Coordinates | 41°52′55″N87°37′40″N |
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Name | Avant-garde metal |
Bgcolor | #BB0022 |
Color | white |
Stylistic origins | Avant-garde, death metal, heavy metal, jazz, fusion, black metal |
Cultural origins | Mid 1980s in Central Europe |
Instruments | Electric guitar, bass guitar, drums, keyboard, various string and wind instruments, vocals |
Regional scenes | Norway, United States |
Subgenrelist | :Category:Avant-garde metal |
Other topics | Progressive rock, progressive metal, post-metal, experimental rock, extreme metal }} |
Avant-garde metal, also known as experimental metal, is a subgenre of heavy metal music characterised by the use of innovative, avant-garde elements, large-scale experimentation, and the use of non-standard sounds, instruments, and song structures. Though there is no convention or criteria to exactly define the genre, some experimentation in the music is generally a major criteria to define the genre. Often the experimentation is more than in the related genre of progressive metal, and in avant-garde metal, unusual sounds are used, conventions broken, and often new elements are included. It is defined by integrating a wide variety of music like jazz and fusion (music) added to aggressive music styles such as black metal, and keyboards are widely used to create atmosphere. Usually avant-garde metal bands fall under another genre of music as well, as the term is similar to extreme metal in how it is a loose term covering a wide variety of bands. The term "experimental metal" is often referred to as "atmospheric metal", though both of these terms are also used to describe "post-metal", in reference to post-rock.
According to Ian Christe, avant-garde metal emerged out of death metal as a number of musicians "abandoned the tightly wound structure of the music and experimented with abstractions of its founding elements." Major pioneers of the genre include Celtic Frost, Voivod, Sunn O))), Fleurety, Ved Buens Ende, and Maudlin of the Well. Most of these bands were part of the early black metal or progressive metal genres, or both. Two record labels which promote avant-garde metal are Holy Records and The End Records. Prominent regional scenes include the United States, with bands like Agalloch, Maudlin of the Well, Naked City, and Psyopus, and Norway, with bands like Age of Silence, Arcturus, Ram-Zet, Ulver, and Ved Buens Ende. Also, in the United States, a local avant-garde metal scene has emerged in the San Francisco Bay Area with bands such as Giant Squid, Grayceon, and Ludicra.
Category:Heavy metal subgenres * Category:Experimental music genres
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