Bands that escape any classification
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Topic: Bands that escape any classification
Posted By: bartosso
Subject: Bands that escape any classification
Date Posted: 14 Feb 2013 at 11:41am
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Recommend bands that are absolutely unique and impossible to classify. ------------- http://shrineofllyria.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow - http://shrineofllyria.blogspot.com/ |
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Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: 14 Feb 2013 at 11:53am
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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 is  ------------- http://www.lyngby-boldklub.dk/" rel="nofollow - Forever TRUE - Forever BLUE! https://rateyourmusic.com/~UMUR" rel="nofollow - UMUR on RYM |
Posted By: bartosso
Date Posted: 14 Feb 2013 at 12:30pm
Haha, well, you're actually right, Katatonia is indeed unique. Not avant-garde, not that eclectic but somehow unique. Great example  ------------- http://shrineofllyria.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow - http://shrineofllyria.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: 14 Feb 2013 at 5:13pm
| I can think of lots that are unique, but as far as "unclassifiable" goes, none that I would consider metal. Maybe Zu. |
Posted By: bartosso
Date Posted: 14 Feb 2013 at 6:36pm
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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  ------------- http://shrineofllyria.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow - http://shrineofllyria.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: neckbeck
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2013 at 9:33am
| Current burzum (skaldic metal) maybe. I'm not sure. |
Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2013 at 9:40am
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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? ------------- http://www.lyngby-boldklub.dk/" rel="nofollow - Forever TRUE - Forever BLUE! https://rateyourmusic.com/~UMUR" rel="nofollow - UMUR on RYM |
Posted By: neckbeck
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2013 at 10:15am
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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.
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Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2013 at 10:21am
I�ve been listening to this one lately: http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/supuration--the-cube.aspx" rel="nofollow - http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/supuration--the-cube.aspx ...I guess it doesn�t completely escape catagorization, but it is quite an unusual death metal release. ------------- http://www.lyngby-boldklub.dk/" rel="nofollow - Forever TRUE - Forever BLUE! https://rateyourmusic.com/~UMUR" rel="nofollow - UMUR on RYM |
Posted By: Time Signature
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2013 at 12:43pm
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Cheeky Girls, of course :-P
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Posted By: Tupan
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2013 at 1:56pm
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Ourobiguous. A very strange band. http://ourobiguous.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - http://ourobiguous.bandcamp.com/ |
Posted By: Doomster
Date Posted: 02 Apr 2013 at 7:20pm
| Throbbing Gristle, Khanate, The Mars Volta |
Posted By: renkls
Date Posted: 03 Apr 2013 at 4:20am
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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.
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Posted By: evilneverdies
Date Posted: 02 Oct 2013 at 12:30pm
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Ruins of Beverast
(doom,death,black,wavy,.... |