, A New And Exact Map is an impressive step forward for SubArachnoid Space and as the year winds down I can tell this will easily make my top ten for 2000 list.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Sheepish]
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!!!!!DOWNLOAD THE LINKS BEFORE THEY ARE TAKEN DOWN!!!!
IT WOULD BE A PAIN IF SOMEONE ASKED TO RE-UPLOAD A FILE..CUZ I KNOW I WOULD DO IT...CANT TURN DOWN THE CHANCE TO SPREAD MUSIC..
http://www.sendspace.com/file/7p2543 - Conifer S/T
http://www.sendspace.com/file/u0fi2g - Gifts From Enola - Loyal Eyes Betrayed the Mind (sounds like when your tripping :P )
http://www.sendspace.com/file/xh20ws - Tephra - A Modicum of Truth
two more on he way.....
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http://www.sendspace.com/file/vwm9l7 - 5ive's Continuum Research Project - The Haemophiliac Dream Remake of the pink floyd song, set he controls for the <3 of the sun, and also a remix of 5ive's remake by James Plotkin.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/fmjio9 - The Pax Cecilia - Discography
http://www.sendspace.com/file/uk66ma - Red Sparowes - Every Red Heart Shines Toward The Red Sun(spent many a nights walking around my neighborhood, tripping balls, listening to both these albums..very good sound scape climaxes and visual music. a lap steel guitar is used.and a member from Isis plays guitar, Bryant Cliford Meyer.[he was in Windmills..., the gersch, and currently plays with isis and this band, he has a good track record ot say the least!!].
http://www.sendspace.com/file/4jfip6 - Red Sparowes At the Soundless Dawn
http://www.sendspace.com/file/obpnh4 - Callisto - Full discography, and this is the closet band to Irepress IMO, just with vocals. well, atleast their latest album Noir is. the first tow tracks are like post0jazz/metal, really good. their earlier stuff is much heavier. but still good.
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i think i uploaded confier twice, o well...
i meant to upload adrift..itll be up later.
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START DOWNLOADING THE SONGS NOW!!!!!!!
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See, this is why I love this forum. 
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Mr. Middle]
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use rapidshare instead of sendspace. the links don't really expire.
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http://www.sendspace.com/file/r00xr6
Blut Aus Nord - 2005 - Thematic Emanation Of Archetypal Multiplicity
My mind fades into the image of a lonely child singing inside a church; a small boy, only a silhouette. His song echoes from wall to wall, vibrating towards the uncovered arch of a single window where there surges a brilliant light from outside the magnificent confines of the sanctuary. Suddenly, his song ends, vanishing with the light, and the window is empty. It's as if a pall was thrown upon the entire sky.
My particular vision aside, it takes less than fifty seconds to know how remarkably adept this band is in altering their temperament in such immaculate and simple delivery. Like most experimental forays, _Thematic Emanation of Archetypal Multiplicity_ gives a glimpse of the band's capability outside of usual conceptions, but doesn't particularly signal any one direction for the future.
This release consists of five instrumental tracks that were intended for a split with The Axis of Perdition, which never materialized. Composed largely of guitar and synthesizer, these songs remain mostly in mid-tempo, retaining the cavernous distortion and contorted six string technique of previous work. However, the interesting tremolo bending of guitar chords, which gave their last two albums such punctuation, is absent here; it is replaced by ambient, multi-effects passages and faintly Godflesh-esque machine doom. No blast beats and no vocals, only some brief spoken word and unintelligent meditations, as is the case with songs "Level 1" and “Level 3". Accentuating their music with a religious tone appears faddish, but their use of eastern (mock eastern?) prayers in place of actual vocals is very effective and, I suppose, in keeping with the band's vague mysticism and visual aesthetic.
There is one annoying snag in the transition, and that is the third track, "Level 2", composed of looped drum beats with an up tempo, hip bass line repeating for seven minutes. Decent, but a throwaway piece that is in no way distinguished by itself. A bland shock -- like celebrity sex videos -- it's only interesting if you're familiar with who is doing it, then it passes. Here Blut Aus Nord seem too impressed by themselves.
_The Work Which Transforms God_ put Blut Aus Nord on the path toward ridding the collective rules of black metal. With this release, they've nearly left the metal domain altogether -- a logical but larger step. While more concentration on expanding the electronic portion of their sound seemed obvious afterwards, it has come with modifying a large portion of what also made their former album so intriguing, testing the following they have gained, but more importantly their own limitations; for this sounds like less of an attempt to transform years of musical direction than it does to free oneself of the prison that genre can become.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/4ll9to
Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. - 1999 - Pataphisical Freak Out MU!!
But on to the album review for real. I've picked Pataphisical Freak Out MU because it features the fewest irritants of any Acid Mothers Temple LP I know,4 and because I played the CD over & over on this past Autumn tour, for myself and for anyone else who would listen.
The album opens with the Faust Tapes-meets-Cosmic Jokers spoken word of "Cosmic Audrey", their friend Audrey Ginester cast in the role of Gille Letmann, here speaking in echoed French over drones and monosynths, pre-preparing us for the weirdness to come. Then huge demented feedback guitar propels us headlong into the wild blazing, chordless free-form rock of "Acid Takion". Here, the group is the power trio from soundcheck hell, as the ARP tone generator kicks the wa-everything of the guitar, bass and drums into greater and greater sonic speedballs, finally breaking off in a club-footed stop-go of calamitous sludge.
"White Summer of Love" follows as a beautiful echoed breeze, as though Tim Buckley's Lorca is being played by both Amon Duul 1 and 2 simultaneously. Distant female wa-vocals and twitterings, resembling Dr. Fiorella Terenzi's Music from the Galaxies, permeate an arpeggio'd belltone electric guitar, until it cuts directly into Kawabata's restrained but motorik "Third Eye of the Whole World", which brings forth still more Faust Tapes-like meditative groove.
"Golden Bat Blues Dedd" is a scrappy pedestrian open-cymballed blues dirge played in the Adams Family crypt by Lurch and Herman Munster. It's the Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band LP distilled and unashamed, as though Ringo Starr and Klaus Voorman had had 30 years in which to re-train their minds for Yoko's impossible banshee assault rather than being thrown defenceless headlong into her piranha tank armed only with a knowledge of cod. It's shameless and spastically beautiful, and it segues straight into the arcane Pictish Cajun bagpipe drone of "Mr. Hardy Guidey Man", here credited as being traditional. Oh sure, it sounds traditional - about as much as the similarly bagpipe-led "Caledonia" does on Cro-Magnon's 1969 freakout LP Orgasm.
"Magic Aum LSD" is one minute of spoken cosmic word from the Acid Mothers' self-styled "erotic underground" member Magic Aum Gigi, then we're off into the greatest track ever recorded by Acid Mothers Temple. This incredible dislocated slow thrash known as "Astrological Overdrive" is fuelled and driven by a thrashing and chromatic descending chord sequence over which the three female vocalists bill and coo and hum and hah something about "my daddy", while bubbling Rick Danko bass and furiously soloing drums giddy up the mix. Its thrashing, ringing deep-bowled jazz electric is beautiful, oh it's so beautiful - like Al Archer from Dexy's meets Pete Towsnhend in an emotional string-shred-o-thon; like a Spanish galleon top heavy with dubloons spinning around the edge of an Atlantic-sized whirlpool, threatening to teeter over and sink at any moment.
Then we're off into the three-part psychedelic speed wa-metal of "Right About Rainbow I/You're my Only Super Sunshine/Right About Rainbow II". Aren't the titles of these tracks from the netherland of the cosmos? There's something about the Japanese take on English which pitches even the most obvious names into a translated Mid-Atlantic trench of semi-understanding. Of which the same can be said about the warped Norman Collier stun-guitar of "You're my Only Super Sunshine". Crackling incoherence on a busted mike your music teacher keeps insisting you return to the school - but you ain't got the nerve to tell him you trashed the fucker weeks ago.
And so to the final song of the album, "Blue Velvet Blues". Slow slow slow, it's an achey breakey heart-attack of congealed "Signed DC"; a one chord minor key maelstrom. But it's the Out Here version as opposed to the one on the first Love album. And you know how Gary Rowles' 11-minute super-eloquent burn-up on "Love is More Than Words (Better Late Than Never)"5 forewarned us of 1970s metal-to-come? Well, imagine that he'd appeared throughout that whole album, rather than just on the one track, and imagine that Arthur Lee had given him the same free rein throughout, and you're getting close to imagining this final track. One chord, 25-and-a-half minutes, Nuff Said.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/wwv2x4
Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno - 2005 - Anthem of the Space
On this, the tenth anniversary for the overly active Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O; Kawabata Makoto announces a new supergroup: Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno! Featuring members of Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O., Boredoms, Zeni Geva, Ghost, White Heaven, Gong, Subvert Blaze, & High Rise. "And, it's a good one, for those who dig the long-form AMT stuff like La Novia. We think they're serious about this Anthem of THE Space stuff. Like, there's a contest to make the music that will be playing far out in space for all time, if you could only hear it. This is a seriously spaced-out AMT effort indeed. A cosmic march into the furthest reaches of where no man (or hippy) has gone before. Except Amon Duul II. 'Cause the main part of this disc, the 44 minute title track, has very much of an Amon Duul II's Yeti vibe going on! Stoner paradise. Very krautrock. A heavy, mantric riff repeating over and over a loooong time. Super hypnotic. We like! That's followed by the ten minute "Poppy Rock", a track that's more like a spacey hoedown. Kinda jig-like.Yet again, a winner from the AMT camp."-Aquarius. Featuring: Tabata Mitsuru (Zeni Geva, ex.Boredoms), Higashi Hiroshi (AMT & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O.), Shimura Koji (ex.High Rise, ex.White Heaven), Okano Futoshi (ex.Subvert Blaze, ex.Ghost), Kawabata Makoto (Gong, AMT & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O.)!!!
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Sheepish]
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Boris - Pink
Rock music (and metal music by extension) is in love with itself. As such, it finds it very difficult to step out of the narrow boundaries that it defines itself with. Whereas you'd see, for example, a techno band covering, say METALLICA, you'd never a metal band cover, say ORBITAL ("Satan" doesn't count). Though there are exceptions... And one of them is BORIS.
The experimental Japanese monsters are back. Having been around for about 10 years, BORIS have regularly switched musical genres between albums, from drone, to psychedelic rock, to noise. Having collaborated with people like MERZBOW, MASONNA and Keinji Haino (and also working on a project with the people we love to hate, SUNN0))) ) (<- the last two parentheses are not part of the name), BORIS start 2006 with "Pink", on Southern Lord.
"Pink" is an album to behold. An album that can switch from EARTH-like atmospheres, to grungy outbreaks in the blink of an eye. The opening track (which I cannot actually type, as it is in Kanji) drones out into your ears through to your brain. The track is beautiful. Unlike a lot of drone music, there's no hint of menace in the music here. The track is serene and relaxing, rendering the listener defenceless for the assault that's about to ensue.
"Boris" is a fundamentally metal album, with outbursts of psychedelic crazyness, punk and grunge attitude, and doom despair. "(blackout)" would not be out of place as one of the more spaced out CELTIC FROST songs. "Electric" and "Painted With" could be in MONSTER MAGNET's seminal "Spine of God". "(it's no different, regardless)" could have been in NIRVANA's "Bleach". And then there's "(when we're gone)", the 10 minute sludge/stoner epic, that reeks of power metal (!) and post-rock (!!) influences.
"Pink" is awfully produced - on purpose. The music bleeds out and surrounds you, with noisy (but very discernable) riffs, echoed vocals, heavy bass and pounding drums, the production adds to the abstract atmosphere of the music contained within.
I mean, BORIS operate a label called "Fangs Anal Satan". What can you say about a band like that? Lovers of the avant garde, droned out metallers and lovers of the alternative, you should really check the latest album of this crazy trio out.
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Colour Haze - 2006 - Tempel
Colour Haze is a stoner/psychedelic rock group from Munich, Germany fronted by Stefan Koglek.
Formed in the mid-nineties, Colour Haze is one of the oldest German stoner outfits, and have since then become one of the flagships of the German stoner rock scene. Since 1999 the lineup has been stable, with Stefan Koglek playing guitar and handling vocals, Manfred Merwald on drums and Philipp Rasthofer playing bass-guitar. Emerging from a sound heavily influenced by Black Sabbath on their first records, they shifted to a more improvised, jam-based sound, culminating in songs topping twenty minutes on the self-titled Colour Haze (2004).
http://www.sendspace.com/file/vg9yd3
Cloroform - 2003 - Hey You Let's Kiss
To many readers of this site, it might come as a surprise that there are good Norwegian bands that don't play some form of heavy metal. Cloroform is a good example: Take three jazz and rock'n'roll boys with a screwy sense of humour and who obviously have more than a passing interest in guys like John Zorn and Mr Bungle, and then let them start a band. What is the result? 'Tis somewhat hard to say really. I won't use that horrid "avant garde" term, as it's becoming quite a bloated carcass of a term these days. Think of a mix of filthy old porno soundtracks (like the brilliant "Shit Sushi" 7"), some upbeat instrumental rock'n'roll ala Bomboras, a good amount of fun and games, some good jazz-musician types, then smack it all together and throw it through a cartoon-filter. You'd probably not get this, but it might not be too far off.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/46ziva
Capricorns - 2005 - Ruder Forms Survive
When I open the booklet of 'Ruder Forms Survive' I see a guy wearing a mask of a dog while posing for a band picture. This in combination with the fact that Capricorns released their debut album on Rise Above made me nervous about what to expect. While listening to this album everything fell into place. Capricorns made a combination of rough rudimentary punk/hardcore like Neurosis did on their debut 'Pain of Mind' and combined this rough forms with modern spacy post rock landscapes not unlike Pelican and the father of this genre: Neurosis. The cross point of these styles bring you back at times to the stoner and sludge territorial. All the tracks are almost instrumental except for "The First Broken Promise". The absurd vocals on this song are done by singer Eugene Robinson from the band Oxbow. His vocals are the stranger in the land that Capricorns shows. Some will call his vocals overdone but it brings a smile on your face between the serious music that is created by Capricorns. After this track doomy punk riffs start in “1440:Exit Wargasmatron” and later out spanned riffs follow up. The combination creates a specific tense between your speakers but the tense is not kept as tight as elastic on a package of flyers. The tightness in these songs is comparable to high voltage cables in the field. But as you all know there is always danger when attaching a high voltage cable and this same idea relates to this Britain band. On the first superficial listening session it seems that boring stuff is produced in the House of Capricorns, but the riffs on the album have an indefinable force. Now it’s time to put this force into remarkable songs like the closing song "793AD: The Harrying of the Heathen".
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thanks all..i've been enjoying a lot of the stuff thats been posted.
Here's some more Earth...
Earth 2 (special low frequency version)
3 tracks, over 70 minutes ... subwoofer recommended for optimal listening.
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Earthtone9 - 2000 - arc'tan'gent
Arc'Tan'Gent is the last, and greatest, album of Earthtone 9's short-lived career.
The dynamics the band display are incredible. They are capable of shifting from emotional beauty to calculated math rock or from sweeping melodies to brutal hardcore, and it all sounds like a natural progression - never contrived.
The music is often very dense and draws up bleak, perplexing soundscapes. Elsewhere, the haunting melodies and almost tribal drumming create a dream-like atmosphere.
The album seems to become more and more intense, the further in you get. It truly draws you in - once it grabs you, it won't let go. Opener, 'Tat Twam Asi', is the stand out track, as it constantly changes and evolves, building up to a fantastic chorus. From there the album never settles. The following two tracks are not only catchy, but brilliantly crafted and complex slices of melodic metal. 'Approx. Purified', on the other hand, is sheer metalcore might. It then goes on to the softest track on the album: 'Walking Day' is quietly understated progressive rock. 'Star Damage for Beginners' is simply intense, again built around a superb chorus. 'Ni9e - This is the Sound...' is a short instumental track before the dark, murky 'Yellow Fever', which features Liberty 37 frontman Ishmael Lewis on vocals. 'Alpha Hi' is a much more straight forward rocking track and the album finishes with the epic closer, 'Binary 101'.
The band's talent is simply unique. From the inventive riffs, through Karl Middleton's original vocals to the imaginative drumming of Simon Hutchby (which I believe to be almost as good as that of Tool's Danny Carey).
If you aren't persauded yet, you should be. This is one of the greatest metal albums of all time. Those people who say Britain lacks any great bands: idiots.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/5z8k1c
Devin Townsend - 1998 - Infinity
Aside from Mr. Devin Townsend's proclivity to appear naked on album covers, the very talented Canadian musician has done nothing but show an immense amount of musical talent and ability in his various projects. His most familiar project, Strapping Young Lad, is a portrait of irrational emotions set to a bombastic musical landscape while Ocean Machine was an ususual attempt to capture the music the oceans themselves might make were they given a couple guitars and a a microphone. Townsend's proper solo release, Infinity is not infinitely different than the other two ventures, which is reassuring as it offers exactly the same amount of allure as the others.
Since the same man writes and creates the music and vision for the various projects, it is no suprise that Infinity has that familiar Devy crush and symphonic devourment of the ears. However, Infinity is a bit more honed and sheds a bit of the angst for a more introspective look into the artist's heart. Townsend's vocals range from very straightforward and melodic, such as the catchy "Christeen" to painfully torn as on "Soul Driven". But his vocals are only part of the picture as the music throughout goes through a variety of stages, all building towards the climax on "Unity". (Yes, "Noise Pink Bubbles" is, for all intents and purposes, a "hidden" track that is an aside from the crux of the album.) "Truth" begins the album with an affirmation of music and chants of "hallelujah" before segueing into "Christeen". The next two tracks, "Bad Devil" and "War", are surprising in their ability to rock and boogie down. "Bad Devil" is nearly a heavy metal gospel track and is guaranteed to shake your little booty. The midsection of the album becomes a lot more convoluted, dense and troubled. As individual songs they would not hold up but in the scheme of how the songs work as a cohesive whole, they're very important to how the emotions are wrenched by Infinity. As with Ocean Machine's Biomech, the album moves through a variety of stages before reaching the final resolution on "Unity". And as stated before, the actual closer on the album is "Noisy Pink Bubbles", which doesn't fit the overall big picture, but ends up closing things out on a great note.
Infinity is the sort of record that will initially capture you with its more instantly accessible moments at the beginning of the record and if you allow it to play as a whole, its magic becomes insurmountable. Ultimately fulfilling albums such as Infinity are quite difficult to come by, so anyone who is looking for a meaningful and extremely well conceived and executed record best be looking for a copy of this.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/pd91rd
Cult Of Luna - 2003 - Cult of Luna
Imagine that MESHUGGAH and ENTOMBED had a small brother, who'd try to copy them, but who'd also listened too much to KATATONIA and to Hardcore. Well, this small brother is none other than CULT OF LUNA, who have a massive and heavy sound, riffs that can be slow in a doom kind, or slow in an old-school Swedish death metal style, and with very raw and Deathcore vocals. The whole thing is very very precise, and will definitely make an impression on you, even though we can still reproach them to make songs that are sometimes a bit too long, for an album that can get oppressive. But oppression is so cool anyway…
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Sheepish]
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http://www.sendspace.com/file/m77blf
Especially Likely Sloth - 2003 - But If What He'll What Ant
Especially Likely Sloth has very strange goals and an even stranger purpose. This is the most uncompromisingly brutal CD you'll ever hear! Words cannot express the sheer magnitude of this brutal piece of utterly brutal brutality! Guaranteed to make you shit your pants within 10 seconds! Band leader Jason Walton (best known for his project Nothing and his work with Sculptured and Agalloch) claims to be possessed by an eight-year-old mentally handicapped child named Chriss Cobb when composing and performing the music of Especially Likely Sloth. An absolutely barbarous, bloodthirsty, callous, ferocious, gruff, hard, harsh, heartless, impolite, inhuman, insensitive, merciless, pitiless, remorseless, rough, rude, ruthless, savage, severe, uncivil, uncivilized, unfeeling, unmannerly, unmerciful, vicious slab of completely brutal brutalness... the likes of which new synonyms for brutal need to be created! He states that the goal of Chriss Cobb is to preach the gospel of the new hell - the hell that exists now after Satan had revamped it to make it more torturous - and Especially Likely Sloth is Chriss' vehicle for this message. Once upon a time there lived a king and a queen, who were rich, and had everything they wanted, but no children. The queen lamented over this day and night, and said, "I am like a field on which nothing grows." At last God gave her her wish, but when the child came into the world, it did not look like a human child, but was a little donkey. When the mother saw that, her lamentations and outcries began in real earnest. She said she would far rather have had no child at all than have a donkey, and that they were to throw it into the water that the fishes might devour it. But the king said, "No, since God has sent him he shall be my son and heir, and after my death sit on the royal throne, and wear the kingly crown." The donkey, therefore, was brought up and grew bigger, and his ears grew up high and straight. And he was of a merry disposition, jumped about, played and took especial pleasure in music, so that he went to a celebrated musician and said, teach me your art, that I may play the lute as well as you do. Let's put the "X" in BMX! Dig it! Apparently, Satan thought that because the world has become fraught with violence, famine and disease, that hell started to pale in comparison and something needed to be done to make hell a threat again. Brutally brutal brutality!
http://www.sendspace.com/file/tnt925
Ephel Duath - 2003 - The Painter's Palette
This is the first album by Ephel Duath that took a turn from standard black metal to jazz infused metal. The core member fired all previous members and hired a bunch of non metal musicians and this is the result.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/bnsgel
Electric Wizard - 2004 - Dopethrone
One of my favourite doom/stoner/psychedelic albums. Similar in tone to YOB, they take doom and mix a lot of psychedelic into their music. Lots of low ends on this album.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
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http://www.sendspace.com/file/u0fi2g - Gifts From Enola - Loyal Eyes Betrayed the Mind (sounds like when your tripping :P )
     
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Clean]
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wow so much new stuff... i'm digging colour haze right now. they remind me of kyuss, but i like ch's vocals more.
Here is The Delerium Has Just Began, off the album by the same name, by Tuatha de Danann a folk metal band from Brazil.
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The Delirium Has Just Began...
Ruled by the velvet sun we dance in praise of love
Ecstasy in our souls we all are shinning
Claping hands getting on Join the circle
Everything is beautiful embrace the velvet gods
Strange ideas coming Twisted rays around
Colours touchin us The delirium ruling on
See that little ones fell this magic tunes
Colourful sunrise eyes with rainbow lights
Surrender to our Sun theres no way to run
This magic all we're on it's really just began
Maybe you are asking why am I so distant of your
Way to see the life and why you Only walk straight
Leave away the fears you have on your mind
Open,break the chains you might have inside
[Solo:Berne-Bruno]
What a wonderful way to see!!!
What a special is that harmony!!!
Come on ,Come on leave this smoke lead to the marvelous dream that we live shining and laughing
Ruled by the velvet sun we dance in praise of love
Ecstasy in our souls embrace the velvet gods
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Sheepish]
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http://www.sendspace.com/file/8kxbok
Earthtone9 - 2000 - arc'tan'gent
http://www.sendspace.com/file/5z8k1c
Devin Townsend - 1998 - Infinity
http://www.sendspace.com/file/pd91rd
Cult Of Luna - 2003 - Cult of Luna
Figured cult of luna would find its way here, ill put up their newest album, Somewhere along the highway.
possibly more isis and other great music to come..
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
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damn the Beware of Safety one is unavailable now.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Sheepish]
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http://www.sendspace.com/file/m77blf
Especially Likely Sloth - 2003 - But If What He'll What Ant
I'm awake now. 
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Sheepish]
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http://www.sendspace.com/file/faqgqr
Colour Haze - 2006 - Tempel
All 7 of my Souls are diggin this one.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Mr. Middle]
#7590922 - 11/03/07 11:32 AM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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omfg this shit is sweet
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you may think thats pain you feel but you must have a heart to feel true pain and that pain wont be yours
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Mr. Middle]
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Colour Haze - 2006 - Tempel
All 7 of my Souls are diggin this one.
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fuck yeah!
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: beneath]
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http://www.sendspace.com/file/i2ayuv
Estradasphere - 2000 - It's Understood
It's Understood is Estradasphere's first studio album. It was released on Mimicry Records on June 26, 2000.
Notably, the first track on the album, "Hunger Strike", sets the tone of Estradasphere by covering a wide range of musical genres. The song is just less than twenty minutes long and is the longest studio recording of an Estradasphere song.
Tracks 6-9 are songs that form the four part composition titled "The Princes of Xibalba".
Tracks 2 and 11 are not performed, but electronically sequenced by Tim Smolens and parody the music from popular video games such as Super Mario Bros.
Track 12 was recorded at a violin recital for Estradasphere member Timb Harris. All other tracks were recorded at ROHYPONOL_Studios911 in 1999.
Miscellanea
* The "mystery rap" George performs on track 3 ("The Transformation") can be seen on Estradasphere's video release These Are the Days as George is sitting in a hot tub. For the track, these vocals were heavily filtered and barely understandable, but in the video, the original vocals are clear.
* The introduction and title to "The Transformation" come from a home video made by members of the Estradasphere circus. The video can be seen on These Are The Days.
* The sound clip at the end of "The Transformation" comes from the Rob Reiner mockumentary film This Is Spinal Tap. The clip is heard after Dave Murray performs a drum solo while the clip itself refers to one of many drummers from the fictional band Spinal Tap who seemingly and spontaneously combust.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Sheepish]
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: beneath]
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OK
since this thread is getting so much attention, i plan, when i have free time in the next day or two, to completely .rar alot of full discographies and albums...might have to delete my movies..but ive seen them all anyways..and why not have your music backed up, and zipped...
SO EXPECT ALOT OF SHIT SOON, INCLUDING REUPLOADS OF ONES THAT ARE UNAVAILABLE NOW...IM sEARCHING FOR GOOD HOST SIGHTS..THAT DONT EXPIRE QUICKLY. ANYONE HAVE IDEAS POST IT HERE!!!!
THIS IS THE SHROINK THREAD NOW!!!!
and while i have your attention, i make avant garde music myself:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/sg36eh
me on keyboard and feed back instrument
friend n drums..enjoy.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
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cool thanks, I'll definitely download some stuff.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
#7594938 - 11/04/07 02:09 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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The Shroinkery...
I'd sticky this but it would be better to keep it low-key.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Mr. Middle]
#7595295 - 11/04/07 03:45 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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this thread is awesome. how come i hadn't seen it before. 
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Mr. Middle]
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ISOR is some of the best metalcore ive heard in a long time, and im not a big fan of the metalcore scene, dilinger is ok..other than that im not really a keen to this style, but for some reason Post Mortem Peep Show is a pleasant listen..even with all the screaming and crunching guitars..
im zipping files now, look for later tonite for some more albums up...
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
#7597862 - 11/05/07 08:59 AM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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Yeah, ISOR is what metalcore SHOULD be like. None of that cheesy 80s soloing rip offs that just sound bland.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/lnwgzw
Green Carnation - 2005 - The Quiet Offspring
The Quiet Offspring is the fourth full-length studio album by the Norwegian progressive metal band Green Carnation, released on February 22, 2005. In this recording, the band breaks away from their previous offerings. Although critically acclaimed and well accepted by fans, The Quiet Offspring has a more traditional rock sound and leaves behind the atmospheric feel of Light of Day, Day of Darkness. Some listeners have criticized this transition, while others claim it would have been inconceivable to repeat the feat of the sixty-minute album.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/h5a2bz
Genghis Tron - 2006 - Dead Mountain Mouth
This is the sound of when grindcore meets dance/electronic music.
"The Folding Road" starts off with some maniacal blasting with some brief touches of Nintendo style 8 bit ambience, then jumps straight into some industrial metal style polyrhythms and beats. As always the synth bass hovers around in the background. We then get a brief space of synth and ambience which develops into a slow breakdown.
My first thoughts are Genghis Tron have made a very obvious attempt to better meld elements of all the genres they play with. Instead of fairly disjointed passages jumping around everywhere, we have glimpses of electronics and ambience within riffing and blast beats. The songs themselves are more mature in their development, instead of being thrown together in a fairly adhoc fashion.
"Chapels" kicks in with a very extreme death/grind passage only to fall away into some electronic atmospherics, which builds up into a killer mid-paced break down. Synth keyboards match the guitar riffs as the distortion fades out signaling the end of the song. "From the Aisle" begins with an unhurried clean guitar riff and whispered lyrics while noise swirls around in the background. At around two minutes in this progresses to another slow hammering distorted passage which eventually dissipates into electronic noise.
The title track "Dead Mountain Mouth" thrashes through a series of math like licks and passages, spotted occasionally with blast beats or electronic ambience and some clean lyrics before bursting into a melodic crescendo of harmonizing guitars and synth. For the first part "White Walls" is a total shitfight of break beats, peculiar choruses, and melodic chords before turning a nice progressive breakdown into double bass induced madness. Everything soon dissipates into some electronic clap beats with some nice complementary clean guitarwork. "Badlands" takes the lead from white walls with some more electronic beats and ambience in a short interlude type track.
"Greek Beds" kicks and screams for a while before settle into a catchy little mid tempo guitar riff. Breaking down into a slower off-beat type passage, the song slowly progresses towards the end with some synth accompaniment to the guitar, underscored with a barrage of double bass. "Asleep on the Forest Floor" begins slowly and calmly, before settling into an effortless guitar riff, which rolls along slowly with much electronic ambient interference before becoming engulfed in wall of static. "Warm Woods" similarly is predominately a electronic track, with guitars coming and going continuously playing a similar riff as electronics jump around sporadically and progress into another crescendo.
Definitely a big change from the first album, not the concept, but the execution. Instead of being fairly ad-hoc and start/stop, these electronic elements are much more blended with the entire progression and structure of the song. The album is extremely more complicated, but in saying that, it is also less identifiably broad in terms of genre-hopping -as everything is far more cohesive. Most of the intense spastic shit is crammed into the first four tracks - so some of the latter tracks were a bit of a letdown as I waited patiently to have my head blown off again.
That being said this is still a brilliant album, but it is so eclectic, so diverse and so eccentric, it' going to take me a long time to rationalize what I have heard. The main genres played with seem to be grind, death, hardcore, mathcore and of course a large suit of electronics. If you were intrigued by the debut EP, you will enjoy this. If you have more Agoraphobic Nosebleed or Fuck I'm Dead leanings, this will suit you too.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/21jupx
Fantômas - 2004 - Delìrium Còrdia
This is the Fantomas album with 1 track spread out over an hour. It's technically a bunch of tracks blended into one track and is very experimental. Quite different from anything Fantomas have done before.
Delirium Cordia, Fantômas’ third collaborative effort between Mike Patton (Faith No More), Buzz Osbourne (Melvins), Trevor Dunn (Mr. Bungle), and Dave Lombardo (Slayer) is a nightmarishly haunting experience that, like their previous work, has been executed with surgical precision. The ride you are about to take is one that will lull you into a complacent state of consciousness, while it intermittently yanks you from your content psyche to rattle your emotions. Over the course of this lengthy one-song album, you’ll find it shifts moods very frequently leaving you to never be quite sure of when it’s okay to fall asleep. As with previous works by Fantômas, their visually creative music, attention to detail, and elaborate CD packaging is what makes them an artistic force to reckon with.
There are at least a hundred different words one could use to describe the multitude of decadent layers in this dark and fantastic album. In essence, it’s an improvisational nightmare that leaves you feeling extremely uncomfortable for an entire hour, while concurrently having you wish you could lie down to listen. It sometimes reiterates some of the clowned-out, demonic tones of Patton’s work with his first band, Mr. Bungle; however, we never get to hear him sing. Infrequently, he will utilize his voice as an instrument to make noises that do not typically come out of a human. The most accurate words to describe Delirium Cordia, however, would be an uneasy listening experience with touches of ambient landscapes. If you’ve ever watched a horror flick, which I’m sure you have, this album will create many images in your head. I believe I even heard a spot from Hitchcock’s Psycho. Some of the other images I get from the album are of old gothic churches and old houses with windows slamming open and shut due to high winds. Mostly, these are images of places I’d rather not be.
With this album being the volatile experience it is, you may find yourself becoming worn out by the time you reach the halfway point. Don’t think I wasn’t one of them the first time I heard it. It’s somewhere between background music and something that needs to be studied. Everything about it is a dichotomy. For sure, it’s an album that should be enjoyed with headphones to catch all the quiet little sounds that lurk deep in the background. Dunn, Osbourne, and Lombardo bring a very dense rhythm section to the table and match the field recordings of Patton. After listening to this album several times, though, I still can’t help but wonder what it must be like to be inside Mike Patton’s disturbed head. Is he a man of genius or a man of trouble? Delirium Cordia shows that he is both.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Sheepish]
#7597932 - 11/05/07 09:21 AM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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you fucker...you beat me to Genghis Tron...some intense shit to listen to tripping i would imagine..
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Sheepish]
#7598047 - 11/05/07 10:09 AM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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what bitrate r u encoding these at? the files seem a bit large
look into Ogg Vorbis if u get the chance, it sounds great
http://www.vorbis.com/faq/#lossy
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: 5150]
#7598565 - 11/05/07 12:39 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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They all seem 200+Kbps, which is great, anything under 192 is junk especially with metal.
They seem to DL quick enough...
I don't like .ogg cause they don't import into iTunes.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: 5150]
#7600691 - 11/05/07 09:14 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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Files are VBR. That means when there's heaps happening, then the bit rate will increase. When it's quieter, the bit rate decreases.
I can't be bothered recompressing everything into a new format; I have at least 400 cds and thousands of mp3s. There's no way I'm reripping 400 cds.
Another one for today:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/czywg1
Growing - 2003 - The Sky's Run Into the Sea
Growing is a drone music/ambient music band from Olympia, Washington, which was formed by Kevin Doria (electric bass guitar), Joe Denardo (electric guitar), and Zack Carlson (who left the band following the release of their first album) in 2001. They play slow, instrumental rock with elements of noise and ambient music.
(I'll make an effort to include a description of the bands/albums in the future)
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Sheepish]
#7601130 - 11/05/07 11:14 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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ok...im working on getting all my .rar organized, and ima put them up in sub-genres, kinda help filter out whats post metal, whats post instrumental rock, whats metal core, etc..
i would think by tomorrow ill have most of the albums i want zipped ready to upload, and as of now, im still using send space for its 300mb upload capacity.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
#7601164 - 11/05/07 11:36 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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Good idea. I've got a line up of some albums I've already .rar'ed. After I'm done, there are some more to do then I'll post some more of whichever people liked the most.
So everyone, let me know what you'd like to hear more of. I will upload them once I've uploaded all the varieties.
I have gone back through my posts and added reviews of the album or artist to give you guys an idea of what the album consists of. I will be doing this in the future so you don't have to wonder what I'm springing on you.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Sheepish]
#7601284 - 11/06/07 01:04 AM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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Good idea. I've got a line up of some albums I've already .rar'ed. After I'm done, there are some more to do then I'll post some more of whichever people liked the most.
So everyone, let me know what you'd like to hear more of. I will upload them once I've uploaded all the varieties.
I have gone back through my posts and added reviews of the album or artist to give you guys an idea of what the album consists of. I will be doing this in the future so you don't have to wonder what I'm springing on you.
http://www.metal-archives.com/index.php
that is a great sight for obscure metal bands.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
#7601428 - 11/06/07 04:33 AM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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hey i know it's a longshot but can anyone share the soundtracks from the Monkey Island series?
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
#7601472 - 11/06/07 05:25 AM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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cool, thanks, can't wait to hear some new stuff!
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: beneath]
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http://www.sendspace.com/file/a1dypa
Halo - 2003 - Body of Light
Halo are extreme. And unlike many other bands, they are aware and proud of it, which you will notice immediately when you check out their website where they publish good reviews as well as bad ones. This is the second Halo CD I have the honour to listen to, and you can't claim that it's easy listening. Halo are just two guys, and the fact that Body Of Light has been recorded live should already give you an idea of the minimalism presented here. The two Australians S.Klein and R.Allen play drums, bass and a wall of noise (no guitars, if I understood and heard correctly), and they do that in such a distorted way that you feel like standing in the middle of a steel manufacturing factory. The bass guitar is amped up to the max, the drums have a surprisingly organic sound to it, which prevents them from sounding as clinically cold as many of their industrial contemporaries, and the speed of the music is always very slow, like swimming in a lake of molasses. All of that is topped with the most painful vocals you can imagine.
Nowadays of course, when we're talking about industrial music, most people think naturally of Ministry and Nine Inch Nails, but if that is so, we better consider this to be post-industrial apocalyptic armageddon noise. Halo are experimental, but there is always the structure of a song hidden beneath their depressive noisescapes. It's hard to compare them to any other band, but let's give it a try: early Godflesh on downers, the sublime Japanese experimental band Boris, or dipping your head in flowing lava. I don't feel like rating this album. It's a difficult listen, it depresses me, and I doubt that I will come back to it often, but then I also recognize that this is some kind of art, by a band that relies on real instruments instead of computers, who record an album live instead of spending weeks in expensive studios. If you are in for the extreme, you should check halo out, but if music is associated with a sense of rhythm for you, then you know that this is where you have to skip.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/7i7282
In The Woods... - 1995 - Heart Of The Ages
Easily one of the more far-reaching bands to ever be associated with black metal, the eclectic In the Woods is truly one of the more innovative and unique metal bands in existence. Often evoking a love it or hate it reaction with little in-between ground, In the Woods certainly have carved their own individual path. Their debut full length, HEart of the Ages, is no exception. Featuring a blend of mid-paced, slightly epic feeling metal and a mix of cleanly sung dramatic vocals and some very harsh black metal screaming, HEart of the Ages is a lengthy piece of work that takes quite a bit of time to grasp. In my mind, there is little here not to like for fans of extreme as well as intelligent music. The band's ability to compose in slower, moody sections as well as the more blistering parts without endangering the song is remarkable. Secondly, the fact that the clean vocals are actually quite strong and powerful show talent beyond the masses of black metal bands who warble off key in mock gregorian chants. Finally, the album overall induces a somewhat contemplative mood, as it should, considering the depth of the music. In the Woods is certainly seeing the forest for the trees in HEart of the Ages.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/fw72xv
Lightning Bolt - 2005 - Hypermagic Mountain
The myth of Lightning Bolt hangs on its devastating, shamanistic live act. Concertgoers encircle the band, in ritual awe, like a crowded halo of asteroids orbiting a binary star: a bassist butchering his rig like a pink-slipped surgeon, and a drummer grinding his ragtag kit into cinders, while belting yawp after yawp through a tattered pillowcase luchador mask into his “throat mike,” a jury-rigged phone receiver run through a pre-amp. The experience, religious to every ticket-holder, outruns language.
The problem of Lightning Bolt, by extension, is recapturing this unhinged tumult in the studio, readied for your iPod’s earbuds and your mom’s car stereo, without losing the myth in translation. Luckily, with each new release, the band has tapered the gap between the live act and the studio artifact. Culling 57 minutes of Dionysian fury from three weeks—and two tracks—of Apollonian sweat, Lightning Bolt rushes forward on Hypermagic Mountain, their fourth full-length, in another stride toward the perfection of their prog-noise esthetic.
Rewind to 2003, year eight of the Rhode Island dialectic—Brian Chippendale’s jackhammer drumming braided into Brian Gibson’s whitewater bass—when Wonderful Rainbow cemented the Ruins and Boredoms comparisons, when the band rocketed into the higher echelons of the indie hierarchy, when noise began to slowly invade the once signal-heavy hipster cosmology. The more mature Hypermagic Mountain manages to one-up its junior, coupling an across-the-board tightness with better mixing. Where the vocals worked before as accomplices in abstraction, they’re now turned up, and clearer, thanks to the band’s new setup. The drums and bass, in the egalitarian polish of Dave Auchenbach’s knob-twiddling, are now equally prominent in the mix. The production’s richer than ever, with the once-submarine low end reigning alongside the mids and highs.
Gibson’s bass lines gallop from the get-go, chased by Chippendale’s percussion stampede, promising on the first track, “2 Morro Morro Land,” that Hypermagic Mountain will loom monolithically, maybe taller than Wonderful Rainbow. The opener’s raucous verve is overshadowed by the threatening storm of the next track, “Captain Caveman.” Here Chippendale, on cue, takes center stage, almost crooning over the stop-start convulsions, proggy fits of ricochet chord progressions, cribbed St. Anger riffs, and Gatling bass-drum pummeling.
Then the Brians flirt with the spectral. Recovering from a string of false starts, “Riffwraith” parades the duo’s talent for dense rhythms, smartly punctuating the riffs with Chippendale’s downcast squawks. “Megaghost” blasts past waves of mock-thunder and delayed baying into a labyrinth of warp-speed, rococo virtuosity. “Bizarro Bike” treads the same water as “Megaghost”—a nervous, eerie mixture of vocal delays and machine-gun drumming, a prog poltergeist haunting the higher register.
The latter half of the album flaunts the outsize scale of the prog-noise esthetic. Not surprisingly, “Magic Mountain”—doing triple work as a Bildungsroman, theme park, and quasi-title track—is an epic exercise in ascent, a cloud-puncturing sierra of tension leveled by Gibson’s four-string enfilade. When the band slows down to gather the rosebuds, they churn out masterpieces. The longest songs, “Dead Cowboy” and “Mohawkwindmill” are among the album’s most intense. The former asks a question: how would the Boredoms maneuver a broadside against George W.? The Brians answer: drums at ramming-speed cadence, major-chord cannon fire, hooks piercing the choppy sludge. The latter drifts the same seas, pitching in the magma, only motored through by Chippendale’s Hella-esque fury. We hear in these songs a roll call of the esthetic’s hallmarks: the boundless zigzagging marches into the inferno; the volcanic, fatalistic climaxes; the minimalist glue, with lonely phrases pounded into submission, the angle of attack shifting almost invisibly; the arabesque prog flourishes; the scrambled, overdriven Krautrock rhythms.
Proving the album’s quality, even its lesser tracks stand above other band’s best work. For instance, “Infinity Farm” feels like Brian Eno soundtracking a trip to the pound. And Gibson quotes Bad Brains on the doggedly rhythmic “Birdy.” Hardly weak, and as if to leave its thirsty audiences only half-sated—the improv album, Frenzy, is due out next year—“No Rest for the Obsessed” abruptly closes the album halfway into a more-metal-than-thou crescendo, abandoning us waist-deep in sludge. It’s salt in the wound, to be sure, but all Lightning Bolt fans are avowed masochists.
The album sweeps away lingering doubts that Lightning Bolt is a highbrow gimmick, a hipster Frankenstein stitched together by alt-weeklies. The Brians have found a unique voice that’s wholly theirs and, with fine-tuning behind the scenes, they can only hone it. The compressed, cleaned-up ferocity of Hypermagic Mountain is a leap of refinement in every way, a sign that the band, while lushly unripe, is ripening gracefully.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Sheepish]
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ok, in trying to think of a faster way of posting all my music up here, i think ima make a torrent...post it on demonoid, and have it here for download, as of now i have 2 gigs of music zipped, thats just too much time through sendspace...
so hopefully you all have utorrent or something..
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
#7603948 - 11/06/07 05:14 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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maybe you could setup an ftp.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Sheepish]
#7603970 - 11/06/07 05:17 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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i'd love some more Growing and Colour Haze if you have any
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Clean]
#7603983 - 11/06/07 05:19 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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colour haze was awesome.
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The Melvins and Lustmord attached.
That's not too bad, sort of sounds like a mix between Corrosion of Conformity(vocals) and Meshuggah(sound and off-beat time sigs)....
I gave a listen to ISIS and Pelican.... I couldn't get into either one of them....
I guess I am just more drawn to the intricate melodies and the multiple riff arrangements of progressive metal....
It's all good, it's music....!
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WHOA...
i think pelican has osme of the most intricate melodies in the post-rock genre today...maybe alil too intricate for you??
and isis' melodies are drawn out and shoegazed out.
but to say:
"I guess I am just more drawn to the intricate melodies and the multiple riff arrangements of progressive metal"
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"I gave a listen to ISIS and Pelican.... I couldn't get into either one of them.."
in the same breathe baffles me..
listen to the pelicans albums about 50 more times...maybe youll start to hear their intricate melodies, cus it is there.
and isis' multiple riff arrangements is top notch...so i have no clue where you are comig from with that type of statement..
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Clean]
#7604194 - 11/06/07 06:21 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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i'd love some more Growing and Colour Haze if you have any
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Mr. Middle]
#7605079 - 11/06/07 09:25 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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those werent my uploads..
im thinking of maybe just posting ALLL my albums on send space...just people need to download them right away, then worry if they like it or not later..
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Mr. Middle]
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I have another Growing album and another Colour Haze album. I will upload them in the next lot. Couldn't find anymore Growing albums online, but I found most of Colour Haze's discography. Will upload these will I can.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Sheepish]
#7605297 - 11/06/07 10:35 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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here is Om
their first two albums plus two split singles, one with Six Organs of Admittance and the other with Current 93 plus a live track from Om
And their new one, Pilgrimage. This is the most well engineered of all their releases...
review: (not by me)
"Pilgrimage", the newest album from doomy duo Om, is truly an example of how sometimes, less really is more. Armed with only bass, drums, and vocal chords, the group never the less manage to craft music of incredible depth and originality.
This album truly is as it's title suggests, an epic voyage to unknown lands of massive sub-sonic proportions. Al Cisneros leads the way on this journey, effortlessly weaving hypnotic bass lines that go from beautiful and meditative one minute, to Earth shaking heaviness the next, all the while his eerie, chanting vocals conjuring tales of spiritual planes that many have yet to expierience. His partner, Chris Hakius is no less important, keeping the music running perfectly smooth with a good balance of shamanistic, and marching, cadence like rhythms.
It's amazing that the sum of so few parts could add up to something so monumental in scope. This album truly defines what the DRONE is all about, music so trance inducing that at times you are not sure if you are listening to it, or are really expieriencing a deep, meditative state. The only real problem with this album is it's short running time, as it's 32 minutes literally melt away.
However, this album definetly isn't for everyone. People looking for brutality of any kind, or even metal for that matter, probably won't find it here, and will dismiss the album as boring (I can also imagine many dismissing the band for thier complete lack of guitarists). Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of heavy riffs, but they are not heavy in a traditionally metallic way, they are heavy in a deeper sense of the word, especially when weighed against the albums lighter, more mystic moments. However, more open minded listeners will find the album to be a genuinely awe inspiring musical expierience. "Pilgrimage" is a testament to the fact that Om truly are the masters of "drone mantra purity."
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Cheers for the new OM. Didn't realise they had a new album coming out.
Here's some new ones from me:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/mjfpg1
Melvins + Lustmord - 2004 - Pigs Of The Roman Empire
Nuff said. No review needed here.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/jpz703
maudlin of the Well - 2005 - Leaving Your Body Map
maudlin are the pre Kayo Dot band, so their style/sound is similar (but not identical). This was where the band were at that particular time.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/gztg9d
Colour Haze - 2004 - Colour Haze
The other Colour Haze album I had. Others have been downloaded and will upload after everything else. Please be patient
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Sheepish]
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Sheepish]
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http://www.sendspace.com/file/16w48e
Caïna - Mourner
This is the kind record that I enjoy from time to time, a big surprise; it is not what I expected in any way, shape, or form and caught me completely off guard. Mourner is the second full-length, first on Profound Lore, from Caïna, the solo project of Andrew Curtis-Brignell - a twenty-year-old who already has a strong grasp on his musical vision. The album plants it feet firmly in several different musical forms, and Mourner encompasses some of the best elements of them. Steeped in the stripped down aesthetic of black metal while still traversing the sonic waters similar to (and I hate trying to fit things into genres but that is a point of reference for people) folk, post-rock, and shoegaze, Caïna drops a fully enthralling album that touches on several styles while still maintaining its own voice.
Caïna utilize a plethora of interesting noise passages and ambient droning to create an equally palpable and strange mood that affect the listener with songs such as "Waves Engulf a Pier" while at other times toy with the listeners' ears by switching to sparse piano pieces or soft guitar and vocal songs like "Morgawr." Sometimes these drastic changes occur within songs like in "Hideous Gnosis" (which on its own has a rather haunting sound), "I Reeled in Heaven" (the Gregorian chant-like portion is frankly bizarre), and "Requiem for Shattered Timbers." "Waves Engulf a Pier" contains a barely audible spoken word section that is sampled from the movie Kwaidan, which lends another ghostly element to Mourner. Curtis-Brignell's vocals alternate between having a folk like clean quality to displays of some truly emotionally pained scream or yelp. One of my favorite songs on the album is definitely "The Sleep of Reason." It strikes a chord with me with its layered guitars that still maintain a raw feel and the lengthy ambience that allows the song to breathe and explore the arrangements that Curtis-Brignell composed, and the sparse vocals serve to heighten the whole mood.
Once again, I want to note that Profound Lore is putting out some really nice looking CDs. This one looks like a mini gatefold LP, much like the previous Profound Lore release that I recently reviewed. It is sharp looking. The artwork itself is an image from a nightmare; with the gray and black image of a woman that looks as though her eyes have been burnt out of their sockets, it is unnerving. The lettering of the text is a bit difficult to read at times, but it looks great and ties the whole package together very well.
Mourner is another fine release by Profound Lore (I am coming to admire their stable of artists and the aesthetic that their records project), and it is a great introduction to the work of Andrew Curtis-Brignell and his outfit, Caïna. I am pleased that this record came into my possession; its soft, ambient passages combined with the accents of raw power (mostly black metal style) draw the listener into the whole album. I recommend this highly to anyone that enjoys any of the "genres" that Caïna straddles, as there is enough of all of them to keep it interesting.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/c95bjm
Monolithe - II
A while ago I was talking with a fellow Metalhead and came up with what I thought was a really great idea for a project. I love both single-song and concept albums, so I decided that once I stumbled upon some musical talent, I was going to start a band that recorded only single-song albums that each had a continuing lyrical theme. Each album would be like another chapter in the same story. I was quite enthusiastic about this idea, and then I find out that France’s MONOLITHE thought of it first. Bastards.
So, what does the second instalment in the MONOLITHE saga sound like? Well, I liken it to the following scenario. Imagine that you are an astronaut working on the exterior of a space station, held down only by a small cable. You’ve spent your last few days reading lots and lots of H.P. Lovecraft, so your mind is littered with images of Cthulu and Unknown Kadath and whatnot. Suddenly, the cable snaps and you are slowly set adrift in the vast infinities of deep, black space. Floating and floating around, nothing but blackness and desolation outside and nothing but images of creepy, macabre horrors inside. Yep, that’s the atmosphere you can expect from “Monolithe II.”
This is Doom Metal of the new wave variety, with painfully slow riffage and deeply growled/grunted vocals. There are lots and lots of keyboards, used almost as much as the guitars, though the whole makes for music that can best be described as “passive.” Nothing really reaches out and grabs you – there are riffs, but none that scream “Listen to me because I’m an awesome riff!” MONOLITHE are content with drifting along, not really boring but also not intense; an appropriate word used by both the fans and the band is “meditative.” Lyrically, “Monolithe II” is a continuation of “Monolithe I,” telling the tale of the creation of life in the universe.
Fans of exceptionally dark Avantgarde or atypical Death Metal might also want to look into this, but the main audience will definitely be those Metalheads that find enjoyment in bands such as DEINONYCHUS, ESOTERIC, and MY DYING BRIDE. If those bands frequently make their rounds in your player, take note, as MONOLITHE will be right up your alley.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/535v8v
Transmission0 - Memory of a Dream
After two years Dutch five piece Transmission0 brings us the follow up of '0' entitled 'Memory of a Dream'. The atmospheric metal and hardcore band returns with a much lighter and more melodic album than the dark and heavy debut. Just like Isis or Cult of Luna it seems it is a natural path for this band. On the other hand you’ll get better structured songs but also a little bit a lack of heaviness and darkness, a tiny downside of this album.
'Memory of a Dream' is coloured up by the insane screams from Steve Austin from Today is the Day in "Damn Machines" and the warm vocals from Roel Donckers in "Token". Especially this last song is one of the outstanding tracks of this coherent Dutch masterpiece. Unfortunately the deforming effects on the guitars are a little bit gone now. These effects were a huge substantial of the sound on '0' and created that sick and miserable atmosphere. On 'Memory of a Dream' it looks like these guys look at the positive side of life.
Another highlight on this record is “Paracas”, listen to the repeating guitar riffs and drums on the end. It slowly enters your body and without notice you can’t get ride of the typical Transmission0 vibe. Same goes for “Dying Light”, it starts really quiet and minimal but it quickly turns into a combination of heavy riffs and lighter riffs. After four minutes only keyboards transfer the song forth to an epic end with screams of Michiel van der Avoird.
Awesome are also the creations made by bass player Dave van Beek. The front of the artwork is a drawing of an ocean full in movement. If you fold open the booklet a computer animated vague picture is visible in symmetry and also the rest of the artwork is made in this style. It perfectly visualizes the direction of the music of the only collective that makes post-core/metal in The Netherlands. If we look a little bit wider, they follow Cult of Luna and Callisto close as one of the best European bands in this genre.
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om is the shit. i can sing "at giza" in full.
aperture on door the wave form school <-- love this line
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#7615683 - 11/09/07 02:05 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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found Growing's 2005 album, His Return
megaupload is a pretty decent site. 500mb size limit and the link is good for months.
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I've never compared anyone to Hendrix, but Colour Haze has his vibe down. 
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
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ok, in trying to think of a faster way of posting all my music up here, i think ima make a torrent...post it on demonoid, and have it here for download, as of now i have 2 gigs of music zipped, thats just too much time through sendspace...
so hopefully you all have utorrent or something..
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ok, in trying to think of a faster way of posting all my music up here, i think ima make a torrent...post it on demonoid, and have it here for download, as of now i have 2 gigs of music zipped, thats just too much time through sendspace...
so hopefully you all have utorrent or something..
any updates?
ami bump the shit out of this thread in a few days... you just wait..
this will be the new demonoid!
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Sorry for the lack of new updates; I've just moved house. Everything is finally sorted.
Anyways, here's 2 new ones:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/2869v0
Naked City - 1989 - Naked City
This is the first Naked City album. I'd say it's the best one, but then I'm biased — this is the first Zorn album I bought, back in 1996.
If They Might Be Giants hired the best jazz players in New York to make a heavy metal album, it would sound like this. (The major difference is the sense of humor. Zorn's sense of humor is more subtle than TMBGs.)
From The Wire:
Zorn debuted Naked City on Nonesuch in 1989. He denied that it was a supergroup, citing The Golden Palominos as an example of why supergroups never really work. But as ad hoc groupings of musicians go this pretty much brought together the cream of the 80s NYC downtown set. Naked City marks out the group's territory: jump-cutting micro-collages of hardcore, Country, sleazy jazz, covers of John Barry and Ornette Coleman, brief abstract tussles — a whole city crammed into two or three minute bursts.
The album's poles are its finest moments and somehow sum up all that the group seemed to do best: a 'suite' of ultra-brief thrashes which still manage to jump genres two or three times in the space of a couple of bars, and a gorgeous rendering of Jerry Goldsmith's untouched theme from Chinatown, which emerges magically from a haze of free improvisation.
The cover is a famous photograph by Weegee. Some record stores carry the album with the back of the CD booklet as the cover: an illustration of a Japanese girl with a snake slithering through her face. Apparently, this is considered less disturbing than the photo of a man laying on the sidewalk with a bullet wound in his face.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/0i4rqh
Mr. Bungle - 1995 - Disco Volante
(This is one of my absolute favourites)
Disco Volante is, simply put, one of the best albums of the 90s. A friend of mine from college, who was much more into the "hard rock" scene than I was, came to visit me sometime in the mid-90s and played a tape of this album while we were driving somewhere, knowing that it would be right up my alley. It wasn't long before I had my own copy on CD.
Fortunately, when he "previewed" the album to me, he skipped the first track - a moronic heavy metal song about high school friends dying off. If that was the first track that I had heard, this review probably wouldn't exist. Fortunately, the rest of the album is nothing like that.
I have to take exception to Nick's statement that there are no catchy tunes or danceable rhythms. "Chemical Marriage", the back half of "Carry Stress in the Jaw", "Desert Search For Techno Allah" and "Ma Meeshka Mow Skwoz" are all very catchy, as are other parts of the album. Overall the music is a strange blend of speed metal, jazz, electronica, goofy and usually incomprehensible vocals, klezmer, hockey rink organ and a ton of other elements. The blend works much better than one would imagine, creating something entirely new, energetic and enticing. You'll rarely see Mr. Bungle compared to other bands, but it seems like every new "hard-rock avant" band that comes along is described as Mr. Bungle mixed with some other band.
If prog fans need something to identify with, there's a lengthy, multi-part track called "The Bends" that attempts to musically depict someone falling out of a boat, having various underwater adventures and then returning to the surface with the bends (headphone listeners may want to turn down that ending). The band also has a sense of humor - be sure to read the lyrics to "Platypus" in the liner notes. And an occasional tendency to be disturbing - the lyrics to "After School Special" seem like another goof at first, but it's actually about an abused child.
Disco Volante is definitely better than the band's self-titled first album, which spends too much time trying to be offensive or bizarre and only has a couple decent tracks. Personally, I also like it better than their third release California, which replaces a lot of the avantness of Disco with a mutant blend of metal and Beach Boys. If you're at all into the heavier and more experimental ends of prog, you need Disco Volante.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Sheepish]
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cool, thanks
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http://www.sendspace.com/file/fje4pw
Nuclear Rabbit - 1993 - Vicuna
This collection of songs may [be similar to] Mr. Bungle, but Bungle pretty much [duplicated] Naked City. Not just in musical approach either - the flemmy guitar sound on "Quote, Unquote" emerged from NYC via John Zorn's Naked City. Bungle crafted themselves a nitch with their expanded, melodized take on John Zorn's chaotic vision. Nuclear Rabbit was unique for their indy ethic, challenging instrumentation (however sloppy, e.g. intro to 1st verse transition on "Subliminal Smurf"), and conventional song structures. My point is that breakthroughs in music (like Naked City and Bungle) do not destroy a band's credibility if they are affected by it, so long as the affected band gives a unique interpretation of the paradigm. NR played the same style as Mr. Bungle in a very different way, which is why I enjoy them so much.
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Does anyone have any Earthless?
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#7632354 - 11/13/07 06:42 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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I'm lookin for Earthless...
"What happened to the crunchy teeeeeooons maayaan?"
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Mr. Middle]
#7632607 - 11/13/07 07:49 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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http://www.sendspace.com/file/uoleb7
Old Man Gloom - 2004 - Christmas
Old Man Gloom. The name alone doesn’t exactly have you predicting lightweight, easy on the ear songs about fluffy bunnies, leprechauns, pots o’ gold and rainbows, or even about how some chick drove you to daytime television, does it? It makes you think metal, which, for some of the time, ‘Christmas’ is. Some of the time…
Y’see, when you’re a band comprised of members of Cave In, Converge and Isis, the last thing you want to play all the time is metal. You’d much rather drone yourself out for a bit, or add a little acoustic guitar to throw listeners off your metal scent. Yeah, you’d do that. Only then you’d kick right back into riffs larger than Giant Haystacks’ weekly shopping budget and shatter your listeners’ teeth with volume so terrifying that your record, this record, should carry an R rating. For Isis frontman Aaron Turner’s gut-trembling vocals alone it deserves some kind of warning. He could scare the Candyman, that freaky clown from It, your mother-in-law and all the aliens from Aliens away with no more than a gentle sigh. No shit… is exactly what you’ll have in your body after 45 minutes in his company.
Turner’s not the only person taking a vocal turn on ‘Christmas’; on ‘Volcano’, Oxbow’s Eugene Robinson adds some words of wisdom that barely register (so, to be fair, they might not be wise at all). But be warned – turn the volume up to hear them and be prepared for pain, as Turner, and his gargantuan riffs, are waiting just a few minutes in, along with drums that sound like a nuclear war between gods. It’s all a far cry from how proceedings were opened: ‘Gift’ is just that, an opening track that breaks you in gently, its acoustic strums blinding you to what lies around the next bend, the appropriately named ‘Skullstorm’. Really, with a name like that do you need me to explain how it goes?
And so it progresses – maximum volume and raging metal is balanced skilfully with drone and ambience to create a record that is so much more than the mere sum of its considerably talented parts. To pigeonhole it as metal would be wrong; likewise to liken it to post-rock releases would be serving ‘Christmas’ an injustice. Basically, if you’ve read this far the chances are that you’re already either won over OR already know all about Old Man Gloom, so me deconstructing it note for note isn’t going to achieve anything, apart from deafness on my part. Last year’s ‘Christmas Eve...’ release – reprised here in an alternate version(s) – served as a mighty, appetite-whetting curtain-raiser; ‘Christmas’ confirms what fans of that release, and the three albums before it, knew all along – there are few bands with the genetic make up and base-level talent in alternative music circles to touch Old Man Gloom. Even when they're obviously dicking about they can wipe the floor with all but a handful of progressive-thinking metellers. So they’ve a stupid name? I don’t see you saying that to their faces.
If Isis’s forthcoming record betters this it’ll be the best metal - to use the term loosely - album of 2004. Do the math…
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Mr. Middle]
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ok, first off, i have been think how to make this sharing of files easier ...so, ive decided to make my AIM account the new oink...
as of now i have all the good avantgarde stuff, zipped and ready to go. and what i was thinking is i will just zip all my zips, then have you guys IM me, and we transfer the file that way.
so, just PM me if you all are interested and i will respond with my AIM account then i will send you my ziped files, which as of now is 3 gigs..i estimate a time of 3-4 hors to d/l the files.
ok, but for now, enjoy my bands new updated version of the other demo i posted on here...its great for tripping!
http://www.sendspace.com/file/w9wehp
download and enjoy!
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
#7633624 - 11/14/07 12:50 AM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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lol i hope this thread never ends it should become an offical one
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#7633642 - 11/14/07 12:58 AM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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I hereby declare this thread officially awesome. 
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
#7634244 - 11/14/07 08:44 AM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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do you happen to have Joy Wants Eternity or From The Sky in your library? 
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found it.
http://www.mediafire.com/?fevdzxd9zxj (invalid)
Joy Wants Eternity / Post-Rock, Instrumental
From a basement in Seattle, Washington, 15 strangers met together in response to an ad welcoming all instruments for experimenting with walls of noise. A chaos then developed into a pattern of what became a five-piece of three guitars, a Rhodes, and drums known as joy wants eternity, the idea being to express their compositions into a sort of narrative psychology, a metamorphosis of both equal parts of subtle and explosive moments.
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http://www.mediafire.com/?a9yuodxypj3 (invalid)
God Is An Astronaut - Far From Refuge (2007)
Post-Rock, Instrumental
Torsten Kinsella - Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards
Niels Kinsella - Bass, Guitars, Visuals
Lloyd Hanney - Drums, Synths
The current project of the founders of Super AD, God is an Astronaut were formed by twin brothers Niels and Torsten in 2002. Hailing from Dublin, Ireland the band released their debut album The End of the Beginning on their own label Revive Records in March 2003.
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Invalid link on both your posts. 
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Mr. Middle]
#7634395 - 11/14/07 09:45 AM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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oh, it appears i caught the downloads just in time.
i'll be sure to upload them myself this evening.
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found it.
http://www.mediafire.com/?fevdzxd9zxj (invalid)
Joy Wants Eternity / Post-Rock, Instrumental
From a basement in Seattle, Washington, 15 strangers met together in response to an ad welcoming all instruments for experimenting with walls of noise. A chaos then developed into a pattern of what became a five-piece of three guitars, a Rhodes, and drums known as joy wants eternity, the idea being to express their compositions into a sort of narrative psychology, a metamorphosis of both equal parts of subtle and explosive moments.
here it is. take it while it lasts.
http://www.bestsharing.com/files/ETh8VWJ366396/Joy%20Wants%20Eternity%20-%20You%20Who%20Pretend%20to%20Sleep.rar.html
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http://www.mediafire.com/?a9yuodxypj3 (invalid)
God Is An Astronaut - Far From Refuge (2007)
Post-Rock, Instrumental
Torsten Kinsella - Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards
Niels Kinsella - Bass, Guitars, Visuals
Lloyd Hanney - Drums, Synths
The current project of the founders of Super AD, God is an Astronaut were formed by twin brothers Niels and Torsten in 2002. Hailing from Dublin, Ireland the band released their debut album The End of the Beginning on their own label Revive Records in March 2003.
http://www.bestsharing.com/files/BkKPTJA366401/god%20is%20an%20astronaut%20-%20far%20from%20refuge.rar.html
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no one interested in trading over AIM???
if i try ot upload my 3 gigs of zipped music itll take days.
so ppl, dont be shy, just PM me for more enough on how to get alot of albums.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
#7637223 - 11/14/07 07:13 PM (4 years, 3 months ago) |
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I'm in. Check your PMs.
I really like Joy Wants Eternity, thanks AA.
How many similar instrumental bands are there?
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Mr. Middle]
#7637799 - 11/14/07 10:26 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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MM, i think you'd really dig Jakob.
if you haven't already picked them up:
Subsets of Sets (2001)
Cale: Drew (2003)
Solace (2007)
they're one of my favorite bands right now.
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Yeah Sheepish put Solace up, their earlier stuff is even better imo, thanks.
Jakob is out of this world, definitely one of my favorites as well.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Mr. Middle]
#7638115 - 11/15/07 12:20 AM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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can someone repost for beware of saftey. im probally gona get their record
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: thedudenj]
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: thedudenj]
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: beneath]
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can someone repost for beware of saftey. im probally gona get their record
ok, im uploading gifts from enola, windmills by the ocean, Dakota/Dakota and irepress again.
i figure ill start to put multiple albums into 300mb folders, zip them and upload to save me the trouble of having to upload them all separately.and i will try to put similar sounding groups together.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
#7639532 - 11/15/07 11:21 AM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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thanks
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
#7639594 - 11/15/07 11:36 AM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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hmmm, i was just thinking..we should try to some how get a paypal donation ting going, get 70 bucks then sign up for MEGAUPLOAD. that way we can upload stuff and not worry about it expiring and all the other benefits. its like 70 bucks for a 2 year membership..
i dont know how we would start that, im not to familiar with paypal and how to set up a donation account..
Just an idea, et me know if anyone else is down, ill be the first to donate $17.50, then we are 1/4 the way there!!
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
#7640363 - 11/15/07 02:32 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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any chance of a quick run through some of the stuff on that download? not all of it, since i'm assuming there will be quite allot.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: beneath]
#7640382 - 11/15/07 02:36 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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I'm in the process of getting the lot from falkor, and I'll be glad to post a list when I get it and upload anything requested.
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#7640781 - 11/15/07 04:09 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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any chance of a quick run through some of the stuff on that download? not all of it, since i'm assuming there will be quite allot.
thanks.
"gifts from enola, windmills by the ocean, Dakota/Dakota and irepress again."
its only 4 albums.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
#7641852 - 11/15/07 08:03 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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http://www.sendspace.com/file/89s7g9
Opeth - 1994 - Orchid
One of the more stunning and devastingly powerful debuts of any metal band in any genre. Though Opeth's majesty has only recently reached American audiences via Century Media, this timeless classic is a great way to hear how genius is performed.
"So," you ask, "how do you really feel about this album? And don't hold back." Funny you should ask. This is downright one of the best pieces of work in extreme metal. Though they aren't wall-of-noise black metallists like many of their Scandanavian brethen, their roots in both black metal (noticeable mostly in Mikael Akerfeldt's vocals) do put them outside most circles of listeners, thus appealing to fans of bands such as Edge of Sanity, Katatonia (with whom Akerfeldt has been involved), In Flames, and others in the European scene. What sets Opeth apart from the rest is their enormity involved in the songwriting. Almost all their tracks are around eight to fourteen minutes long (with the exception of the interludes of "Requiem" and "Sillouette") and very intricate in terms of execution. Opeth writes some mighty guitar leads and very tasty riffage to base their music. Acoustic guitars spice up the material from time to time, along with some chants and clean singing. Though some death/black purists will dismiss Opeth, it's their loss. This outfit is destined for some great things down the road.
(This is one of my all time favourite albums)
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Sheepish]
#7641974 - 11/15/07 08:28 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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I don't have any metal not already shared, but I want to contribute, so here's some Avant-garde psychedelic ambient by Carbon Based Lifeforms.
For when you metal heads feel like chillin out... 
CBL - Hydroponic Gardens
CBL - A World of Sleepers
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#7642327 - 11/15/07 10:04 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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CBL is great! I can listen to Hydroponic Gardens over and over and it will never get old.
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Word. I've listened to those two CBL albums so many times, they're one of the few electronic artists that just don't wear out.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Clean]
#7643217 - 11/16/07 06:56 AM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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Hey Clean, that Earth Hex you uploaded was damaged any chance of a re-upload?
Does anyone have Growing "Color Wheel" or "Soul of the Rainbow" ?
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I don't have any metal not already shared, but I want to contribute, so here's some Avant-garde psychedelic ambient by Carbon Based Lifeforms.
For when you metal heads feel like chillin out...
CBL - Hydroponic Gardens
CBL - A World of Sleepers
oh my fucking god, this rules!!!!!!!!
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Mr. Middle]
#7644518 - 11/16/07 01:35 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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I have Soul of the Rainbow. Will upload it later.
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#7644608 - 11/16/07 01:58 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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Sweeet, I just want to hear it before I buy the CDs, I didn't like their newest so much.
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try this one MM
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XB0G0JVJ
Awesome, thanks Clean. It's outstanding.
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#7647787 - 11/17/07 01:35 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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http://www.sendspace.com/file/f19cdd
Growing - The Soul of the Rainbow and the Harmony of the Light
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This is THE ultimate trip album.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/76pa5i
Shalabi Effect - 2001 - Shalabi Effect - Disc 1
http://www.sendspace.com/file/88smb3
Shalabi Effect - 2001 - Shalabi Effect - Disc 2
(Release info from Alien8 recordings)
Originally slated for release as the flip side of a split cd/lp with godspeed you black emperor! entitled Aural Florida, this release just kept growing and growing. Now finally finished and ready to go, the Shalabi Effect present their debut with a staggering 131 minute psychedelic blow out!
On this debut double CD somewhere in the vicinity of forty instruments have made their way onto the recordings. It is very difficult to describe Shalabi Effect, because the sound is varied and changing so frequently, but we can definitely trace influences of AMM, Organum, and Pink Floyd, and psychedelic music. In terms of Psych, we are talking about the brand perfected by the likes of Acid Mothers Temple, No Neck Blues Band and Ghost, as well as more pioneering projects such as Amon Duul, Popul Vuh and the Taj Mahal Travellers.
Anthony Seck, Sam Shalabi, Alexandre St-Onge and Will Eizlini are joined by various guests, including members of Godspeed You Black Emperor! and Strawberry, filling in on violin, vocals, Tibetan bowls and sax. Together they blend middle eastern influenced folk with spacey electronics and really beautiful trippy guitars. The overall experience is incredible; sounds and styles change drastically and seamlessly, bringing you to a new place with each new movement. Shalabi Effect went all out, spending nearly a month in the studio recordings and mastering on 1/2 tape to capture the warmth of the music. We thought they were kidding when they said they were setting out to create the ultimate drug record. Now we know that they were serious. The first of the two discs opens up with a beautiful display of early electronic drones, Muslimgauze styled tablas, Oud, guitar, scraped metal and bowed instruments. The sound is so incredibly rich and organic, you could swear this was recorded somewhere beautiful outdoors.
Aside from the Shalabi Effect, Sam Shalabi either anchors or at least plays in the following projects: a trio with David Kristian and Alexandre St-Onge, and more… Shalabi’s free jazz duo Detention performed at this years Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville and he immediately returned to Montreal the following day to perform with Kevin Drumm and Pillow, as member of Molasses. Anthony is the other driving force in the project and is a film maker and video producer.
Shalabi Effect are one of the most important projects in the Montreal underground for the sole reason that it is Sam Shalabi’s main project. During the last few years Alien8 Recordings have been setting up challenging evenings of live music at a loft space run by GYBE!, the Hotel 2 Tango, as well as at other spaces. During that time only David Kristian comes close to having played in as many live scenarios as Sam Shalabi. We have had Shalabi Effect perform with the likes of Aube, Kevin Drumm, Pillow, Fly Pan Am, Godspeed You Black Emperor!, Government Alpha, David Kristian, Sabir Mateen, Loren Mazzacane Connors, M.S.B.R., No Neck Blues Band, Pillow, Royal Trux and Martin Tétreault. Occasionally Shalabi will even book his own shows, including gigs with Tim Berne and Brandon Labelle. We are very happy to finally be able to share the music of the Shalabi Effect with people outside of the Montreal underground.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Sheepish]
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I've tripped with those albums, thanks to Blastrid, they're fantastic.
Thanks for Growing.
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#7656851 - 11/19/07 08:21 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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http://www.sendspace.com/file/4mxr2k
MINSK - Out Of A Center Which Is Neither Dead Nor Alive
From the band's official biography: "Drawing its nominal inspiration from a remote Belarussian city nestled deep amidst the in-betweens of the East and the West, a city that has been burned to the ground on several occasions only to be rebuilt like a Phoenix rising from its ashes, Minsk is a sort of dark cerebral experimentation... an emotive conceptualization that sears the visceral and hopes for something real... something between the conscious and the unconscious... a roller coaster of passion, noise, rhythm, and trance." Yes, exactly.
Minsk can be described as nothing other than Experimental Metal because they are definitely Metal, but they are genre-defying and rather experimental in their scope. In a recent interview with Arch Enemy's Michael Amott, the stratification of Metal was discussed and he had this to offer about labels and all the supposed subgenres: "...now it seems like these boxes are getting smaller and smaller and it's not that fun sitting in a box that small." So many other bands seem to be mixing and matching influences and genres these days, and that's all well and good, but Minsk is truly a beast unto themselves.
The band plays a type of Metal steeped in crusty Doom with psychedelic, earthen tones clearly dominating the process that often run headlong into dirge territory. Vocals are split among three persons and results in a varied approach, perhaps necessarily, but whereas Nile does the same with ultra-guttural success, Minsk has a very tribal motif going between the voices and the tom-rich drumming -- pummeling, really. At times the mammoth-length songs (6 songs in ~65 minutes means an average running time of over 10 minutes per, junior) achieve a spaced-out fuzz akin to Sons of Otis using broken Orange amps.
The closest comparisons are obviously mid-era Neurosis -- particularly in terms of drumming, acoustic passages, and multiple vocal patterns -- and perhaps early Mastodon, but relying on these references alone may be disingenuous to the band or even to you, the reader. If you like your Doom soaked in tribal grain alcohol and set aflame by fuzzed out electronics, Minsk is your band. "Recording with producer Sanford Parker at Volume Studios has yielded both their At A Loss debut full length album and a new bass player in Parker himself, also noted for his play in the 'megalithic doom outfit' Buried at Sea." One dies, another is reborn. Like the phoenix. Like Minsk. And I like it a lot. So should you.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Sheepish]
#7657491 - 11/20/07 12:26 AM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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Tip for finding music downloads:
go to google and type into the search bar,
site:www.anymajorfilehostingsite.com
followed by whatever album or artist you are searching for.
megaupload, mediafire, rapidshare.. give it a try.
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I can't get it to work for anything.
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do you mean you can't get find what you are looking for, or you can't get the search function to work period?
this can be done with any site on the internet.
EDIT: anymajorfilehostingsite.com is not a real webpage. 
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Oh I figured it out. Cool tip, genius actually. I don't know why I haven't thought of that.
What's that webpage that gives you related artists?
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Mr. Middle]
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last.fm mybe?
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: beneath]
#7658201 - 11/20/07 08:25 AM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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i am making a torrent with 3 gigs of music that i will give to you guys.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
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thanks, i'll download it.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: beneath]
#7661064 - 11/20/07 10:09 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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http://www.sendspace.com/file/r9g98i
Ozric Tentacles - 1993 - Jurrasic Shift
Jurassic Shift was recorded in 1992-93 and re-released by Snapper Music as a remastered edition in 1998. The label knew what they were doing when they chose this album as one of their remastered series from the Ozric Tentacles catalog. This has to rate as a career apex for the group. Every album I have heard thus far has been extraordinary, but this is one step above that. This is the kind of release that makes a group a well known commodity in a particular style of music. There are not too many groups that can claim they are doing something completely original or something no one else is doing, except for groups like this. They are, and remain the exception to the rule. I have always found it impossible to single out any one song on any of their recordings, every one is fantastic. An album is an event, one large endless jam session that is in a continual evolutionary state that's right on the edge of exploding into something entirely new, like a supernova. As each song begins and ends, and then the entire process starts again, you don't ever feel there was a break in between songs. They keep you entranced, excited, mystified, and always wondering what is going to happen next. And that after all is their strong appeal and a pioneering niche they created all for themselves.
The mind melting keyboards, the Middle Eastern influences, the hyper drive guitar riffs...its all here for you to throw yourself into. Be careful though, this stuff will carry you away; just remember to check back in.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: beneath]
#7665390 - 11/21/07 11:59 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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http://www.sendspace.com/file/5clwx2
Pain Killer - 1991 - Guts Of A Virgin
Scud Attack / Deadly Obstacle Collage / Damage to the Mask / Guts of a Virgin / Handjob / Portent / Hostage / Lathe of God / Dr. Phibes / Purgatory of Fiery Vulvas / Warhead / Devil’s Eye
Painkiller 1Painkiller is perhaps the ultimate noise band, a guerrilla unit targeting the body and the soul on the most basic of all levels: physical punishment. John Zorn had become so obsessed with the grindcore/death metal-scene of the late ‘80’s that he not only paid tribute to those bands with his jazzcore band Naked City, but also started another project (the guy never sleeps) with Napalm Death drummer Mick Harris and bass player Bill Laswell (Material, Last Exit, and about 4 million other projects/collaborations/production jobs, etc). Whereas the Naked City albums sounded to some ears as if they were 100% gratuitous, painful experiences created by a few people who didn’t know what they were doing, they were actually fully aware what they were doing, witness the stunning structure and tightness of so many of their songs. Painkiller was an entirely different thing: total improvisation for the most part, even though Harris had never recorded like this. As he said in an interview: “They set the mike up and I had a little go and within 30 minutes we’ve got the phones on and the tapes running. Three hours later we record Guts of a Virgin. All live takes!” * By consequence, the results are, um,… “challenging,” and repeatedly among the most intense, noisiest things your ears will ever have to deal with.
You thought Naked City pushed things to the limit? This goes even further: there’s nothing funny about Painkiller, there are no winks, no references to mass culture, movie scores, genre-bending attacks. It’s all about velocity and sheer volume here, it lacks the humour of Naked City and the focused brutality of Last Exit. Harris switches from thundering drum freak-outs to the occasional quieter section, Lawell’s bass sounds like this huge, pummeling meat grinder, and Zorn basically squeals and squeals and squeals and forces these high-pitched shrieks out of his saxophone. The brevity of the songs (half of them are shorter than 90 seconds, with “Handjob” and “Purgatory of Fiery Vulvas” clocking in under 30) will give you a déjà-entendu, but also the lengthier tracks are rather hard to distinguish from each other, as there are no discernible themes or melodies to be found. Occasionally, the trio seems to create something you might call “jazzrock” with a bit of imagination: “Dr. Phibes” has a few straightforward sections, the first minute of “Portent” is menacing, but accessible, and the release’s highlight is closer “Devil’s Eye,” which basically continues the same plodding rhythm for nearly five minutes and creates an opportunity for Zorn to make noises that come together complete with visions of torture, suffering, pending doom and other assorted horror (there’s also the controversial cover, of course). People who are into adventurous, fearless experimentation should check this out - even if it’s only to have heard it once -, but if Slayer and average free jazz are already too extreme for your tastes (pussy music!), just avoid this release, the real soundtrack to the apocalypse.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Sheepish]
#7666076 - 11/22/07 07:17 AM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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Irepress live @the Middle East, Cambridge MA December 30th
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSpHa4HJutk
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
#7683159 - 11/26/07 06:28 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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Did anyone download the Devin Townsend album a few pages back?
Is anyone into his solo band stuff or strapping young lad?
I like his solo stuff more, it's more diverse.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: beneath]
#7684613 - 11/27/07 04:19 AM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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ok, after trying other methods to send my 3 gig .rar file to people, im going back to just uploading individual .rar file for specific artist discographies on sendpsace.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
#7684614 - 11/27/07 04:21 AM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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Isn't sendspace a 1GB limit, why not just make three files?
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Mr. Middle]
#7684621 - 11/27/07 04:29 AM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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its 300mb limit, one gig if you pay money..
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
#7684626 - 11/27/07 04:35 AM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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http://www.sendspace.com/file/obzarf
Isis And Aereogramme - In The Fishtank 14
Great collab of two very different post-whatever bands.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
#7684637 - 11/27/07 04:49 AM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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http://www.sendspace.com/file/cove7x
Isis Live 3 - 12.17.04
this is isis live, sounds better than studio recording, IMO. i saw them live, they are amazing, i had a religious experience, aaron turner is the voice of god.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
#7684659 - 11/27/07 05:08 AM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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http://www.sendspace.com/file/s8ze8o
Mouth of the Architect FULL DISCOGRAPHY
Time and Withering
Mouth of the Architect/Kenoma Split(1 track)
The Ties That Blind
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
#7694172 - 11/29/07 08:40 AM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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Quote:
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http://www.sendspace.com/file/cove7x
Isis Live 3 - 12.17.04
this is isis live, sounds better than studio recording, IMO. i saw them live, they are amazing, i had a religious experience, aaron turner is the voice of god.
i've missed isis twice this year over some bullshit...
i haven't heard live 3 yet and refuse to until i own it.
i do have live 4 on cd as well as an official cd-r of oceanic given out to friends of the band before the cd came out (got it from james plotkins).
only thing missing out of my isis collection is the sawblade ep and live 1, 2 and 3. i even own a first copy pressing of the red sea on grey 8" vinyl. i LOVE isis!
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: FleaAccela]
#7694533 - 11/29/07 10:53 AM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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i was fortunate enough to see them this year. amazing set..the cd's do their live sets no justice..and thats rare nowadays with all these bands using million dollar production to sound good.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
#7695415 - 11/29/07 02:53 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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I saw Isis ealier this year when they toured with Jesu. I was impressed by how they sounded just like their cd. Even the singer hit all the notes and growls/screams. The drummer for Isis sounds incredible live. His drum set is very well mic'ed and is a focal part/sound in Isis performance.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: gema]
#7701461 - 11/30/07 11:05 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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Quote:
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I saw Isis ealier this year when they toured with Jesu. I was impressed by how they sounded just like their cd. Even the singer hit all the notes and growls/screams. The drummer for Isis sounds incredible live. His drum set is very well mic'ed and is a focal part/sound in Isis performance.
They sound better live IMO, not there Live cds(which they arent bad) but in person live. that is rare for a band nowadays, most of them have so much post production done to vocals/instruments, that its almost impossible to recreate live...i heard The Used singer live on TV, i thought i would shoot myself, god he blew so bad, but then i hear them on mtv and every note he sings is perfect..
when i saw them Jesu hadnt yet gotten their passports, so we saw intronaut instead, which they were pretty good, more metal tho then jesu..
here is a badass florida band i had the luxury of seeing live, and chat with briefly:
http://www.myspace.com/darkcastlemetal
the are really great, the combine all the sounds from my favorite bands: Isis, Cult of Luna, and stevie, the women vocalist hits growls that would make aaron turner blush.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
#7701563 - 11/30/07 11:51 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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http://www.sendspace.com/file/va83bd
Across Tundras - Dark Songs Of The Prairie
Unique doom/gloomy rock band, picture Om speed up...
http://www.sendspace.com/file/wocp2s
Battle_of_Mice-A_Day_of_Nights-2006-RTB
View full Decibel article on A Day Of Nights here:
http://www.decibelmagazine.com/features/jan2007/top40_battleofmice.aspx
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
#7701645 - 12/01/07 12:49 AM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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http://www.sendspace.com/file/azwv81
The Advantage - Self Titled .rar
Your favorite Nintendo game tune's played in math core rock style.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
#7701669 - 12/01/07 01:05 AM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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http://www.sendspace.com/file/f5a0j1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Besnard_Lakes
Id describe it as soft post-rcok or something. sure chicks would dig it, sets the mood..
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
#7701780 - 12/01/07 02:48 AM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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I'm really enjoying that ISIS Live, thanks.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Mr. Middle]
#7704745 - 12/01/07 10:21 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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Breed the Circus - Enola Spoke(To Me Through Logos)
this is a 16min set my project performed on 11/17 in St.Pete Florida.
It is different, hard to put into a genre, which i like...
but if i had to pigeon hole it i would say, like Noise Pop, or Synth IDM..or Drum N' Noise...take your pick or make up your own genre.
Now go watch the vid and give me some feedback.
Im the keyboardist/noise-ist...the white kid with the afro pretty much.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
#7725281 - 12/06/07 03:39 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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Gifts_From_Enola--Loyal_Eyes_Betrayed_The_Mind-2006
http://www.sendspace.com/file/52s6jf
http://www.sendspace.com/file/jt7jip
North - Siberia(2006) Ruins(2007)
http://www.sendspace.com/file/hpcgb3
Beware_Of_Safety-It_Is_Curtains-2007
These three bands go to together so well, you can just put all their songs in one playlist,and randomly play the songs..really great musicians, and on their myspaces, they all seem to be friends.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
#7731827 - 12/08/07 01:57 AM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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Enjoy these tracks from a band i recently join,Indra it has all the members of my other project, Breed the Circus, but with a great guitarist... they started as a two piece, drums/guitar, and just a few weeks ago they asked me and the bass player for BtC to come play with them..we have been doing 4-5 hour practices for a dec 22nd.show we are playing.
here are some rough recordings of two songs:
[list]
http://www.sendspace.com/file/kev04m - DEMO(no bass) http://www.sendspace.com/file/fkdlgu - migration take a http://www.sendspace.com/file/9pvuvz - migration take b
hope you enjoy, and feed back is welcomed!!(positive or negative, just please, constructive criticism only)
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
#7731832 - 12/08/07 02:00 AM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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fuck typos
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
#7737187 - 12/09/07 02:52 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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http://www.sendspace.com/file/87t0t9 - Walking Cloud and Deep Red Sky, Flag Fluttered and the Sun Shined is an album by Mono, a Japanese Post-Rock Band.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
#7745527 - 12/11/07 02:37 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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http://www.sendspace.com/file/8bblj5
Battlefields - Stained with the Blood of an Empire
MySpace URL:
http://www.myspace.com/battlefieldsdoom
Its all 4 songs of the EP i bought, put onto one track.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
#7745687 - 12/11/07 03:06 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: snoot]
#7746260 - 12/11/07 05:07 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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i love this thread still
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I apologise for not uploading anything more, but the internet connection in my new house SUCKS. It randomly disconnects a lot, so I can never get anything uploaded via sendspace.
Hopefully things get better.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Sheepish]
#7747501 - 12/11/07 10:01 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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well, im glad someone was honest and voted that they didnt like my bands song.
but, oh well.
i will be uploading more artist, any requests are welcomed. my list is here:
mouth of the architect, rosetta, tephra, conifer, battlefields, dark castle, the pax cecilia, irepress, the ocean collective, adai, callisto, isis, zozobra, sunn o))), adrift, aussitot mort, battle of mice, big business, black cobra, the pax cecilia, caspian, conifer, dakota dakota, across tundras,
explosions in the sky, fjord, genghis tron, from a second story window, giant squid, god is an astronaut, godflesh, halifax pier, mogwai, irepress, jesu, jesus lizard, made out of babies, north, the ocean, old man gloom, the gersch, windmill by the ocean, the sameul jackson five, tides, giant, mono, zatokrev, drawing voices, 5ive, aeolian, yellow swans, blood and time, constants, gifts from enola, grayceon, grey daturas, laura, tephra, wolves in the throne room, tides, book of knots and most of what is posted on here..
just let me know of any priority for uploads/downloads of these artist, otherwise ima just randomly put them up.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
#7748528 - 12/12/07 08:50 AM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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I liked some parts of your band's song, falkor.
How about something that hasn't been in this thread yet like the ocean, tides, giant, aeolian, yellow swans, constants, laura, or book of knots... ?
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Mr. Middle]
#7751347 - 12/12/07 08:02 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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im zipping those files now, uploading soon...
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
#7754807 - 12/13/07 04:31 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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http://www.sonicfrontiers.net/php/2007.php
65daysofstatic - The Destruction of Small Ideas
Alcest - Souvenirs d'un Autre Monde
Baroness - Red Album
Battles - Mirrored
Caspian - The Four Trees
Do Make Say Think - You, You'e a History in Rust
Explosions in the Sky - All of a Sudden, I Miss Everyone
Grayceon - Grayceon
Irepress - Samus Octology
Jesu - Conqueror
Neurosis - Given to the Rising
Panda Bear - Person Pitch
Pelican - City of Echoes
Pig Destroyer - Phantom Limb
Rosetta - Wake/Lift
Rwake - Voices of Omens
Stars of the Lid - And Their Refinement of the Decline
The Ocean - Precambrian
Ulver - Shadows of the Sun
Wolves in the Throne Room - Two Hunters
i will be uploading ALL of these albums in the next few days, then cast your vote!!
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
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Forgot that Ulver had a new album out. Looking forward to hearing that!
And more Baroness would be nice
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Mr. Middle]
#7756138 - 12/13/07 08:58 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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http://www.sendspace.com/file/b6zl98
Blood and Time - At The Foot Of The Garden.rar
http://www.myspace.com/bloodtime
This is a super group of amazing artists, with many other bands of msucians of Blood and Time are in this thread.There sound in an scoustic gloomy/doom metal, with almost spoken word vocals. great listen for a depressing opiate time. Members are:
Scott Kelly: Neurosis, Tribes of Neurot, Blood and Time and his solo acoustic project.
Noah Landis: Neurosis, Tribes of Neurot, Christ on Parade.
Josh Graham: Red Sparrowes, Tribes of Neurot, Neutosis, Battle of Mice, a storm of light, the (fallen) black deer..and prolly more..
http://www.sendspace.com/file/6r1jrw
The Book of Knots - Traineater
http://www.myspace.com/thebookofknots
From their myspace:
Tony Maimone (Pere Ubu, They Might Be Giants, Bob Mould, Lucinda Williams, more...) and Carla Kihlstedt (Tin Hat Trio, Tom Waits, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, 2 Foot Yard, many many more) and Producer/engineer/guitarist Joel Hamilton (Elvis Costello,unsane,Frank Black,sparklehorse,Shiner, Players Club, many, many more...) and Matthias Bossi (Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Skeleton Key, Vic Thrill...etc...) These are the core members of this heavy, beautiful, dark, slow, melancholy collective.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/w6u302
the ocean (collective) - 2004 - fluxion & 2003- Fogdiver
http://www.myspace.com/theoceancollective
From their myspace:
The Ocean is...
drums, percussion - Torge Liessmann
guitars - Matt Beels, Robin Staps, Walid Farruque
bass - Mike Pilat, Hannes Huefken, Jonathan Heine
cello - Stefan Heinemeyer
viola - Karina Suslov
violin - Christoph von der Nahmer
piano - Katharina Sellheim
saxophone - John Gürtler
glockenspiel - Daniel Eichholz
tambourine - Jonas Olsson
additional samples - Tomas Svensson
vocals - Mike Pilat, Nico Webers, Rene Nocon, Robin Staps, Nate Newton, Dwid Hellion, Jan Oberg, Caleb Scofield, Eric Kalsbeek, Jason Emry, Meta
live percussion: Gerd Kornmann
live visuals: Nils Lindenhayn
samples, creative despotism - Robin Staps
http://www.sendspace.com/file/zkthmu
ocean - [2006] Monument-Fork Lashing Eye
THIS IS NOT THE COEAN COLLECTIVE, THIS IS ANOTHER BAND, FROM AMERICA, ALSO CALLED OCEAN. I CONFUSED THEM AND ADDED THEM TO AEOLIAN.
(also, 2 songs from the OCEAN (COLLECTIVE) album Aeolian is on here. the rar file messed up some how, ill get the full album up here sometime)
also, ima upload another of the american band ocean's album: Here Where Nothing Grows
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
#7756307 - 12/13/07 09:24 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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i hope people are still downloading from this thread, i takes alot of time away from my other things i could be doing...and if no one was downloading..it would be such a waste of time. But even if just a few people are downloading this stuff, then it is all worth it...so, id like to hear some responses, see how many people are actually downloading this stuff...
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
#7756696 - 12/13/07 10:34 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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http://www.sendspace.com/file/gndukr
Tides - From Silence, Resurface, Tides and Giant Split
Giant has a great album called 'Song'. My copy is in flac and is 40mb over the upload limit. so in order to keep the flac quality, im going to have .rar all but one of the songs (the biggest song) on the album, then upload the .rar and the missing song..
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
#7757200 - 12/14/07 02:26 AM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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Downloaded all of them, except The Ocean. I already have their albums, but didn't have the newer Ocean album.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Sheepish]
#7759815 - 12/14/07 06:27 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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The full album by Tides has corrupt files in the .rar. The split album is fine.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Sheepish]
#7761280 - 12/15/07 08:48 AM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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working on that now, as well as 3 more uploads..
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
#7761918 - 12/15/07 01:08 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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http://www.sendspace.com/file/0tzn2n
the gersch - the gersch
http://www.sendspace.com/file/3gvs4d
Windmills By The Ocean - Windmills By The Ocean
http://www.sendspace.com/file/vjny6j
Isis - 1998 - Mosquito Control
all music posted was made before 2000. this will give you a feel for the avant garde/hardcore metal scene as it was blooming into what it is today
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Sheepish]
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
#7767836 - 12/16/07 10:02 PM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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http://www.sendspace.com/file/0rxq5z
Pig_Destroyer-Phantom_Limb-2007
http://www.sendspace.com/file/9ibmq2
Do_Make_Say_Think-You_You're_A_History_In_Rust-2007
http://www.sendspace.com/file/fhecig
Ulver - Shadows Of The Sun
Three more albums up for the best underground album of the year.
http://www.sonicfrontiers.net/php/2007.php
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
#7768506 - 12/17/07 07:13 AM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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so how are you all liking the music?
Avant Garde enough for you!!!
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
#7771707 - 12/17/07 08:21 PM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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Thanks for all the music (Pig Destroyer ain't avant garde, but their new album is great anyways). In the future, could you not make some albums into a single track? It's actually quite annoying and Winamp is capable of seamless mp3 playback, so it shouldn't be necassary.
Can't wait to hear the new Ulver!
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Sheepish]
#7771870 - 12/17/07 08:53 PM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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I only have two albums as full mp3s, Battlefields and Tephra's first album...the idea was that when tripping, it was best to let a album just play out, no skipping to "favorite songs" or anything...but dont owrry, no more one mp3 albums
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
#7773043 - 12/18/07 07:30 AM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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"(Pig Destroyer ain't avant garde, but their new album is great anyways)."
I only uploaded them cause they are nominated for best underground album..which makes them a lil avant-garde in my book
http://www.sonicfrontiers.net/php/2007.php
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
#7774612 - 12/18/07 04:09 PM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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"like music" by ulver is the best off that album imo.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
#7775675 - 12/18/07 08:39 PM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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The new Ulver album reminds me very much of Coil. Great album. Not many vocals on this one either.
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#7776227 - 12/19/07 12:03 AM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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The Stars Of The Lid double album is missing the first 9 tracks from the 1st Disc 
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Sheepish]
#7777513 - 12/19/07 11:36 AM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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HMMM, for some reason i only downloaded those tracks...ima redownlaod it and re upload it and repost it, ALL FOR YOU!
i got like 4 more coming as well...
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
#7777575 - 12/19/07 11:53 AM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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also, i need your help.
i cant find some albums:
Baroness - Red Album
Rosetta - Wake/Lift
65daysofstatic - The Destruction of Small Ideas
Alcest - Souvenirs d'un Autre Monde
i have rosetta wake lift, in flac, and its like .5 gis, so i might split it in half and upload it that way...but if anyone can find these albums and upload them with the best album of 2007 banner, that would be awesome..
i seem to be the only one uploading shit now, arepeopel still downloading is my question...
or all my time and effort a waste?
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#7783502 - 12/20/07 08:10 PM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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I'm downloading those 4 albums. Haven't been uploading because the internet in my new place sucks balls. Disconnects randomly, so if it happens during uploading, I have to restart and hope it finishes before it cuts again. Most of the time it doesn't, so I haven't bothered lately.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
#7791458 - 12/23/07 01:40 AM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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The show went well, i have a clip on youtube:
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Also, i reuploaded:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/a02h1e- DEMO(no bass)
http://www.sendspace.com/file/fkdlgu -migration (live video above)
go vote, live comments, add us as friends on myspace, do it up hommies..GO VOTE ON MY BAND'S SOUND!!
we got an album planed for april of 08..keep you updated, maybe give you all some sneak peaks of what we are making.
also, we have another show which includes my solo act; SMILING MISANTHROPE, breed the circus(my electro/new age/experimental band), and indra...it will be a fun filled night for me thats for sure!!!
www.myspace.com/smilingmisanthope
www.myspace.com/muzikformind
www.myspace.com/pornicate
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
#7808870 - 12/28/07 09:20 PM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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http://www.sendspace.com/file/x89ejy
The Axis Of Perdition - Deleted Scenes From The Transition Hospital
In this culture of litigious consumers, the staff of MetalReview would like to assist The Axis of Perdition and Code666 Records by providing potential consumers and the public with the following Public Service Announcement:
The following statements are warning signs that a loved one is becoming dangerously effected by Deleted Scenes From the Transition Hospital, the new album from The Axis of Perdition:
1) Upon initial exposure, he is simultaneously enthralled and horrified. (It is not unusual for new listeners to be forced to take measures such as burying the disc in the backyard at night in order to be able to sleep without fear and intrusive thoughts.)
2) Your loved one has developed an unnatural and uncontrollable fear of elevators.
3) He becomes obsessed with the appendages of dismembered mannequins.
4) You catch him cutting out the eyes of people in photographs.
5) After weeks of being wracked with fear and concern, you go into his room at night, only to find that he has dug an underground tunnel that connects to a secret chamber filled with mechanical torture devices.
If you recognize these behaviors, you need to know the following information about Deleted Scenes From the Transition Hospital, and how it works its dark arts on the unassuming minds of metal fans.
The Axis of Perdition is a relatively new entity, having previously released their debut album, The Ichneumon Method, in 2003, and last year’s bulging EP, Physical Illucinations in the Sewer of Xuchilbara, which was originally to be a split with Blut Aus Nord. Like the recent work of Blut Aus Nord, The Axis of Perdition assaults unsuspecting listeners with icy atmospheres of futuristic black metal with industrial overtures, which TAOP use more prominently than their French counterparts. Few bands are able to sculpt and construct such palpable and tangible atmospheres that are at once engrossing and entirely horrific. It’s as if the listener is immersed and transported to an actual different location via some kind of aural virtual reality.
The Ichneumon Method was a nightmarish glimpse of the underbelly of the most vile and base natures of the deviant human condition. Although Deleted Scenes From the Transition Hospital continues that theme, TAOP has evolved its style by eroding human elements into a more coldly mechanical sound. The dialogue samples of confused and terrified people only serves to further the sense that an unearthly entity is victimizing humans with an apathetic cruelty. Both albums leave the listener feeling greatly unsettled and considerably scandalized. “Deleted Scenes I-In the Hallway of Crawling Filth” opens the album with a lengthy intro consisting of ambience and unsettling sound effects, before transitioning into a heavy awakening of riffing and growls. Although DSFTTH is as heavy as you’d like, it is somewhat more varied than The Ichneumon Method. The persistent blast of percussion has been varied this time around, and the album includes more tempo variation in general. The outro of “Pendulum Prey (Second Incarceration)” even contains the odd inclusion of a jazzy piano and guitar interlude, albeit covered with static. Combined with the increased reliance on industrial and ambient methods, TAOP have created a horror movie for your ears that shows evolution from their prior work but still contains their indelible stamp of identity hammered into the music. “The Elevator Beneath the Valve” is three minutes of ambience and sound effects that call to mind a long descent into another world on a freight elevator unlike any you’ve seen. These “ambient” passages are more active than that descriptor usually brings to mind, but on occasion they run too long. “Isolation Cubicle 312” is the most engaging of these.
Now that you have been made aware of the dangers of this cantankerous new album and its damaging effects, there is only one thing you can do to help your loved one afflicted by Deleted Scenes From the Transition Hospital—visit Code666 Records or your local shop and pick up your own copy. This thing is too big to go through alone
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#7808910 - 12/28/07 09:28 PM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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JIVE, I've been on vacation for two weeks and now most of your recent sendspace links are dead already.
Could you use megaupload instead? The links last for much longer...
Thanks anyway for the uploads, I'm sure more people are enjoying them than we know.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Mr. Middle]
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Unexpect - In a flesh aquarium
A must for every avant-garde metal fans.
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By lsd i assume you mean acid. acid is put onto blotter paper in the form of liquid because the paper absorbs it. The ink is already on the paper before the acid goes on, when they form together it is now known as "lsd"
I have not seen acid-blotter paper with cartoon characters on it since the 90s. I would advice you to rip or cut a 1 inch square length and width and try it out.. dont be scared.
When you eat the paper everything dissolves in your mouth. including the ink, lsd and even the paper itself. If nothing dissolves, it is not lsd.
-Jagrass
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Refused - The Shape Of Punk To Come
It's pretty creepy isn't it? Refused named their album this and for some strange reason, it came true. Without this album, I'd doubt there would be a lot of what has become post-hardcore. To help you with this for the general reader, post-hardcore is like a modern hardcore sound. I'm not exactly a super-nazi to the genre but I'm getting there. With this album you don't think of it as a great album, it's more a revolution. Refused probably never meant it, they probably just wanted to make a great album that showed their political stands. This album is immense as a musical experience but also as a main influence for today's post-hardcore bands. Refused is what Minor Threat did for the original hardcore. They completely made a new sound which wasn't around at that time taking some influence from their fathers. Warning right now, the album is very political so if you are offended by opinions or you think lyrics should be based on dragons and Satan then stay away right now.
It is pretty obvious that the band are pretty opinionated because as soon as you open the small booklet which came with the CD then you are suddenly showered with quotes and words that barely anyone on this site would know the meaning to. Refused don't care what other people think, they are their own minds by not getting influenced by any outside sources. They really stick to their guns here. When this type of music comes around then the gentle minds of today's youth will lap up the lyrics and their opinions which is amazing considering that a lot of music today doesn't really speak to young ones. That was how big this album is but at this point it seems I'm repeating myself and ranting off-topic'.
The band originated from Sweden and though they did create a new sound, they never really had a full life with only 2 CD's and a DVD. This one is more about post-hardcore while the one before this was a raw hardcore album. One thing you might find strange is the synths in the songs. They use it in breakdowns or anywhere they feel is necessary. I even remember a fellow Mxer calling the band industrial hardcore. I'm not making fun or anything but this could be true in some ways. The synths do play a big part which is common in industrial and there is no denying this is a hardcore album. So yeah, this could be true but they were so much more than putting them into a specific genre. Every time I listen to this, I get a weird tingly feeling. Every time I put the next track on I think, 'I love this song so much'. If you are a hardcore fan then I'm sure you're the same.
While the band used their minds 50% of the time, the other 50% belongs to what they can do with their fingers and their voice box. Dennis is a terrific vocalist but what probably turns people off the band is the vocals. Dennis has a very strong scream, not some low growling scream but a high one. It's true to say, without Dennis, the Refused wouldn't be the same. His mastermind lyrics and his vocals to scream the word into you are a major part of what they had but it'd be pretty unfair to say Dennis was the band as I don't think they'd be the same without any band member to be honest. The guitars are pretty simple to the metal guitarist but they without a doubt work. The distortion is up full blast and it is pretty simple parts and riffs here and there, on paper it doesn't seem that exciting but oh boy, it does.
"Faces like angels, licking our fingertips
We don't have the patience to deal with it
With battered bodies & puckered lips
We don't have the patience to deal with it. Yeah!"
So we have the vocals and the guitars but what's next on our 'Describe The Instruments 4000'? Why none other than the drums which don't do fills but they are powerful and as the featured album blurb says, 'It's like throwing a brick out of the Empire state building'. I couldn't have said it better myself. The drums sound like they are battered the hell out them. They provide some good beats and rhythm and don't go to the point where he's showing off. The bass is chunky and clean, it is quite clear when you're listening to it and I'd recommend some intermediate or even some beginner bassists to try some of the songs out. We have the basic band set-up but Refused had to take one step more again. There is cellos, violins, tambourines, double bass and the usual synths. It is really crazy however there is always the usual band members playing them which has the theory the band are real musicians.
Every song is vital in the making of this album but I feel that some stand out more than others. From when I first heard the album, Worms of the Senses never really stood out to me and even now I don't really listen to the track but the second track Liberation Frequency grabbed me the moment it came on. It starts with a clean guitar part with Dennis not screaming for a change and then it goes into chaos until changing back to the quiet part which sounds like they recorded it in mono. That sounds bad but that improves the song loads I think. Halfway through it might seem to be repeating but I assure you it's supposed to be like that. Anyone that's heard the Refused is probably because of New Noise which takes ambient noises and heavy as hell parts and creates it into a 5 minute digestible song. It starts with some palm-muting on the G string and then it has a massive build-up only to trick the listener by playing with the synths again. Dennis then shouts, 'Can I scream?' Of course you can Dennis, do you really need to ask us that in your song? The song has various pseudo build ups and breakdowns until the almighty climax comes in. It is one of the most breath-taking experience in my life.
To be honest, I could go through every song and say how great it is but I recommend those I mentioned. I also recommend The Shape of Punk To Come, The Refused Are F***ing Dead and Protest Song '68. This is not for the mainstream listener but if you are open-minded then this could be the best decision of your life buying this. You shouldn't really need a review telling you how great this album is because it should already be in your collection and if not then shame on you. This is a modern classic so get this, I don't care how. Buy it, download it, borrow it off a friend etc. just get a hold of it some way as it could be the album you've been waiting for and indeed it is.
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Alchemist - 2003 - Austral Alien
My love for ALCHEMIST started in a rather bizarre fashion. Back in 2002, I was really trying to get my hands on the out of print ATHEIST albums. I had “Unquestionable Presence” at that point and was looking for “Elements”. I was at a CD store, checking out the used CDs, when I saw a band name that started with the letter “A” and ended with “ist”. Plus the CD had a one word title. Unfortunately, it wasn’t ATHEIST’s “Elements” but ALCHEMIST’s “Organasm”. I was a bit disappointed, but then after reading up on the band, I was interested. I took a chance with them and was really blown away. It was a very unique sounding album, with the emphasis more on creating a very ominous atmosphere and having melodies that are “out-there” than in beating your head in. The album sounded like you were in outer space, watching a civilization grow and go through technological and social advancements. After 3 years, that album is still fresh to my ears.
“Austral Alien” is the follow-up album. The band has expanded ten-fold on the style that is featured on “Organasm”. Well, the music is very hard to describe accurately. It is somewhere between having the clean guitar sound of U2 distorted, mixing Death Metal vocals and riffing with 70’s Psychedelic Rock (something a bit like PINK FLOYD) and the end result coming up with some very science fiction sounding melodies and feel. Hell, the best way to describe the feeling on this album is that you are witnessing first hand nature’s evolution, with the fauna and flora evolving, mutating or being extinct. The album has a very organic feel to it. This isn’t an album you put on if you just want to have a good time or to just “chill out”. This is something you listen to if you want to be taken away and go on a trip. It’s an album for the type of people that just like to sit down in a corner and just try to grasp every single last detail. The album is very layered and subtle in its execution. Nothing hits you head on, but everything just seeps into you and grabs a hold of you.
Listen to the sampled track, “First Contact”. It is basically the gist of their style and a better indication of their sound than what I tried to describe. This album (and its predecessor) is a very unique approach to Metal and it’s fresh to hear bands being more concerned about writing something different than just following in the footsteps of their predecessors.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Sheepish]
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Props for the Refused.
Rosetta and Tides are highly, highly suggested. Check out some Colour Haze, as well. Definitely good for tripping, as well as Los Natas.
Neurosis - The Eye of Every Storm is ABSOLUTELY monolithic.
Rwake - Voices of Omens is pretty decent
Sons of Otis - X. Heavy.
Tribes of Neurot - Ambient side of Neurosis
Wormwood - Starvation is a mix of the best doomy bands, sans guitars but with two bassists and keys/synths. Heavy, doomy, and awesome.
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Thee Maldoror Kollective - A Clockwork Highway
http://www.sendspace.com/file/gjegie
Although I knew I would be reviewing this CD this morning, when I listened the radio earlier today, Pink Floyd’s “Welcome to the Machine” was playing as some sort of historical background to “A Clockwork Highway”. But Thee Maldoror Kollective is not a Pink Floyd clone. They don’t even try to imitate anybody not even themselves! When I got my hands on their previous release “New Era Viral Order” I was stunned by the futuristic avant-gardist musical approach. Two years later and with a completely new line up, except for the drummer, The Kollective has hardly anything in common with the past besides pursuing its musical mission without being influenced by trend or even limited by boundaries and strict limitations. The whole experience is closely related to a surrealistic décor on which evolves a strange world that is almost impossible to described or understand for no lyrics are enclosed. We can only perceive hints of the story or concept by the artwork, song titles and of course the music. The avant-garde edge is still there but this time around, the futuristic side has been transformed into an industrial environment with an apocalyptic mood somewhat reminiscent to Void of Silence . Directed by keyboards, industrial samplings, tribal percussions, heavy guitars, electronic sounds, vocal samplings and effects, those musical painters are portraying some sick and intense scenery commanding attention and reflection from the listener. Aside from the numerous vocal samplings, spoken words, harsh black and screams are appearing throughout this nightmare.
Stand out tracks: “The Hills Have Eyes”, “The Gospel According an Exit Solution” and “An Affecter of Change”. This last long number(14:32) has a sick interview with a priest saying things like : “Spike the dead! Demons are still loose in this world… “Babilonia” is a bit different with the sitar as an intro, then followed by a futuristic feel like on their previous work ending with a distant sounding piano and drum.
Better grab “A Clockwork Highway” ‘cause you’re not going to hear this type of music nowhere else !
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Sheepish]
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http://www.sendspace.com/file/4zfv90
Subarachnoid Space - Also Rising
Also Rising marks the seventh dispatch from the deepest realms of Subarachnoid Space’s galaxy, and their first for the like-minded travelers at the Portland-based Strange Attractor’s Audio House label. While one could be forgiven for expecting a band this far into their existence to fall back on previous ideas and releases and merely sleepwalk through another album, the San Francisco band’s newest disc finds them with a renewed sense of focus fostered undoubtedly by the addition of bassist Stoo Odom and their newfound home on one of the best up-and-coming experimental rock labels in the country. They’ve been pegged as a space rock band by most, which while adequately describing the overall sound and aesthetic, doesn’t particularly tell the full story. Granted, theirs is a drony and oft-psychedelic brand of music, but it is also one that maintains an enormously welcome sense of purpose that adheres to their own self-prescribed vision. Whereas other bands in this genre can sometimes drown under the weight of their own musings, Also Rising is a taut and complex release, fundamentally rooted in heavy, dark rock rhythmics that serve as a base for more explorative guitar work.
Much like their last long-player, the wonderful These Things Take Time, Also Rising is meant to be consumed as one long piece of music. As opposed to other bands who have tried this trick with less than stellar results, one gets the sense that this record is comprised of two distinct pieces of music, each with several subtle movements and portions that establish varying moods and themes throughout the context of the work as a whole. “The Harsh Facts of Life” establishes many of the album’s central motifs pretty quickly – the on-point rhythm section of drummer Chris Van Huffel and bassist Odom laying down a fierce, rippling backdrop for Mason Jones and Melynda Jackson’s guitar wizardry. And yet almost immediately the band goes about distancing themselves from some of their more well-known peers. Jones and Jackson forgo easy riffs, instead transforming their strings into waves of subtly shifting drones with both neat textures and ferocious bites. And rather than simply mirror the work of the guitarists, the rhythm section drives hard against themselves, serving as a crucial counterpoint and a necessary grounding as the track builds in intensity. It’s atmospheric for sure, but powerful and never meandering for one second. This gives way to “Deep End”, a track that features a simpler rhythm against sparse guitars, trading off against basic notes and drones that resemble a viola. It gradually develops into a shimmering haze before becoming more frenetic, trading in the brood for a stab at more chaotic structures. “Untitled” finds the rhythms locking in again, only this time functioning as a backdrop for guitars that sound like bastardized theremins and mutated siren wails, using these often harsh concepts to build a lush and gorgeous bed of sound. “Angel Food” closes out the album’s first half, balancing out introspective guitar melodicism with more experimental figures, allowing the notes to dance into the distance with tones that almost sound like ghostly transistor radio voices.
After what amounts to a wonderfully heady first segment, “Burn Shot” establishes a more urgent rock presence for the second half of the disc – a snake-like bass line mingles with pummeling drums as the guitars dangle just out of transporter range with their vast array of white noise, spare chords, and intoxicating drones. “Tuscon” opens things up to allow for more introspective textures. The rhythm bounds from exploratory to thundering at the drop of a hat, while the guitars explore forlorn notes and drones that give way to harder strums, all before engaging the warp engines and heading further into the stars. “Dateland” finds the band swirling towards the end of a glorious wormhole of sound, contrasting a pummeling six-string assault with more restrained go at things, all the while building the fury with matching drums and bass. “Down Nod Out” is the most minimal take on here, focusing on the building tension between more conventional guitar sounds and background noise. “Tigris” serves as a proper end to the second half of the album, closing out this portion of the movement with an initial foray into more deeply experimental territory. The drums scamper and kick while the bass probes around the haywire guitars, looking for a way to lock everything together. The quartet gradually find their loping sense of rhythm, going from nervous to majestic, and with it sending the droning guitar army off to the stars to convene with the heavenly bodies once more – far and away my favorite portion of the album. An unlisted tenth track finishes off the disc. This one, pulled from a boom box in their practice space, is interesting, but of such a markedly different texture that it almost seems superfluous – a dark, dirty recording of a more ominous sounding Subarachnoid Space.
My complaints about the album are few and of relatively minor note. Much of the grit that was apparent in the amazing live performance I caught this past fall (after a Terrastock appearance that had people raving) seems to have been stripped clean on this record. While much of it still does sound beautiful, there’s an overall cleanliness to the recording (especially the guitars) that makes me hope for another chance to see them live soon. Also, listening to the record in one’s home means doing without the excellent visual component of their live show, courtesy of video artist Greg Tietz. His loops of found footage and lost B-movies add wonderful layers of effect to the already highly evocative music. If you find this record up to par then definitely see them on a stage when they hit the road in a couple of months.
In summation, Also Rising stands as a great triumph. With a complex sound that manages to lack derivation in a genre that is sometimes overwrought with it, it’s a wonder Subarachnoid Space are not a group already on the minds and lips of space-rock connoisseurs everywhere. Space- and psyche-rockers will delight in this hour-long excursion into the most fluid reaches of subspace, while those dedicated to more experimental textures will find a lot to love in the droning guitar figures. And those of you simply looking for a bitchin’ rock record would be advised to give this one a listen as well.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Sheepish]
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http://www.sendspace.com/file/4zfv90
Subarachnoid Space - Also Rising
Also Rising marks the seventh dispatch from the deepest realms of Subarachnoid Space’s galaxy, and their first for the like-minded travelers at the Portland-based Strange Attractor’s Audio House label. While one could be forgiven for expecting a band this far into their existence to fall back on previous ideas and releases and merely sleepwalk through another album, the San Francisco band’s newest disc finds them with a renewed sense of focus fostered undoubtedly by the addition of bassist Stoo Odom and their newfound home on one of the best up-and-coming experimental rock labels in the country. They’ve been pegged as a space rock band by most, which while adequately describing the overall sound and aesthetic, doesn’t particularly tell the full story. Granted, theirs is a drony and oft-psychedelic brand of music, but it is also one that maintains an enormously welcome sense of purpose that adheres to their own self-prescribed vision. Whereas other bands in this genre can sometimes drown under the weight of their own musings, Also Rising is a taut and complex release, fundamentally rooted in heavy, dark rock rhythmics that serve as a base for more explorative guitar work.
Much like their last long-player, the wonderful These Things Take Time, Also Rising is meant to be consumed as one long piece of music. As opposed to other bands who have tried this trick with less than stellar results, one gets the sense that this record is comprised of two distinct pieces of music, each with several subtle movements and portions that establish varying moods and themes throughout the context of the work as a whole. “The Harsh Facts of Life” establishes many of the album’s central motifs pretty quickly – the on-point rhythm section of drummer Chris Van Huffel and bassist Odom laying down a fierce, rippling backdrop for Mason Jones and Melynda Jackson’s guitar wizardry. And yet almost immediately the band goes about distancing themselves from some of their more well-known peers. Jones and Jackson forgo easy riffs, instead transforming their strings into waves of subtly shifting drones with both neat textures and ferocious bites. And rather than simply mirror the work of the guitarists, the rhythm section drives hard against themselves, serving as a crucial counterpoint and a necessary grounding as the track builds in intensity. It’s atmospheric for sure, but powerful and never meandering for one second. This gives way to “Deep End”, a track that features a simpler rhythm against sparse guitars, trading off against basic notes and drones that resemble a viola. It gradually develops into a shimmering haze before becoming more frenetic, trading in the brood for a stab at more chaotic structures. “Untitled” finds the rhythms locking in again, only this time functioning as a backdrop for guitars that sound like bastardized theremins and mutated siren wails, using these often harsh concepts to build a lush and gorgeous bed of sound. “Angel Food” closes out the album’s first half, balancing out introspective guitar melodicism with more experimental figures, allowing the notes to dance into the distance with tones that almost sound like ghostly transistor radio voices.
After what amounts to a wonderfully heady first segment, “Burn Shot” establishes a more urgent rock presence for the second half of the disc – a snake-like bass line mingles with pummeling drums as the guitars dangle just out of transporter range with their vast array of white noise, spare chords, and intoxicating drones. “Tuscon” opens things up to allow for more introspective textures. The rhythm bounds from exploratory to thundering at the drop of a hat, while the guitars explore forlorn notes and drones that give way to harder strums, all before engaging the warp engines and heading further into the stars. “Dateland” finds the band swirling towards the end of a glorious wormhole of sound, contrasting a pummeling six-string assault with more restrained go at things, all the while building the fury with matching drums and bass. “Down Nod Out” is the most minimal take on here, focusing on the building tension between more conventional guitar sounds and background noise. “Tigris” serves as a proper end to the second half of the album, closing out this portion of the movement with an initial foray into more deeply experimental territory. The drums scamper and kick while the bass probes around the haywire guitars, looking for a way to lock everything together. The quartet gradually find their loping sense of rhythm, going from nervous to majestic, and with it sending the droning guitar army off to the stars to convene with the heavenly bodies once more – far and away my favorite portion of the album. An unlisted tenth track finishes off the disc. This one, pulled from a boom box in their practice space, is interesting, but of such a markedly different texture that it almost seems superfluous – a dark, dirty recording of a more ominous sounding Subarachnoid Space.
My complaints about the album are few and of relatively minor note. Much of the grit that was apparent in the amazing live performance I caught this past fall (after a Terrastock appearance that had people raving) seems to have been stripped clean on this record. While much of it still does sound beautiful, there’s an overall cleanliness to the recording (especially the guitars) that makes me hope for another chance to see them live soon. Also, listening to the record in one’s home means doing without the excellent visual component of their live show, courtesy of video artist Greg Tietz. His loops of found footage and lost B-movies add wonderful layers of effect to the already highly evocative music. If you find this record up to par then definitely see them on a stage when they hit the road in a couple of months.
In summation, Also Rising stands as a great triumph. With a complex sound that manages to lack derivation in a genre that is sometimes overwrought with it, it’s a wonder Subarachnoid Space are not a group already on the minds and lips of space-rock connoisseurs everywhere. Space- and psyche-rockers will delight in this hour-long excursion into the most fluid reaches of subspace, while those dedicated to more experimental textures will find a lot to love in the droning guitar figures. And those of you simply looking for a bitchin’ rock record would be advised to give this one a listen as well.
Parts of that review could easily be used in a Rosetta review, Space music, etc..Rosetta dubbed their genre "Metal for Astronauts" which is a great description..so i am now downloading this album in hopes that its comparison to Rosetta isnt only in text...
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
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Hope you enjoy it. I'm uploading all other Subanarchoid Space albums eventually.
Here's another one
http://www.sendspace.com/file/xn9tlh
Düreforsög - Knee
Basically, I can't find any reviews for this album. It shouldn't be much surprise as it was near impossible to download a copy of this out of print album! This is metal, but it's so damn quirky and off kilter that it'll make you laugh. I've even included the lyrics with the .rar file.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Sheepish]
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http://www.sendspace.com/file/yoivlf
Dirge - And Shall The Sky Descend
Holy fuck.
Something good is happening in France. The post-metal revolution's tidal wave is threatening to drown all and sweep everything off the classic metal's scene — the one we used to love (and hate) so much.
With the emergence of bands such as Overmars, Year of No Light and the Swedish (and utterly amazing) Kongh and Switchblade (the European co-culprits of the revolution's prophets and originators, namely Neurosis, Isis and Pelican) one can notice more and more (not exclusively, but mostly European) bands adopt the "atmospheric hardcore" etiquette, blending American Southern psychedelic rock with sludgy (doom-oriented) metal and shoe-gazing into a very potent, ambiance-heavy, upgraded form of metallic-hardcore played usually slow and heavily concentrated with the ability to conjure a spectrum of emotions as well as induce a reflective state of mind.
Many of these, I guess, have just jumped on the wagon of the new style, as there are always those band-wagon jumpers in any artistic field, but some do it quite well — and others are downright amazing.
Dirge's And Shall the Sky Descend was actually originally recorded in the year 2004 (released firstly by Blight Records, a label owned by one of the band members and dedicated to releasing albums by Dirge exclusively; three offerings have been released till now, to be exact), so jumping the wagon is not exactly relevant to these guys because that era — when Dirge already had held proud the banner of this stupendous musical excellence in their hands — marked the turning point where the initiation of the new "fashion" and stylistic change in heavy music took place, soon after Neurosis' influential album, A Sun that Never Sets had been unleashed.
Dirge were there already (they actually go back a long time before that; established in the year 1994); previously recording this magnificent piece, as above-mentioned, now luckily re-released as a digipak by the French label Equilibre and available for purveyors of rare, elitist and mind-provoking music around the globe.
Dirge's music is revolutionary today as much as it was three years ago; they weave subtle, gentle micro-fibers of beauty and majesty into their vitriolic, distortion-driven lunacy and disaster-permeated, thick sonic cloth.
Four songs, ranging from twelve minutes (the shortest), to double that time, embody what this album is all about: experimenting with the furthest reaches of emotion, playing the whole spectrum; from the very exquisite to the very pronounced; from sheer joy to utter despair and pain. Pure melancholy and joyous appreciation of life is what this album conveys.
Dirge's beauty is captured in every single second of each track; only potent musicians can cram so many colors, sounds and tastes into twenty-four minutes of playing time (the first track on the album) with minimal vocals — ultimately delivering a bewitching joy-ride with not a single moment of filler sounds, redundancy or the dawning of boredom for the fast-food music lovers out there.
Not unlike the amazing album Nord by the aforementioned French act Year of No Light (see our review in issue #55), Dirge also employ this all-encompassing warm music that is as alienating due to its crude and aggressive nature as it is humane and soul-caressing, so-to-speak, due to its gentle and overwhelming ability to drown the listener with massive waves of silky, atmospheric dirge-like mushroom-clouds; bright, soft, hot and deadly.
However, while Year of No Light stayed mostly on the aggressive side of the coin, almost not enabling the listener to breath and relax, Dirge's massive sound alternates between the aforementioned brutality and a much more laid-back approach; long episodes of pure meditative ambiance, flaked with cello interludes, minimal and sparse female vocals, tribal drumming and many layers of droning guitar harmonies that induce a hazy, almost hypnotic state.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Sheepish]
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Playing the two discs of Rosetta's Galilean Satellites at the same time is really amazing.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Sheepish]
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http://www.sendspace.com/file/yoivlf
Dirge - And Shall The Sky Descend
Holy fuck.
Something good is happening in France. The post-metal revolution's tidal wave is threatening to drown all and sweep everything off the classic metal's scene — the one we used to love (and hate) so much.
With the emergence of bands such as Overmars, Year of No Light and the Swedish (and utterly amazing) Kongh and Switchblade (the European co-culprits of the revolution's prophets and originators, namely Neurosis, Isis and Pelican) one can notice more and more (not exclusively, but mostly European) bands adopt the "atmospheric hardcore" etiquette, blending American Southern psychedelic rock with sludgy (doom-oriented) metal and shoe-gazing into a very potent, ambiance-heavy, upgraded form of metallic-hardcore played usually slow and heavily concentrated with the ability to conjure a spectrum of emotions as well as induce a reflective state of mind.
Many of these, I guess, have just jumped on the wagon of the new style, as there are always those band-wagon jumpers in any artistic field, but some do it quite well — and others are downright amazing.
Dirge's And Shall the Sky Descend was actually originally recorded in the year 2004 (released firstly by Blight Records, a label owned by one of the band members and dedicated to releasing albums by Dirge exclusively; three offerings have been released till now, to be exact), so jumping the wagon is not exactly relevant to these guys because that era — when Dirge already had held proud the banner of this stupendous musical excellence in their hands — marked the turning point where the initiation of the new "fashion" and stylistic change in heavy music took place, soon after Neurosis' influential album, A Sun that Never Sets had been unleashed.
Dirge were there already (they actually go back a long time before that; established in the year 1994); previously recording this magnificent piece, as above-mentioned, now luckily re-released as a digipak by the French label Equilibre and available for purveyors of rare, elitist and mind-provoking music around the globe.
Dirge's music is revolutionary today as much as it was three years ago; they weave subtle, gentle micro-fibers of beauty and majesty into their vitriolic, distortion-driven lunacy and disaster-permeated, thick sonic cloth.
Four songs, ranging from twelve minutes (the shortest), to double that time, embody what this album is all about: experimenting with the furthest reaches of emotion, playing the whole spectrum; from the very exquisite to the very pronounced; from sheer joy to utter despair and pain. Pure melancholy and joyous appreciation of life is what this album conveys.
Dirge's beauty is captured in every single second of each track; only potent musicians can cram so many colors, sounds and tastes into twenty-four minutes of playing time (the first track on the album) with minimal vocals — ultimately delivering a bewitching joy-ride with not a single moment of filler sounds, redundancy or the dawning of boredom for the fast-food music lovers out there.
Not unlike the amazing album Nord by the aforementioned French act Year of No Light (see our review in issue #55), Dirge also employ this all-encompassing warm music that is as alienating due to its crude and aggressive nature as it is humane and soul-caressing, so-to-speak, due to its gentle and overwhelming ability to drown the listener with massive waves of silky, atmospheric dirge-like mushroom-clouds; bright, soft, hot and deadly.
However, while Year of No Light stayed mostly on the aggressive side of the coin, almost not enabling the listener to breath and relax, Dirge's massive sound alternates between the aforementioned brutality and a much more laid-back approach; long episodes of pure meditative ambiance, flaked with cello interludes, minimal and sparse female vocals, tribal drumming and many layers of droning guitar harmonies that induce a hazy, almost hypnotic state.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
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Nebula - Atomic Ritual
Atomic Ritual is unquestionably a bold statement that Nebula are BACK! The band sounds like they are having fun again, and are not afraid to meander a bit into “jam” territory. This record is a good balance between To The Center’s multi-instrumental layering and the straightforward rocking of Charged, with some truly memorable riffs being dealt in the process. The sitar, sadly, has not returned, but I imagine the band wanted to keep things relatively concise for live performance consideration.
Perhaps the most exciting facet of this album is the guitar work of Eddie Glass…he really rips it up, soloing like a madman. He sounds like he has something to prove, and I’ll go on record as being very much convinced! The riffs are also HEAVY, among the heaviest they have ever done. And while Nebula have never been known for deep, obtuse lyrics, this is another element that has improved from the last album.
This album is a mandatory purchase for any degree of Nebula fan, and would make an ideal purchase for a newcomer.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/n5zjmx
Broken Hands For Brilliant Minds/Dense Vision Shrine Split album
Following the success of "As All Die", Clint Listing unleashes the second release of his new project on us. "Broken Hands for Brilliant Minds" has equally as much thrilling promise as any of his previous works, although this one should be somewhat calmer.
Clint joins forces with Karsten Hamre's "Dense Vision Shrine" to bring us 8 tracks of gothic beauty.
The album opens with "The Trial of Modern Faith", a beautiful piano intro, sombre loops, and very tragic whispered vocals.
An Almost Neoclassical feel introduces us to the next track. Sorrowful Synth and basic percussion carry the ominous sounding "Jazz was made by the devil". The inlay to this split cd is a picture of a castle ruins in darkness. Nothing can really be added to this review to express the theme better. So forget that, the review is cancelled!
Clint's genius ability to instill newer and darker visions in the mind of the listener shows absolutely no sign of slowing down at all.
"Cut your Wings off to enter Heaven" is as much as an intriguing piece of music as the title is. Dark, very brooding, before becoming a gentile bastion of tranquility, before the moment is lost forever, and the brooding bass returns.
The Ironically titled "At the End of the World" is the departing contribution for Broken Hands for Brilliant Minds defining release. Just scraping ten minutes, this grinding, bombastic number is a farewell (albeit only a temporary one) to a very unique, very promising sound.
Strings, Horns, Percussion. Three words to conclude this half of the CD.
To close out this release, Karsten Hamre (also of Arcane Art) starts his four-piece orchestral rebellion with the epically titled
"Secret Kingdom". Minimal, Experimental, Dark. Like walking through aforementioned ruins, with a trebuchet firing in the distance, and war drums echoing underneath you.
A theme of imprisonment weaves in and out of this cd, no track offers it more so than "Cast in Iron and Stone". Resonating, almost drone-like minimalism. Probably what it would sound like to listen to your heart resignating to the fact that the Iron shackles around your feet are there forever.
This theme is only reinforced by "Dungeon Master". Very Similar sounding, but at times drops to a much quieter, almost tranquil escape, before the Iron Cell slams into its precipice, just inches in front of you. Probably one of the highlight's of the album.
After unsuspectingly listening to this cd, finding myself taken prisoner after innocently entering the enemy's stronghold, and thenhaving the keys dangled in front of my face before being cruelly snatched away, I'm not sure the departing "Ark of the Seer"can really have any kind of effect on me. My ears certainly have accepted their torment. Yet with 11 minutes of this incarceration still to manifest itself, who knows what can happen? Perhaps someone will shove a file through the window. Or perhaps not.
Instead, I get to listen to footsteps, above, below, outside, anywhere. It's too dark to see. Regardless, it doesn't matter, as
ten minutes into this final act of barbarism, i get to listen to the door slam to an echoing halt one final time. That's it. Journey over.
Sanity, check. Paranoia, check.
Truly Inspirational. Well done Clint, for a wonderfully successful contribution, and well done Karsten for a fantastic concept and soundscape.
Both bands are definately on the threshold to something much bigger. Their time starts here.
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Estradasphere - Buck Fever
After a debut album that took the underground by storm, and for good reason, the eclectic NoCal outfit Estradasphere returns with another collection of Zappa-esquely varied songs spanning almost every musical genre invented since early homo sapiens individuals first blew into hollow branches recreationally. Ska basslines and horn arrangements alternate with all-out symphonic black metal ("The Silent Elk Of Yesterday"), video game music, surf rock, central European folk, straight-ahead jazz ("Super Buck II"), various metal subgenres, and too many other stylistic allusions to mention in a review. Their evident kinship with Mr Bungle (whose guitarist, Trey Spruance, signed Estradasphere to his record label) is most apparent in the complex "Meteorite Showers", but the band has a very distinct personality, which shines through in gems such as the metally "Millennium Child" (with Basque-folk-cum-lounge sounding vocals), "Buck Fever" and "A Very Intense Battle".
Anyone interested in Mr Bungle, Frank Zappa or John Zorn would be well-served by purchasing half a dozen copies of this album to spin simultaneously throughout their abode so as not to miss a second of it.
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I've got a little material to contribute. It's Long Distance Calling, a german post rock band based in Münster, Germany.
Instrumental rock music, based on heavy guitar riffing and shaking hands with psychedelic and calm elements. As most bands with this description tend to explore dark and depressive moods these guys change between timid beauty and hard boiled reality in a tough play, always based on a driving rhythm section.
www.myspace.com/longdistancecalling
All I'll say is that they ROCK.
If these links become dead, let me know.
Dmnstrtn EP http://rapidshare.com/files/71412707/Long_Distance_Calling_-_Dmnstrtn.rar
Satellite Bay LP http://rapidshare.com/files/70944627/Long_Distance_Calling_-_Satellite_Bay__Promo_-2007.rar
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Good stuff, thanks AA. Please let me know if you find any other instrumental stuff like that.
Thanks for that Subarachnoid, Sheepish.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Mr. Middle]
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Maybe you'll find something here.
http://alternativekids.blogspot.com/search/label/post-rock
I'd recommend checking out Solar Powered People.
Based in the center on the central valley, about an hour east of San Francisco, Solar Powered People have been making a name for themselves throughout California and everywhere for that matter. This four piece rock/shoegaze band consists of members: Tony Pennington, Justin Betham, Ryan Coscia and Douglass McKinnon. Over the years these four have played in many different projects, such as Long Division, Scenic Route, Fiver, Apollo Trigger, Jub and Running Riot to name just a few. Now together and feeling the mixture of influences and experiences, they have finally found themselves in Solar Powered People. The music is rich with atmosphere and space; the drums have an exact, hypnotizing drone, while the basslines provide a perfect backbone and regiment which brings all of the elements into one solid beast. Some might say Solar Powered People pull influences from bands like The Cure, Failure, Sunny Day Real Estate, Joy Division and Boards of Canada among others. The first self titled album is set to be released on Three Ring Records in mid 2007. The album was recorded and mixed in Sacramento by Matt McCord (Deftones, Team Sleep, Cake).
It's not solely instrumental but the vocals are one of a kind.
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i love how this thread keeps going and going ^.^ thank you mister
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When - Drowning But Learning
(Couldn't find a review for this album, so I've posted the general album info for his work off Wikipedia to give you an idea of the sound. Basically, Drowning But Learning is a very unsettling, weird and surrealistic piece of work that is quickly becoming one of my favourite albums).
In 1983 Pedersen launched the one-man project Hospital Blimp, which would later become When. The debut album Drowning but Learning, was released in 1987, with When's trademark collage/cut-up technique already apparent.
In 1988 When released Death in the Blue Lake, inspired by Norwegian author André Bjerke's psychological horror novel of the same name. The album had a strong atmosphere of fear and mourning, and was quite popular in Norwegian black metal circles. An excerpt from the album's A-side was commissioned as an intro to Satyricon's Dark Medieval Times "Walk the path of sorrows". The B-side of the album is an amalgamation of ethnic music, blues harmonica, coughing, psychedelic pop and glissandi effects. Today it is almost impossible to track down a copy of the album.
Black, White & Grey, When's third album, conjured up images of war and urban decay. Chris Cutler (Henry Cow, Art Bears, etc.), who contributed to the album, was also a central inspiration. The album was released on Cutler's RéR Megacorp in 1990.
1992 saw the release of Svartedauen (Norwegian for "The Black Death"), a 38-minute musical description of the ravages of the bubonic plague in Norway around 1349. The album borrows elements from Norwegian folk music, and features a host of disturbing sounds: hearses, moans of the dying, rats, flagellants' whips and a scythe being sharpened, to name but a few.
On 1994's Prefab Wreckage, When slowly started moving from the more abstract soundtracks of the earlier albums and towards a more song-oriented sound. The inner sleeve is a painting by Hieronymus Bosch, one of the album's inspirations.
In 1997 When released Gynt, which according to the liner notes is a "satiric play on Edward Grieg's Peer Gynt. Inspired by Henrik Ibsen." As Pedersen says: "I tried to put irony into the music. There is a lot of humour in When's music, it's not bloody serious all the time."
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Sheepish]
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Weird, but I kind of like it... it's, um, kinky.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Mr. Middle]
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It tickles my brain in places I never knew it could
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Sheepish]
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http://lanotamarron.blogspot.com/
blog is spanish, but the music is there.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
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This Album is 
Maserati - Inventions for the New Season
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i just listened to acid mothers temple on 2C-b and it was perfect !
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I new tunes!
Awww yeah, just when my play list was getting a little stale.
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Wolf Eyes - Burned Mind
http://www.sendspace.com/file/b7t8vn
It's not just Gilles Deleuze who thought folks were becoming less fleshy; David Cronenberg loves a good organ-less corpus – as long as the guts are replaced with tangles of live wires, circuit boards, or VCRs. The body's a bother to lots of philosophic, (quasi) religious, and sexual "movements," too. Buddhists begrudge the body; imagine thought trying to think whilst wearing a robe of rotting meat. Sadists and masochists operate in the repulsion/compulsion arena: On the one hand, flagellation brings the pain, erasing the bod and sketching sensation in its place; on the other, without a skin to strike, there isn't any ecstasy. Getting rid of the corporeal, and getting our tech on is big business. Corporations arrange conferences that sound more like course listings at Bard College: "Machines That Become Us: The Second Skin In Clothing, Fashion & Technology." Why even read Philip Dick or Sam Delany when SPAM fills the inbox encouraging one to "Tune into the TV that's tuned into you!"
Inevitably, technology and the body's functions have become conflated. Voices have lost their lungs, and are relegated to cell phone converse, or are converted into Helvetica by one's BlackBerry. Even mere presence is becoming obsolete; companies now hold e-meetings, where groupthink/brainstorming is no different than 'Instant Messaging' a friend. Of course, nowhere is technology's potency more pervasive than in music, especially the avant-garde's most preened commodity, "noise."
Take the laptops, the oscillators, the FX pedals, the homemade/jerry-rigged electronics, and the outrageously amplified sound away from these sonic terrorists, and the din is de-toothed – nothing remains but an adipose'd grumble in sound's soft underbelly. Could Masami Akita make do with some rocks and a mouthful of mud? How 'bout Masonna? How would they be received if they resorted to Maciunas like antics – snipping people's clothes off in lieu of a "performance?" Probably wouldn't work for the Asian tandem, and it wouldn't work for Michigan's Wolf Eyes either.
If Deleuze had made it past '95, he might have written about this. Machine & Man as inextricably bound; one can't "have"/experience one without the other. Wolf Eyes, the moniker alone, connotes the hissing, malfunctioning electronics, the hysterically overdriven contact microphones deep-throated by Mr. Dilloway, the fist-pumpin' inducing BLIP . . . BLIP . . . BLIP sounding like Pong's progress made percussive. They've created a bona fide brand; they've enabled someone with a modicum of familiarity to read the eight letters and immediately register the "sound." This is bigger that being able to articulate what a band sounds like; this is bigger than being able to draw comparisons: The "idea" of Wolf Eyes, and the "actuality" of Wolf Eyes have – in all honesty – meshed. Not to say that Olson and Dilloway haven't worked at it: 23 releases in 2003 alone – mostly on their own labels, Dilloway's Hanson, and Olson's American Tapes. But, it's not because of the product's preponderance; it's because they've "maintained" their aesthetic like some hyperactive teenager on fistfuls of Levitra.
As far as personal aesthetics go, it's a complete wash. "Aesthetics" is a noun that's become as numbed as "philosophy" has; everyone's got their personal "philosophy," even if it's what empowers their hawking of juicers via 4 a.m. infomercials. Of course, it has nothing to do with the mind/body problem, or the question of Being. Aesthetics – the real stuff, armchair variety and grad table discussion – is all about approach; it's all about perception. It's about what the agent finds pleasing, whether it's fried pork liver or Picasso. Wolf Eyes' aesthetic is simple; they want to melt your motherfucking head. Like all the Mego guys under the grip of experimental hallucinogens and fire-wiring the world's USB port with the worst PCP nightmare imaginable, Wolf Eyes bring the pain omnipotent, it's just encoded into centripetal objects called compact-discs. And, Burned Mind is no exception.
'System Error' addled electronics open the disc, rolling ass-backwards into a whole lot of post-Trent Reznor'd vocals, and an enacted field recording of a factory full of assembly-line condemnation. Clemency? Not possible. Does not compute. This is the place where language's designation melts off and bubbles up like rendered bacon fat. These words aren't so much words, they're rather impolite bodily functions like vociferous spitting or feral farting, but instead of yielding saliva or miasma, they coat and crust each grunt and growl with both: a letter, an odor, so on and so forth. Admittedly, this isn't anything antithetical to the Wolf Eyes M.O.; yet, this music evolves – quickly.
The entire panoply of sounds from past recordings is brought to the forefront and depleted prejudicially. Sonic serpent rattle, centrifugal drones, cottony flashes and fizzes, dog-whistle squelch, electronic hives freed of their bees – the whole lot's here, and it's incrementally larger and more agitated than prior show-'n'-tell sessions. Yet, it should be noted that this is a controlled unleashing; nothing is left to chance; there's no let's-see-what-happens with Burned Mind – everything is deliberate, and contained: Each piece slips out into the air fully formed, and regardless of what sort of metaphor is attributed, they all eventually deliquesce. It's not like a tangible or phenomenal equivalent would serve the understanding – like the clichéd piece-as-sonic canvas: Whatever is posited can – and is – broken down further. This music resists holism like the Bush administration resists reality. There are no wholes. Everything is sonically segregated: Sounds seize up and stand in separate boxes; little rectilinear boxes that persist in popping up over a track's duration like fantastically blue-gilled mushrooms. Yet, despite demarcation, transformation continues: Now it's not pieces-as-boxes, only geometry – only segments, and lines, and points. Perhaps this is the point: there's something, and it's nothing, and here it is – and isn't – and deal with it.
Man Machine? Maybe. There's not much room reserved for humanity in Burned Mind. Olson & crew convincingly dehumanize a completely humanized process: music making. For Wolf Eyes, the utilization of electronics is no different than vocalizing. Bringing the electrified squall is akin to pushing wind up through the throat to rattle the vocal cords. Yet, if Wolf Eyes have become the body electric, they do so consciously: accepting the conflation of technology and the corporal is self-confining; instead of a model, it becomes an ensnaring byproduct of pop philosophy which neo-thinkers are sometimes too willing to populate, as if their so-called aperçu was as real as the world they walk in. Some good would be done for all if the over-heated clauses that cover their eyes were wiped away like a stubborn stool that refuses to tank in a toilet.
Regardless of the ostensible absence of the ol' flesh-'n'-blood in the noise genre, Wolf Eyes' ecce homo is disseminated in reverse; instead of man becoming machine, machine becomes man. Presence? It's in the amp. Voice? It's dungeon'd in the esophagus engulfing the contact mic as a boa does a rodent. Groupthink? It suffers the worst demise: eschew the shared values, and adopt the shared aesthetic; but, with these guys, sound is enslaved; there's no submission to the machine. The so-called second skin is noisily shed, like a tornado freeing an entire subdivision of its roofs. The master/slave paradigm stays with those studying Hegel; Wolf Eyes transcend all this bullshit, and do so convincingly. Highly recommended.
By Stewart Voegtlin
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Sheepish]
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http://www.sendspace.com/file/puvfps
Virus - Carheart
I’ve come to expect two things from Jester Records. First, Jester albums will never ever come out on time, or even anywhere near the original estimate. Second, they are, without exception, worth the wait.
The existence of styles such as post-rock, post-hardcore, post-black metal is a testament to music’s constant progression but lack of creative names for genres. Ved Buens Ende was one of the forerunners of the often apocalyptic, dissonant, and forward thinking post-black metal scene. Their brief career only offered the release of one proper album and a souped up demo passed off as another album. In the near six years between the release of Written in Waters and the debut of their reincarnation as Virus they haven’t been idling. I shudder to think that it’s come to the point where it can honestly be said that there’s a post-post-black metal genre, but that's essentially what this is. There are aspects of this album that are blatantly black metal, like the dissonance that’s still used so prevalently. These guys are experts at stringing together notes on a guitar that make no sense but the ways they’re set up give not only cool and unusual melodies to the music but set a much different tone than anything I’ve heard often before.
Guitar playing is about the only area where Virus is still rooted in black metal to any noticeable degree. The drumming is neither fast nor brutal but instead has a more “garage” style to it; still quite technically proficient, but more focused on being simple and to the point. On bass, Plenum (yes, they still have black metal names) is rarely just plugging along playing the same things the guitar is, and that’s a really good thing. Where there could be nothing special at all, it adds another dimension to the music and is executed just as it should be. Czral’s vocals are sung with dark conviction and a healthy (but not excessive) dose of melodrama. They bring to mind The Talking Heads if the singer had just had a really bad day.
Carheart leaves the listen at odds in some ways. It’s a relatively simply put together album; nothing initially seems to be very complex or difficult. The illusion of straightforwardness dissolves with further listens when you get a real sense of all the little things they have going on. There are subtle differences between the first time you’ll hear a part in a song and its reprise later on, and things like that keep you on your toes and make you really pay a lot of attention. This is an album that manages to stay relatively simple but have a lot of depth at the same time.
As with the drumming, the overall feel of Carheart is that of a very finely tuned and unique garage band. The instruments aren’t altered much at all; the musicians here know what guitar, bass, and drums are capable of doing and they do those things. A band not relying on technology but still creating something pure and exciting is a breath of fresh air in metal music. Part of not relying on technology means that they don’t want to rely too much on studio effects, and it’s clear that they didn’t. Knowing that, I’d say the production serves its purpose and realizes the vision of the band as much as is possible.
Overall, Carheart is a very solid album in all the ways it needs to be. It’s initially captivating and fun to listen to, and it’s aged very well thus far. I don’t see either of those qualities changing any time soon. This goes highly recommended to anyone who thinks the black metal genre is slightly stale and wants something in a similar vein but with exciting new ideas.
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OK, this isn't an avant-garde metal release but since I uploaded it for someone, I may as well share it.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/631ysz
Akira Yamaoka - Silent Hill 3 Original Soundtrack
Konami's Akira Yamaoka has established himself as one of the top composers in the gaming industry, primarily through his excellent scores for the first two Silent Hill games. Combining frightful industrial noise with haunting piano melodies, Yamaoka has brought notoriety to himself and the series with a unique mix of musical styles. Few game scores are as integral to the overall mood and atmosphere as the ones Yamaoka creates for the Silent Hill titles, and his compositions are nearly unmatched in their ability to augment the emotional context of the on-screen action. Konami's latest horror adventure, Silent Hill 3, may have returned to the themes of the first game, but this hasn't hindered Yamaoka's evolution as an artist in the least.
Yamaoka's score to Silent Hill 3 is a bit of a departure from his earlier work that introduces new influences, instrumentation and stylistic elements into his compositions. The most obvious change is the inclusion of full vocalization on a number of tracks, a trend that has gained popularity in game music over the last few years. Lyrics are first heard in the game's theme song, an up-tempo rock piece entitled "You're Not Here". The track itself bears an obvious resemblance to many of Yamaoka's songs from Silent Hill 2 (such as "Love Psalm", "Promise", or "Theme of Laura"), but the addition of vocals creates an extra layer of emotional context that strongly reinforces the plight of the game's main character, Heather.
The lyrics to "You're Not Here" are sung by Melissa Williamson, a singer/actress with quite a bit of experience providing voices for video games and anime. (She is most notable to me for performing the part of Julia in the English version of Cowboy Bebop.) Melissa lends her seductive voice to a number of important tracks (including "Lost Carol", "I Want Love" and "Letter - From the Lost Days"), imparting to them a warm and soulful tone. Melissa's heartfelt sense of yearning on "Letter" is quite stirring and provides the perfect backdrop for Heather's emotional soliloquy during the car ride to Silent Hill. The lyrics for these songs, while not particularly complex, are very strongly tied into the themes of the game and nicely compliment Yamaoka's compositions.
In contrast with the predominantly piano-and-violin arrangements from Silent Hill 2, many of the songs in Silent Hill 3 adopt more of a trip-hop flavor. Tracks like "Breeze - In Monochrome Night" and "Sickness Unto Foolish Death" are outstanding musical works that tip their cap to electronic acts like Portishead. There is quite a bit of diversity to these songs as well: "Rain of Brass Petals" is a driving drum-and-bass track highlighted by a suitably ominous harpsichord arrangement; the surreal "A Stray Child" features otherworldly synthesizer accompaniment; and a downright haunting piano melody characterizes "Dance With Night Wind". Yamaoka even provides more of his wonderful acoustic guitar work on "Please Love Me... Once More", a somber interlude that follows the most emotionally affecting scene in the game.
The soundtrack itself is also a much more conceptual experience than the previous two Silent Hill scores, incorporating a number of spoken word segments that flesh out the story of the game. It is clear that Yamaoka's intention was not simply to produce a collection of songs, but to create a tightly-focused mind trip that recreates the major events of Silent Hill 3. These recitations (performed by Melissa Williamson) are culled from a variety of sources, including speeches by Claudia, the Creation Myth of the town's cult and even parts of the infamous Shakespeare riddle. Many of these readings appear at the beginning or end of tracks, but some, like "Walk on Vanity Ruins" and "Sun", layer Melissa's breathy speech over top of the music to create a captivating listening experience.
Far fewer industrial noise tracks appear on the Silent Hill 3 soundtrack, which might come as a disappointment to those fans of the original Silent Hill's ambient barrage. Yamaoka himself mixed the CD, so we can only assume that he felt these pieces didn't entirely fit with his vision. Notable exceptions include the metallic-yet-melodic "Flower Crown of Poppy" and "Prayer", an unearthly amalgam of noise, percussion and baritone chanting. Bits and pieces of some of the other ambient tracks are integrated with other songs. For instance, the familiar low-frequency moaning can be heard briefly at the beginning of "A Stray Child". Though the industrial noise is featured prominently in the background of many areas of the game, Yamaoka's sparing use of it results in a much more melodic soundtrack.
The CD draws to a close with the end-credits theme "Hometown", a reworked version of Silent Hill's classic mandolin opening theme. This rendition is much more emotionally charged however, thanks to Joe Romersa's downright haunting vocals. The lyrics recount the harrowing ordeal endured by Harry Mason as he frantically searched for his daughter in Silent Hill. If you've played the first Silent Hill game, passages like "That misty night / That dismal moon / The dead search for their kin" will undoubtedly make a world of sense. The final track on the CD is an extended studio mix of "I Want Love" that sports some of Yamaoka's trademarked axe work, along with some fiercely impassioned singing from Melissa Williamson. Though this cut doesn't appear in the game, it still fits in wonderfully with the rest of the material.
Though I'm personally split over which of the Silent Hill soundtracks I prefer most, the music in Silent Hill 3 deftly illustrates the continued development of Akira Yamaoka's musical artistry. Silent Hill 3 Original Soundtracks is a very diverse score that undergoes a number of subtle shifts in mood and tone as it progresses, yielding a soundtrack that not only mirrors the storyline of the game, but provides a unique aural experience in its own right. Yamaoka's accomplished instrumentation and arrangement skills, coupled with Williamson's spirited vocal work, make this soundtrack a definite standout in the horror adventure genre. It has a very different flavor than his previous work, but true fans will undoubtedly find a lot to love about Akira Yamaoka's excellent Silent Hill 3 score.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Sheepish]
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i love Akira Yamaoka , i've got all the silent hill soundtracks, i like.
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Y'all need to check out the new Minsk release, 'The Ritual Fires of Abandonment'. It's all psychedelic and heavy sounding, with the feeling of coming out of a dark abyss and reaching for the light. Damn good stuff, that Minsk is.
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Faxed Head - Chiropractic
http://www.sendspace.com/file/x5pagr
This album is their best definitely. From Demon's Chills one realizes these guys can throw out black crust like that of which Euronymous or Varg Vikeres hasn't seen. Trey Spruance (Mr. Bungle, Secret Chiefs 3) appears on guitar and mixing as Neckhead. Gregg Turkington (Zip Code Rapists, Three Doctors) is on vocals as McPatrickhead. The only other I know is Phil Franklin, the touring percussionist for the Secret Chiefs 3 is LaBrea Tarpits Head; drummer. This super group of Avant/Wierdo musicians is some of the heaviest yit that has ever been created. This is too much for anyone who thinks Linkin Park is metal. This album is so heavy, even the mix is bending under the pressure. (and tweaking, dropping, slowing...) Amazing music from amazing people. I believe....
(Review off Amazon.com)
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Colour Haze - CO2
http://www.sendspace.com/file/d2yx02
Colour Haze is a German stoner/psych/retro/acid band that’s been around for more than a decade by now and they understand the art of silent revolution. Even though they’re from a country that’s not exactly a hotbed of stoner-oriented bands (not that I know of, anyway, so correct me if I’m wrong), they’ve gained quite a reputation as one of the most dependable European acts in the genre, a unit of extremely capable musicians who manage to merge all of their influences into a unique mould that can be quite a sonic experience. Unfortunately, their releases suffer from something that’s very common among like-minded bands: their massive wall of sound doesn’t translate that well onto a shiny disc (with especially the drums lacking the live force). When I saw them perform in good old Belgium a while ago, they dragged in so much gear that I initially thought they were a five-piece band. Obviously obsessed by sound and equipment, the band next delivered a set that was pure aural bliss, with warm, buzzing guitar tones, led-heavy bass parts and drumming that alternated between understated grooving and all-over-the-place rumbling. I called ‘em “stoner” for clarity’s sake, but the trio (Stefan Koglek - guitar, vocals; Philip Rasthofer – bass; Manfred Merwald - drums) alternately recalls sludgy acid rock, lumbering doom-laden Sabbath and far-out psychedelica, but also European influences such as Can and Tangerine Dream, which often gives their music a droning, nearly mantra-like Eastern vibe. It makes their brand of heaviness much more cerebral (less instantaneously ‘catchy’) than that of their contemporary brethren, but this refusal (or inability) to offer transparent ideas also makes them a damn intriguing band that demands your unconditional attention. If you’re in it for clearly structured, concise pop songs, you’re checking out the wrong band (the 40-minute CO2 contains a mere six songs), because these guys are capable of unleashing monstrous 20-minute epics that suggest, tease, pull back, suddenly bludgeon and trample you, and slowly fade out into more restrained, dream-like territory again. They’re a jam band in the purest sense of the word, a single-minded entity that’s capable of turning in mind-blowing explorations that contain moments of simple beauty and crushing volume. Koglek may not be the best vocalist around (his range is limited and he hasn’t the more direct approach of, say, John Garcia or Dave Wyndorf), but at least he makes up for this with a wholly unique style that incorporates influences from rock, blues, jazz and even avant-garde, earning him a place near other rock innovators such as Motorpsycho (who he undoubtedly likes). Like any other superb musician, he also realizes that simplicity often offers the best ideas, witness the simple, infectious riff that propels album opener “Get It On,” a whirling, repetitive drone wrapped up in an accessible format. The other tracks are a bit less straightforward: “Shine” and “Motormind” find them exploring bludgeoning doom-styled riffs that go well together (despite the contrast) with Koglek’s usually smooth singing style. My personal favorite, though, is “Inside,” a song in which they used a simple key melody to great effect while creating a sonic ebb and flow that’s as seamless as could be (and there’s even a Beatles-reference you can’t miss). “CO,” finally, is the kind of track that works even a lot better on stage: an 11-minute marathon featuring some frantic solos, concrete riffs and a rhythm section that progresses with the force of a thunderstorm. Like I said before, the band didn’t exactly capture it’s awesome live force on tape, but CO2 already goes a long way at showing you why this band – despite their lack of mainstream success – is becoming more and more respected among those who dig heavy retro-rock with a psychedelic edge. If that sounds like something you might like as well, don’t hesitate to check this band out.
Cloroform - Hey You Lets Kiss
http://www.sendspace.com/file/owa1uc
Norwegian art-punkers Cloroform mix up raw rock, electro noises, freeform jazz and other oddities to produce a sound that's just a little too twisted for its own good at times. They seem as if they're having fun though. Think Electric Six, but just a whole lot weirder and you're nearly there.
Colour Haze - Chopping Machine
http://www.sendspace.com/file/4mpbwt
Could not find any reviews on this album, but since most people are aware of who Colour Haze are and what they sound like, then it probably doesn't need explaining. This is their debut album.
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Todd - Comes To Your House
http://www.sendspace.com/file/uqzat6
This is how it begins, how it always begins.
You’ve lost the others, somewhere, back there. You didn’t stop to ask which way they were headed, nor did your eyes, the edges of your peripheral vision blurred beyond any precedence, register where they bolted to, where they sought cover once the fire fell like hailstones. It was coming from all angles; you were right to run whichever way you could; they should have followed you. Yes, they should have followed you. You’ve done no wrong here. You’re safe in your hiding place; you could live here forever if need be, anything to maintain refuge from that onslaught; although, it subsided minutes ago...
Perhaps it’s safe. Perhaps the others fell, and whoever was out there, above there, under there, over there, has gone. Gone back to whatever godforsaken place such merciless men call home, where the cowardly are considered champions of a cause that others – you – can’t condone. Yes, the noise has faded. You grasp your rifle, tight; the square’s before you, no sign of movement. No life, just decaying structures toppling slowly into piles of dusted masonry. Yes, they should have followed you, then everything would be fine, now...
...Now you’re in the open, again. Your eyes still aren’t quite up to speed, which seems odd as your heart is pulsating at a rate doctors would surely disapprove of, that your doctor at home would prescribe some pill or other for; a little something to take the edge off the everyday, only the everyday is so far away. You consider calling out, but the words stick in your throat. Are they around? Are they okay? You were never the bravest; they probably stood their ground. Fools. But you’d give anything to see their foolish faces, right now. Right now… you’re alerted by something. Something on the left, out of sight, just; something moved you’re sure…
The first two don’t register but the third cuts clean, into your shoulder. Spinning, suddenly dizzy, you point your weapon – unfired, until now – toward the source. Your shoulder’s bleeding; a closer inspection conducted in a second reveals that one of the two earlier shots grazed the skin of the same arm, and already blood from the brace of wounds is mixing, steadily making tracks to your elbow. Fire: one, two, three. But at what? You’re seeing nothing, hearing nothing, smelling nothing but the sweet smell of your own well-maintained firearm. Then, a crack...
You look down, assuming a twig had been crushed underfoot, but no: the pain’s not immediate, not until you see the shot that’s pierced your lower left leg, clean and true. Just below the knee. You fall, immediately crippled, firing off another few rounds into the clouded sky above; then, a shadow looms, a blade catches the single beam of light that’s navigated the cover overhead. You reach for what’s fallen from your hand and landed a yard too far away; it’s out of touch, you’re out of luck. Then, a sharp intake, and…
And you awake, your destination of choice two stops in the other direction; drink and merriment has seduced you into a deep slumber, one you’ve been having too regularly. The dream, too, is a constant; ever since Todd’s Comes To Your House came to your house, you’ve found yourself engulfed by its relentlessness, consumed by its feverishness, duty bound like a soldier to sing its praises to all and sundry. But now the tables have turned, the roles reversed: it’s not a record you own, but a record that owns you; it possesses a force never experienced before now, as if the tiny, microscopic pits on the compact disc’s surface house intelligent bacteria, living organisms that tunnel their way into your system, from fingertips to the deepest synapses, each and every time you handle this album. Of course, this is nonsense, you know as much; yet why, then, does the same dream haunt you so?
You reason, unconvincingly: “Todd are the war, I’m the enemy, their enemy. I’m what they seek to eradicate.” But why? Bombast is one thing you’ve heard a thousand bands before this one implement in such a way that your five senses shake ‘til they’re irreparably damaged, yet never before has such a sizeable lasting impression been made. There are craters in your skull, circling your headphones; there’s a dryness in your mouth born of fear and pure awe, not thirst. Todd aren’t the war, per se, but the absolutely final death blow, the closing chapter of a series of skirmishes: rock versus pop versus this versus that. Nothing matters, not now: Todd have re-written the rulebook on compositional etiquette, they’ve torn the spines from hairy rockers archaic and made racks for their tank-sized amps from them. They’ve ground the bones of a billion pretenders – those fashionable sorts that loiter about the edges of the right shows to be seen by the right people so they can hand them the right demo recorded by the right producer with a stamp of approval from the right band – snorted them and shat them back out like pepper spray in the eyes of the establishment. Their guitars are the guns, their drums the bulldozers that sweep away the limbs and bricks and brains and dreams that lay, broken, before them.
You change platforms, wearily. A ten-minute wait; you buy a bottle of fizzy drink from the vending machine. It slips from your hand as soon as you take it, rolling away from the platform’s edge, thankfully. Foolishly you allow it no time to settle, and duly cover your white shirt in brown stickiness. Kicking yourself, you slump in a wooden seat. Nine minutes. Your headphones rumble again; repeat was engaged when you set off, remember? The noise comes again, and although it’s recognisable to you now no degree of preparation ever renders you strong enough to withstand its multiple waves of undiluted aggression. It is a killer, a savage, drooling beast from another age, an age we’re yet to live through. It knows no age, perhaps? It just is, now and forever, then and tomorrow. “This is how it begins,” you think, sipping the still-frothing drink you paid too much for. “How it always begins.”
You drink, you drift, you dream.
You die all over again.
(How's that for a review?)
http://www.drownedinsound.com/release/view/7243
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Sheepish]
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Black Lodge - Covet
http://www.sendspace.com/file/rulzf0
Black Lodge, as fellow reviewer Insignium puts it, has always been an incredibly elusive band. After forming in 1993, the band did absolutely -nothing- until Autumn 1994, when they started writing the music for Covet. Not until late in the summer of '95 was it finished, and then the band spent months recording, not finishing until later taht year in December. Afterwards, Head Not Found released the CD to an apathetic public, the band immediately split up, and as of now, only Black Lodge's bassist, Halvor Larsen, has re-entered the metal scene.
Despite the lukewarm sales of Covet, it is without a doubt, the most brilliant collection of musical genius ever to be released. Mixing elements of doom, gothic, thrash, black, and even death metal into their work, each of Covet's 7 songs is a mindfuck in its own right. The style of the songs range from being as peaceful and melodic as Leaves' Eyes, to as chaotic and dissonant as a Cryptopsy song.
The album kicks off with Dissonance, which, right from the beginning, creates an eerie air of suspense, despite the beautiful female vocals which introduce the track. The mood of the song varies, beginning with a peaceful-yet-melancholy collection of dirging guitars and wailing male vocals, but it changes gradually as Kim's voice takes on a more sinister, mocking tone, and the instrumental work speeds up exponentially. Quickly again, though, the song changes back to an ultra-slow bit of funeral doom, only to change again shortly thereafter until the track ends abruptly, moving onto Mother Urge.
The second track is the fastest one on the whole CD, filled with unexpectedly brutal male vocals, and even Kim joins in, adding her own screams, for the second half of the song. Even more dissonant than Dissonance, Mother Urge is as much a mindfuck as any Pig Destroyer song, but without the lame punk elements thrown in. Things die down in the last 10 seconds of the track, which then fades into # (rips as "Untranslated"). A hypnotic, eerie, droning voice and Larsen's bass are all that's used in #, and the lyrics are taken from Hamlet. The last 27 seconds of the song, though, are just the voice repeating "All life...has gone...all life...has gone," a play on Hamlet's "all -light- has gone", but acheiving the same effect. The fourth track, titled "Cube", picks up where # left off, with Moller still chanting, but quickly changes into a truly rageful song, filled with misanthropy and cynicism, supported wonderfully by blasting dirges from the guitars and excellent, sporadic bits of drumming. The song changes completely every 42 seconds (I kid you not), and gets slower and slower during the last two pieces, before stopping abruptly.
Tower Inertia is my favorite song on the entire CD. From the beginning, both vocalists take on a mournful tone as the guitars and drums support it, with Halvor mysteriously absent. Nonetheless, the song goes on, picking up to almost-normal speed at times, but then dying down, as the guitars stop, the male vocals stop, and the drums tap faintly in the background as Kim whispers slowly, almost inaudibly. The music picks up again quickly after a seconds-long stop about two thirds of the way into the track, and the male voice is back and enraged as ever. Although the minimalism of the track remains, so much is expressed through the sole guitar and alternating vocals, it truly is incredible.
After Tower Inertia ends on a rather melancholy note, Travesty picks up and destroys any semblance of funeral doom. Brutal and fast as all hell, Larsen's bass fights with the two guitars as Hoel bellows with fury for the entire track. I won't lie, though - some of the guitar riffs sound oddly like they were taken...directly...from Celtic Frost - Cherry Orchards...just sped up. If you haven't listened to Cold Lake upwards of 50 times before, though, and don't have it playing simultaneously, you probably won't even notice, and the song will sound just fine to you. Nonetheless, Travesty blares on angrily for its 7 and a half minute duration, and then stops suddenly at the end with the word "harsh."
Covet's final track, Mortal, begins almost as slowly as Tower Inertia, with the drums faintly tapping in the background and all the guitars buzzing quietly. This illusion of peace is quickly shattered, though, as the vocals return. Hoel's voice has taken on an air of acceptance of his fate, and Kim's joins in, still mocking, but with an ever more superior quality to it, knowing that she's won. For the first time on the CD, the guitars and drums complement each other and play in harmony, creating a decidely unsettling dark aura of closure. The two vocalists sing in unison: Hoel, beaten and submissive, Kim, strong and dominant. The music plays on, shifting from melodic and victorious to chaotic and threatening again, but with a much more sinister air. The track and the CD end with a final, whispered plea from Hoel for his death, before everything stops without warning, and Covet comes to a close.
Covet, although a long-forgotten and never-acclaimed album, was released over a decade ago to an unresponsive metal scene. In 2004, though, Head Not Found put out a reissue of Covet, and thanks to the wonders of the internet, sold all 1500 copies to a much more appreciative public. Despite this, though, the band is still incredibly unknown, which is always a plus. If you manage to locate a copy of Covet, even if it's $250 (the price of my original, bought in 03), by all means, *buy it*. Both kvlt as fuck and incredible, Covet is easily the most amazing musical work ever spawned.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Sheepish]
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Meniscus
Absence Of I (EP)
Instrumental rock band from Sydney, Australia.
 
Sounds like water.
MySpace
Check out the song Mother.
Dig it? Get it!
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Argh, I hate Rapidshare. It's never, ever worked for me. Every time I go to download something, it says "File doesn't exist".
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Sheepish]
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Yeah, RapidShare sucks but that link should work. Let me know if it doesn't and I'll upload it myself.
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http://www.sendspace.com/file/07xb36
Sleep - Dopesmoker
There is a certain legend surrounding this album. After the release of “Holy Mountain,” some record label execs thought that SLEEP had it in them to be the next BLACK SABBATH and take the music world by storm. The contract was signed and the label waited as SLEEP recorded what was to be their breakthrough opus. A few months later, the band delivered the new album to the execs contained within a human skull bong adorned with a military helmet. On top of the overwhelmingly Metal delivery, the album consisted of one hour-long ode to God and weed entitled “Jerusalem.” Sadly, this bit of defiant artistic creativity was the beginning of the end for SLEEP. The label refused the album, though it was released later, divided into six shorter tracks against the bands’ wishes.
In 2003, Tee Pee released the definitive edition of this song, taken from a different recording session and featuring a much heavier and extended mix. Re-christened “Dopesmoker,” this song/album reaches pinnacles of slowness and heaviness that most bands can only dream of. Consisting of very few riffs, just two solos and vocals in the vein of a savage war rally sermon, “Dopesmoker” is securely amongst the ranks of the quintessential Doom/Stoner Metal albums. This is trance-inducing, repetitive and sluggish Metal – and it absolutely kills.
After being demolished for over an hour by the main track, you get the quick(!) ten-minute live track “Sonic Titan” which is basically an early and less-good version of the title track from “Holy Mountain.” Really, this track seems needlessly tacked on, but since live SLEEP material is so hard to come by, I guess it’s a worthwhile addition. The packaging on this record is also incredible, featuring my favorite Metal cover art by far. The little pic at the top of this review doesn’t do it justice – find a copy of the DigiPak, unfold and gaze upon the awesomeness! The best part of all of this is that you don’t have to engage in the activities referenced on this album to enjoy the music here – this is Stoner Metal delivered in the form of spine-crunching Doom, so if you like either of those, you need this album. As Al Cisneros so commandingly bellows throughout the song, “follow the smoke to the riff-filled land!” (Online August 21, 2005)
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Aghiatrias - Regions Of Limen
Aghiatrias is Vladimir Hirsh & Tom Saivon from Prague, Czech Republic. Together these two gentlemen make some fantastic ambient/industrial music in a similar vein as many Cold Meat Industry artists. In Regions of Limen you can find everything ranging from bleak dark ambiance, bombastic orchestration, smidgens of piano, spoken and sampled voices, and odd metal clanking and other industrial sounds all wrapped up in one fine dark album. The feeling this album presents is that of one I’ve never experienced firsthand but I can easily imagine it in my mind. When you listen to this album you get the feeling your in a long dimly lit excavation site deep within the earth and the loud ear piercing industrial sounds are perhaps people working far off in the distance. Or if not that this is the soundtrack to one malicious nightmare. Yep you know the one where you’re tossing, turning, and speaking out loud in your sleep, where eventually you wake up breathing heavily covered in sweat? Yeah that dream. Aghiatrias take us on this long foreboding voyage and the further you listen to the recording the slimmer the chances are of returning. In a word, remarkable!
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Sheepish]
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Black Dice - Creature Comforts
http://www.sendspace.com/file/fyhhgw
Black Dice themselves probably have the right idea when it comes to listening to this album. When I interviewed them, they said that at a listening party with their pals Animal Collective they kept laughing at the sounds they heard on the album, because they're so far out there. For their entire history, Black Dice have been transient in their style, never staying in one comfortable place for too long. First it was flat out thrash, then they mediated that with more abstract sounds, and finally abandoned the thrash altogether on their stellar Beaches & Canyons, adopting some elements of found sound to go with the otherworldly drones. Then came the rhythmic and almost danceable "Cone Toaster" single, which was followed by a release on the complete opposite end of the spectrum with the meditative Miles of Smiles EP. And that brings us up to Creature Comforts.
Now, as I hinted at above, an open mind and possibly a sense of humor are essential to accessing this album. I feel like if you're interested in Black Dice, I shouldn't have to tell you that; but I'm sure Black Dice would be first to attest that people are often stuck in their preferences. So, now you're ready to just let the music flow over you, with no preconceived notions, right? Of course not. And I might be making assumptions here, but I think this album banks on that fact heavily. Which is to say this record strikes out into territory that hasn't been explored from a "rock" standpoint, hoping to make the listener say "What the fuck?" But, to back off of that position for a moment, this isn't just art for art's sake. These songs are well thought out and pleasant to listen to, if you're into this sort of thing. Drums have largely been abandoned, and sounds that I can't identify drive most of the songs rhythmically. That's right, most of the songs are rhythmic. They get your body interested with the rhythm, and then fuck your mind with the sounds.
I don't know if this is one of the bravest or boldest albums of the year, but its definitely one of the neatest. I find music all the time that creates contexts for musics that I had previously thought completely individual and incomparable, which is what I might call this album. I hope I'd be wrong and there's a heap of similar stuff lurking as precedent somewhere in the shadows of music. But, if I would be right in doing so, kudos to you, Black Dice. Fuck 'em.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Sheepish]
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Caul - Crucible
http://www.sendspace.com/file/bhoavv
Caul began in 1993, while I was playing guitar in John Bergin's band Trust Obey.
I worked on material for about a year and in 1994 I released the cassette "Epiphany/Fortunate" on my own label Epiphany Recordings. I followed with two more releases, "Whole" and "The Golden Section."
1996 saw both my first and second CD releases "Crucible,", courtesy of Malignant Records and "The Sound of Faith," courtesy of Katyn Records.
In 1997, Eibon released my third CD, "Reliquary," and then in 1998 I returned home to Malignant Records for "Light From Many Lamps."
There was a hiatus of about 3 years before the next Caul work, "Hidden," was released by Eibon Records in 2001. The first installment in a 3 part work, the next installment, "Muein," was released by John Bergin's Grinder label in 2002.
In 2002 I resumed operations of my own label, Epiphany Recordings and in 2003 I released SWAN, a collection of compilation and unreleased recordings, followed by Eibon Records release of "A Golden Epiphany," a remixed/remastered set of my very first Caul tapes."
Words from Brett Smith.
http://www.caul.org/
(Couldn't find an album review, so here is the band description. It's basically dark ambient)
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Torture Wheel - Crushed Under
http://www.sendspace.com/file/9j2xdw
Those who thought bands like SUNN o))) or REVEREND BIZARRE were sick may listen to TORTURE WHEEL. Their vision of Doom is an incredibly apocalyptic, minimalistic one…A kind of soundtrack to absolute despair. There is no light here, only shadows and fathomless sadness. Everything is as uncomfortable, creeping as a plague devouring everything. This sipping tempo, combined with all kinds of sick samples and downtuned guitars, is so trying it is practically impossible to listen to this dragging “piece” at one sitting. Although this is just a 4 track EP, which reaches proud 45 minutes, though.
The so-called “vocals” are inaudible in fact, you only hear a penetrating grumbling in the background, which only adds to the music’s darkness. However there is something fascinating about it and compared to the boredom produced by many other Funeral Doom bands, a very depressing horror movie atmosphere is actually evoked. Nonetheless, very exhausting! (Online February 28, 2005)
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Sheepish]
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Torture Wheel - Crushed Under
http://www.sendspace.com/file/9j2xdw
Those who thought bands like SUNN o))) or REVEREND BIZARRE were sick may listen to TORTURE WHEEL. Their vision of Doom is an incredibly apocalyptic, minimalistic one…A kind of soundtrack to absolute despair. There is no light here, only shadows and fathomless sadness. Everything is as uncomfortable, creeping as a plague devouring everything. This sipping tempo, combined with all kinds of sick samples and downtuned guitars, is so trying it is practically impossible to listen to this dragging “piece” at one sitting. Although this is just a 4 track EP, which reaches proud 45 minutes, though.
The so-called “vocals” are inaudible in fact, you only hear a penetrating grumbling in the background, which only adds to the music’s darkness. However there is something fascinating about it and compared to the boredom produced by many other Funeral Doom bands, a very depressing horror movie atmosphere is actually evoked. Nonetheless, very exhausting! (Online February 28, 2005)
Man, I haven't been on these boards in forever and this was one of the first threads I looked at. I'm glad I did. I've been on a Sunn 0))) kick lately and I absolutely love this. I wish I would have been around to dl the other contributions to this thread, but apparently they have expired.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Harbinger]
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Stick around Harb, there'll be lots more to come.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Mr. Middle]
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Bossk - .1
Bossk are a 5-piece ambient metal band from Kent (UK), mixing heavy Pelican or Cult of Luna -esque riffs with the delicate melodic parts of Isis/Mogwai or Sigur Rós. A must have for avant garde metal fans! This two track LP is truly stunning.
Majestic mighty chugging riffs, glorious atmospheric breakdowns, slow eerie build up, cinematic building of tension and mood ending in strong climaxes......
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Subarachnoid Space - Delicate Membrane
Highly talented neo-psychedelic band from San Francisco. This was their 1996 debut, when the ensemble was strictly a trio. Tunes here I found to be truly outstanding were "Talking Tina And Her Mechanical Frog" (wasn't that the title of a 'Twilight Zone' episode?), the wailing "Something Wicked" and the thirteen-minute trippy "Lidocaine". Wow! This CD is a true keeper, in EVERY sense of the word.No wonder it's hard to locate a copy.Line-up: Mason-guitar, Jason-bassist and Michelle-drummer. Just might appeal to fans of Kinski, Abunai, Spiritualized and possibly Acid Mothers Temple. Recommended, very much so. (Review from amazon.com)
The Meads of Asphodel - Damascus Steel
http://www.sendspace.com/file/suncqp
“Damascus Steel” is the 4th full-length release from English chainmail-wearing lunatics THE MEADS OF ASPHODEL, and is likely the most mature release to date from JD, Metatron and Co. - featuring guest musicians and styles from the world over. Being the only band I know to mix black metal roots with hypnotic 70’s space rock, “Damascus Steel” continues in that same vein, and continues the lyrical themes from their 1999 demo “Jihad” – exploring the conflicts between eastern and western religions throughout history - right up to the events of 9/11 and Al Qaeda. (“Damascus Steel” was originally intended to be an EP released in May 2005, but the band found they had more material than expected, and delayed the release for several months to make it a full length LP).
Whilst some may scoff at the band’s somewhat eccentric image and soundscape, the MEADS should not be mistaken for a “leave your brain at the door” type of band. Their albums require the listener to engage their brain – the music and lyrics taking you on a historical and geographical journey from east to west, from life to death, from religion to war. There are subtleties and plenty of irony here, thus, actually requiring effort from the listener. Don’t let the religion thing put you off either – rather than the usual overdone black metal angle of “isn’t Jesus crap, all Christians are hypocrites” the MEADS tend to look at the bigger picture - and explore the history and faults of religions and governments throughout the ages – including the bad ones. After all, why annoy just one group when you can annoy them all?
After the topical intro “Psalm 666” featuring samples of eastern music, TV sound bites and notably Mr. Popular himself George Bush - a clatter of drums and a few blast beats signals the start of “Creed of Abraham” - a venomous opener that throws a curveball by turning into a slow 70’s groove by it’s end. Next up is the synth heavy “Hollow Womb of Suicide” harking back to earlier “Excommunication of Christ” material – and featuring a haunting female vocal section along with clattering Arabian bongos (well, they might be Arabian).
Other highlights include a cover of HAWKWIND’s “Sword of the East”, a brilliantly twisted (if a little daft) take on Louis Armstrong’s “Wonderful World”, also “The Gods Who Mock Us” - which goes from rasping blasphemous ranting to a Hammond organ lounge groove - and back again, and then there’s the traditional epic MEADS album closer with an equally epic title “Behold the Kindred Battle Carcasses Strewn Across the Bloodied Dunes of Gilgamesh, Mute in the Frenzied Clamour of Death's Rolling Tongue and Ravenous Bursting Steel”. Rolls off the tongue, doesn’t it? Proof then, that a band can tackle serious issues and still have a sense of humour. (If you can get your hands on the ltd edition with the bonus track “Beyond Death and Darkness” this is also well worth the listen – particularly as it’s 11 minutes long).
Of course, while I heap praise on the album, I realise this may be an acquired taste - the general oddness of the MEADS is not going to be everyone’s cup of tea. A lot of people can’t seem to get past the vocal style – while one singer has a more traditional “rasping” black metal style, the other is akin to a gravel voiced, heavy smoking and slightly disgruntled pub landlord.
While some of this may all sound very silly and tongue in cheek, the actual content & message on offer here is quite the opposite. For the most part, “Damascus Steel” is a very bleak and desolate album. According to lead man Metatron: “Death means nothing, Life means less”. There is no solution on offer here: the MEADS aren’t bringing their chainmail and their swords to fight the evils of the world. The world is going to hell in a handcart – the MEADS are just here to tell you why.
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Thanks for the Subarachnoid Sheepish, I've gotta go check these guys out live.
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I am digging 35007, thank you.
Here's a new addition for the thread.
Atlantis - Carpe Omnium
MySpace
Ambient drone metal (heavy guitars, noisy synth’s, samples and heavy drum programming)
The only member is Gilson C. Heitinga, who write’s, and produces all the music for ‘ATLANTIS’ . Gilson started to write songs under the name ‘ATLANTIS’ in de winter of 2005/2006. Under the influence of act’s like Massive Attack, Nine Inch Nails, Neurosis, Portishead, SWANS, Clint Mansell, etc,....the songs became more and more filmscore like, but with a undertone layerd with heavy guitars, noisy synth’s, samples and heavy drum programming. After a while Gilson teamed up with Field Records from the U.K. to release the first ‘ATLANTIS’ album titled ; “Carpe Omnium” This album is mostly instrumental and tells a story of a journey trough loss and decay. Live ‘ATLANTIS’ will sound diffrent than on the album with whole new incarnations of the songs. If you have the chance to visit a ‘ATLANTIS’ show, just sit back and enjoy the ride
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Sorry, double post, but lent0 is pretty fucking sick as well. it's rocking my socks off.
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I am digging 35007, thank you.
Here's a new addition for the thread.
Atlantis - Carpe Omnium
MySpace
Ambient drone metal (heavy guitars, noisy synth’s, samples and heavy drum programming)
The only member is Gilson C. Heitinga, who write’s, and produces all the music for ‘ATLANTIS’ . Gilson started to write songs under the name ‘ATLANTIS’ in de winter of 2005/2006. Under the influence of act’s like Massive Attack, Nine Inch Nails, Neurosis, Portishead, SWANS, Clint Mansell, etc,....the songs became more and more filmscore like, but with a undertone layerd with heavy guitars, noisy synth’s, samples and heavy drum programming. After a while Gilson teamed up with Field Records from the U.K. to release the first ‘ATLANTIS’ album titled ; “Carpe Omnium” This album is mostly instrumental and tells a story of a journey trough loss and decay. Live ‘ATLANTIS’ will sound diffrent than on the album with whole new incarnations of the songs. If you have the chance to visit a ‘ATLANTIS’ show, just sit back and enjoy the ride
wow awesome avatar
i cant belive this thread is still going strong but yeah i do belive it cause its that awesome.
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this thread is fucking awesome.
I'm not sure if I read the entire thing, but it seems to me that somehow Southern Lord Records failed to get mentioned. There's a ton of awesome releases on that label. Burning Witch is a great band, and if I read the story right, the members (or at least one of them) is an owner of SL. The new Earth record, "Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull" is amazing.
Kudos to you guys that are uploading all these great records. Sheepish, just on this last page alone you've uploaded three albums that are blowing me away!
And for you gentlemen!
Noxagt - Turning it Down Since 2001
http://www.sendspace.com/file/azl5ac
Hailing from Norway, Noxagt have come to burn your dirty soul. Three piece in the bass, viola, and drums format. This record is heavier than all the weight Richard Simmons lost before becoming the annoying skinny man he is. Produced by BILLY ANDERSON (SLEEP, HIGH ON FIRE, NEUROSIS), this record is a pummeling masterpiece. Songs that breathe through their mouth very loudly. Noxagt is at the forefront of the Nor-Wave movement that takes cues from the American wrecking units like LIGHTNING BOLT and PINK AND BROWN and adds a distinctly Norwegian heavy slant.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: lukeboots]
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yall need to check out Hex from minneapolis. they consist of viola/tuba/drums and they fucking rock
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http://soundweave.blogspot.com/
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Estradasphere!
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Yar. For those who liked Colour Haze:
Causa Sui - Causa Sui (2005)
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New Colour Haze leak, no artwork yet.
Colour Haze - All (2008)
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Some old Colour Haze.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/kggfko
Colour Haze - Ewige Blumenkraft
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SubArachnoid Space - Delicate Membrane
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Thanks for those Sheepish.
Humanfly - II (2008)
Guess that Boston sound jumped over to the UK, sounds like classic ISIS at times.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Mr. Middle]
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No metal by any means but I think the sound may fit the ears of this thread.
Fossil - Insônia (2008)
In short, Fossil is an instrumental post-rock band from Brazil that plays long repetitive guitars riff over a certain pattern. Layers upon layers Fossil keep knocking it out accompanied by a dark base on the side line together with some awesome and serious beating of the drums. Music made to be listened over and over again and over again.
Enjoy.
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This shit is batnuts crazy:
Hella - Devil Isn't Red - http://www.sendspace.com/file/hq7bsf
Hella - Hold Your Horse Is - http://www.mediafire.com/?dtv90zwf9lm
Hella - There's no 666 In Outer Space - http://www.sendspace.com/file/spoxqh
Hella - Total Bugs Bunny on Wild Bass - http://www.mediafire.com/?7jz3trdx05w
I think someone mentioned Hella but I had them confused with the band Hellyeah.
I've actually listened to over 1,000 albums in the past year.
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It tells me that the file for Fossil can't be found.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Sheepish]
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Rapidshare is strange. The download is working here. Check again. If there's still a problem, I'll upload the album myself. 
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Everyone check out Octopus - Coda.
Pretty interesting little EP, mostly instrumental prog metal. Straight-forward sound but complex and intricate, quite listenable.
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This is listenable prog and the Jordan Maxwell soundbites are cool.
Octopus - Coda (2008)
Kind of reminds me of Prong, I forgot about Prong.
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Thats the one, cheers mate!
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Hoping to give the above album a listen tonight! Here's the latest noise I've come across.
Exxasens - Polaris (2008)
Not having a defined music style is certainly the main appeal of EXXASENS proposal. The EXXASENS universe is full of sound landscapes which take the listener to a rich world of beautiful and powerful melodies.
This could be the homeland of post-rock bands such as Mogwai or Explosions in the Sky, a place full of nice melodies with strong guitar atmospheres. EXXASENS style tries to go beyond by introducing progressive metal and nu-metal influences. Call it post-metal, whatever. I call it good.
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Dang! I missed all the good uploads, anyone want to upload the Isis and Windmills by the Ocean again?
Not sure if these qualify as "Avant Garde" but Subterranean Masquerade and Agalloch are great bands.
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VA - ISIS Oceanic Remixes Vol. I
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Awsome!
Thanks alot Middleman, I'm definitely diggin' these remixes.
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Herod Layne - In Between Dust Conditions (2008)
Herod Layne hail from São Paulo, Brazil. Band memebers are: Sachalf: guitars, Hel Sonich: bass, guitars, drum programming and Johnny Dux: drums
One stunning instrumental rock release. Enjoy!
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I can't keep up with all the new music so I appreciate the recommendations.
Zozobra is Caleb Scofield (Cave In, Old Man Gloom) and Santos Montano (Forensics, Old Man Gloom). Debut album ‘Harmonic Tremors’ was released on Hydra Head in January 2007. The follow up record ‘Bird of Prey’ is scheduled to be released through Hydra Head on August 5th, 2008. The new record features Aaron Harris, of Isis, on the drums. Aaron also engineered and mixed the record.
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Isis started it all for me. Listening to them introduced me to the vast amount of quality rock/metal that is being produced all over the world. Now I only got to see one of these bands live someday!
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I fucking totally dug and I mean totally the Sunn-o, Bardo Pond and Giant Squids, not to mention Buckethead. They're sick. Haha, heard someone mention John Zorn and Naked City. That album is really bent. This is certainly one of those 'best threads ever.' I would five star everybody.
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On pandora free internet radio.
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You can't pigeonhole these bands into tidy genres, but I think they will appeal to fans of avant garde metal in general. Check out:
Russian Circles
Canvas Solaris
Red Sparowes
Behold... the Arctopus
Gordian Knot
Dave Martone
Office of Strategic Influence
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Day Without Dawn:
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Ha someone mentioned Solaris and I thought they meant the OST to the movie 'Solaris'.
Jesu - Why Are We Not Pertfect? (EP 2008)
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VA - ISIS Oceanic Remixes Vol. I
#6 Hym by JK Broadrick is beyond Metal.
Seriously, I've been WAY into Isis for years now. At first I wasn't really diggin' the Remix album, but once I came around it blew my mind.
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hello ppl,
i've been away from metal scene for quite a long time now (4-5 years). right now i'm into psy music (from psytrance to ambient, dark ambient, post-rock, ...)
i need some recommendation for good (trippy) doom metal (from past 4-5 years)
some of my favorites (back in the day):
green carnation, summoning, in the woods..., tiamat, decoryah, my dying bride, (some) katatonia,...
i'm not really fond of extreme vocals (in fact that might be the reason i turned to psychedelic rock), so i was wondering if you guyz could recommend me some good metal.
metal is like coffee and/or chocolate !!! the darker, the better
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metal is like coffee and/or chocolate !!! the darker, the better
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Here's a few more that I've come across recently:
Minsk
Rwake
Ufomammut
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Mr. Middle]
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Keeping the rawk alive.
Supercontinent - Vaalbara (2008)
"Skull crushing sludge metal for fans of early ISIS and Cult Of Luna. It's mostly instrumental and all around incredible."
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There's a few epic riffs in that one ^^^.
Please post if you hear any good new sludge.
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Someone should take the time to compile a list of all the bands in this topic. Someone other than me of course
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Rocker232]
#9347489 - 12/01/08 08:12 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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I listed my favorites for a friend, see the whole list here.
Humanfly
Bossk
Sleep
Cave
Meniscus
UFOmammut
Sons of Otis
Indian
Lent0
Earth
Conifer
Clouds
Hella
Caldera
Honcho
ISIS
Pelican
Grails
Moccasin
Melvins
Tides
Windmills By The Ocean
Supercontinent
Zozobra
35007
Boris
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Mr. Middle]
#9349642 - 12/02/08 05:51 AM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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Quote:
Middleman said:
I listed my favorites for a friend, see the whole list here.
Humanfly
Bossk
Sleep
Cave
Meniscus
UFOmammut
Sons of Otis
Indian
Lent0
Earth
Conifer
Clouds
Hella
Caldera
Honcho
ISIS
Pelican
Grails
Moccasin
Melvins
Tides
Windmills By The Ocean
Supercontinent
Zozobra
35007
Boris
Man would you mind breaking this down into which bands are say like Pelican and what bands are like Boris? I'm in love with bands like Pelican, 5ive, Tides, Humanfly .etc, but cannot stand bands like Boris!
Everyone should definitely check out Manatees and Tephra.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Rocker232]
#9351257 - 12/02/08 12:02 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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Well Boris is very diverse and some of their songs are great but I know what you mean.
Check out this one, it's less punk and more power:
Boris - More Echoes, Touching Air Landscape
I think sludge is the best too, make sure to check out Supercontinent, Windmills, Lent0, Ufomammut, Bossk and Cave.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Mr. Middle]
#9354662 - 12/02/08 08:42 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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sirenssound got shut down,
RIP.
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Hello all, I am new here. I found this forum when I was looking for some new avantgarde metal stuff.
So what's your favourite avant-garde (metal) albums of 2008 ??
heres my list:
Virus - The Black Flux
dark surreal rock
Fans of Ved buens ende knows... and who dont know, immediately give it a spin! it is my album of the year.
Transcending Bizarre? - The Serpent's Manifolds
avant-garde symphonic black metal
Very strong stuff!
Akphaezya - Anthology II
avantgarde/progressive metal, some jazz elements
Fans of early Atrox should get this, it is brilliant.
Sculptured - Embodiment
progressive metal
very sophisticated stuff, gret drumming, it needs more listens to get into. but it is great.
Pin-up went down - 2 Unlimited
avant-garde
Great followers of Carnival in Coal
I've heard a lot of another stuff (Atrox, Enslaved, Ihsahn) but in my view upwards mentioned albums are my favourite.
Does anybody has any suggestions what I should check out?
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: playaa]
#9763738 - 02/08/09 10:56 PM (3 years, 5 days ago) |
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http://www.megaupload.com/?d=G8EKLSND
Twin Zero - The Tomb To Every Hope
For anyone who has more than a passing interest in the British metal underground, the coming together of Twin Zero a few short years ago could not have gone unnoticed. Featuring former members from a range of diverse, mostly respected and often criminally ignored bands (such as earthtone9, Vex Red, Subvert and The Blueprint), they were an entity that promised much. Their 2005 debut full-length, "Monolith," delivered more than anyone had hoped. The split EP that Twin Zero put out afterwards with the stunningly beautiful sounds of 27 was even better still. Which brings us to new album "The Tomb Of Every Hope" and bang up to date.
The short gaps between releases are obvious proof that Twin Zero are on something of a creative high, and it’s resulting in some of the best songs any of these musicians have ever put their names to throughout their joint musical histories. Whereas, say, earthtone9 were never quite capable of achieving the high standards they desired, time and practice has obviously brought with it the skills and dedication this group needed to re-create the massive sounds floating around inside their heads.
"The Tomb" more than surpasses everything Tome Zero have put out so far, and they’ve clearly gotten a lot more comfortable with their unique sound. Unafraid to move around and explore to see just where the boundaries are, you find a lot happening here that you might not expect. Not all the lines are strictly linear or connected. Along with the expected prog metal they add mantra-style vocals, repetition, droning passages and epic, cavernous moments.
The album is not shy on dynamics. The apex of "Home" is huge, while in stark contrast to the churning, lurching riff that adorns the crown of "Acceptance Of The End," "Retreat" threatens to overpower you in a landslide of honesty and emotion. As big as they can sound, Twin Zero are not afraid to strip it bare when the mood calls for it. "Acceptance Of The End" is as lonely as the title suggests. Karl Middleton’s voice sits lightly atop an accompaniment of acoustic guitar and mourning, gently weeping strings.
That Twin Zero do not fit in with any of their contemporaries, competitors or any of the bands on Undergroove's current roster should not surprise anyone familiar with their pedigree. And while the British underground is at the moment lifting the manhole lid a little so that we can see the excellent talent hidden just below the surface (Sikth, Bring Me The Horizon, Johnny Truant), it’s Twin Zero who are the most intriguing. Here they’ve created a constantly moving piece of work that engages the listener. This is the new prog. If you like Dredg, Khoma, Cynic or Aerogramme, it’s well-advised that you check this out.
(I'm loving this album and figured I should share it - if anyone finds a link to their earlier album Monolith, please post it).
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Rocker232]
#9763976 - 02/08/09 11:50 PM (3 years, 5 days ago) |
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nuff said...
and yes, the extremely large scan was absolutely necessary to emphasize the awesomeness!
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That's nice, but c'mon, where's the album link?
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Anyone have any Wolves in the Throne Room that they wouldn't mind sharing? I've been dying to hear that.
And if it's not too much to ask some Windmills by the Ocean, the previous upload has expired.
Thanks a ton!
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Nexion]
#9817524 - 02/17/09 09:37 PM (2 years, 11 months ago) |
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: 5150]
#9818521 - 02/18/09 04:46 AM (2 years, 11 months ago) |
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New Irepress CD for everyone who enjoyed Samus Octology.
Artist - Irepress
Album - Sol Eye Sea I
Release Date - 2009
Genre - Post-rock, Post-metal
Tracklist
01 - irepress - diaspora
02 - irepress - rhintu
03 - irepress - barrageo
04 - irepress - daniel sen
05 - irepress - cyette phiur
06 - irepress - fletchie
07 - irepress - adeluge
08 - irepress - BILLY
09 - irepress - entanglement
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Artist - Season
Album - Avatar
Year - 2004
Genre - Instrumental Post-rock
Tracklist
1 Avatar 2:11
2 God Mode Hit 10:25
3 Zero Crossing 3:37
4 Gave Up the Ghost 11:37
5 Throw Me Up to the Sky 7:10
6 Sea Level 7:37
7 Into the Light 14:04
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Their new album is out now.
Artist: If These Trees Could Talk
Album: Above The Earth, Below The Sky
Genre: Instrumental Rock
Year: 2009
1. From Roots to Needles
2. What's in the Ground Belongs to You
3. Terra Incognita
4. Above the Earth
5. Below the Sky
6. The Sun is in the North
7. Thirty-Six Silos
8. The Flames of Herostratus
9. Rebuilding the Temple of Artemis
10. Deus Ex Machina
MySpace
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^ Anyone hearing this? Kind of disappointing, imo. What's with Barresi and taking bands 'back to their roots'?
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It's not bad. I didn't have any high expectations. It will take numerous listens to grow an appreciation for the album though which is a good thing. I definitely dig the instrumentals.
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recomendations:
neurosis:times of grace, souls at zero
godspeed, you black emperor:any of the albums
therion:sirius b,lemuria
nae'blis:sketches of reality
amebix:monolith(this is simply fucking amazing...way before its time)
vintersorg:odemarkens son
grails:the burden of hope
nachtmystium:assasins
i could go on and on
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I've been digging "Zebulon Pike"
Don't forget Atheist, Demilich, and Burzum "Filosofem"
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: falkor187]
#10470885 - 06/08/09 12:02 PM (2 years, 8 months ago) |
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this is so huge now
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: thedudenj]
#10590137 - 06/28/09 11:24 PM (2 years, 7 months ago) |
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Bump for any new recommendations or new releases I could use some new toons
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Nova]
#10594157 - 06/29/09 06:46 PM (2 years, 7 months ago) |
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http://www.rapidspread.com/file.jsp?id=dddxzzgkwi
check this track out by Gifts From Enola of their newest album!
at 7:14 it gets epic
highly recommend this cd
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Half of the stuff in this thread is more prog rock than any avant-garde metal 
But epic shit nonetheless.
I just started actually working on my metal guide I halfass finished like 4 years ago.
Revive that shit and bring yo suggestions dawgs lets get a nice archive going!
Go easy on me though, I know like 80 bands are missing.. I'm working on it 
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Shroomism]
#10613405 - 07/03/09 12:47 AM (2 years, 7 months ago) |
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Virus - The Black Flux
Virus is a Norwegian avant-garde jazz rock band formed in 2000 by Carl-Michael Eide. The band is considered as a continuation of his previous band Ved Buens Ende because of similar musical elements and an avant garde form of unusual experimentation, although the band has its own unique characteristic sound.
My friend described this band as: "If the most evil black metal guys of today formed a jazz swing band in the 60s, that's what Virus sounds like - Harmonic Dissonance."
I can't get enough of these guys.
myspace music
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Shroomism]
#10613777 - 07/03/09 02:42 AM (2 years, 7 months ago) |
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Quote:
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Half of the stuff in this thread is more prog rock than any avant-garde metal
It's half post-rock not prog. I agree post rock can get a little boring if one doesn't have a GF.
Some of the sludge metal acts are far more 'Avant-garde' than all the jazz metal bands, imo.
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That's a matter of opinion!
But ya, I meant post-rock not prog
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Shroomism]
#10622310 - 07/04/09 07:10 PM (2 years, 7 months ago) |
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Virus is neat. I have their first album, Carheart. Didn't realise they released another album, being as it's been nearly 5 years since the release of Carheart.
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Sheepish]
#10623534 - 07/05/09 04:11 AM (2 years, 7 months ago) |
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The Black Flux is amazing
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Re: Avant-Garde Metal [Re: Shroomism]
#10623901 - 07/05/09 08:07 AM (2 years, 7 months ago) |
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I've found some cool things to try out here.
The trick is for something to be both avant-garde, and yet very "metal," like Voivod, Atheist, Gorguts, etc.
I didn't know Shroomism was a metal head.
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Quote:
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Artist - Season
Album - Avatar
Year - 2004
Genre - Instrumental Post-rock
Tracklist
1 Avatar 2:11
2 God Mode Hit 10:25
3 Zero Crossing 3:37
4 Gave Up the Ghost 11:37
5 Throw Me Up to the Sky 7:10
6 Sea Level 7:37
7 Into the Light 14:04
Rapidshare
Myspace
Pass is:
SirensSound.blogspot.com
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DEVIN TOWNSEND DEVIN TOWNSEND DEVIN TOWNSEND DEVIN TOWNSEND.
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old dead threads
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