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    Posted: 14 Feb 2013 at 11:41am
Recommend bands that are absolutely unique and impossible to classify.
http://shrineofllyria.blogspot.com/
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Well I�ve actually always thought of Katatonia that way. Not their first couple of albums which can be labelled doom/death, but their later stuff really escapes a valid genre label IMO.
 
I�m not sure this is what you meant, but there it isLOL
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Haha, well, you're actually right, Katatonia is indeed unique. Not avant-garde, not that eclectic but somehow unique. Great example
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I can think of lots that are unique, but as far as "unclassifiable" goes, none that I would consider metal.  Maybe Zu.
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I knew you would mention Zu. It's a good recommendation as far as unique metal is concerned. 

I would also mention Grayceon as a less avant-garde but still unique band. Some people tag them with an accurate but rather unofficial term "chamber metal". Some would say it's modern prog metal. I'd say it's a unique cello metal

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Current burzum (skaldic metal) maybe. I'm not sure.
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I haven�t heard the last Burzum album but isn�t the music still rooted in black metal of some sort?
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Yes but "Umskiptar"'s quite unique (and controversial).
And I guess there're actually no bands impossible to classify. If it's so different people would tag "Avant-garde Metal" or "Experimental Rock" or something.
I do listen to a lot of weird bands recently, maybe you would like to try out Zweizz & Joey Hopkins and Pryapisme, especially the new Pryapisme video.Evil Smile
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I�ve been listening to this one lately:
SUPURATION - The Cube cover
 
...I guess it doesn�t completely escape catagorization, but it is quite an unusual death metal release.
 
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Cheeky Girls, of course :-P
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Ourobiguous. A very strange band.

http://ourobiguous.bandcamp.com/
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Throbbing Gristle, Khanate, The Mars Volta
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Devil Doll perhaps? A eccentric mix of prog rock, prog metal, carnival-esque instrumentation, choirs, bizarre vocalisations, horror movie / war footage sampling. Brilliant but obscure.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd7PII2XREs
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Ruins of Beverast
(doom,death,black,wavy,....
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