Thread that does what it says on the tin. Too much normal and accessible music for a place dedicated to music, so let's post about stuff that really tries (or more probably tried) to push the boundaries; basically, the modern Stravinskys.
By the way, I don't mean self-indulgent garbage like free jazz, but really artists going their own way that can make you say "I'm sure there's nothing quite like this".
I'll start with some classics:
Swans - (1984-85) Cop / Young God
Legendary double EP that crystallized brutality in a way that went beyond traditional genres. Justin Broadrick (Godflesh) was inspired by it when making the almost as important Streetcleaner:
"The first Swans record I owned was [the Young God] EP, and it absolutely blew me away... it was a sound that I always wanted to hear, just the bleakest and blackest. The minimalist approach of the music, that was what really influenced me. It was non-genre-specific, with a total lack of baggage... purely abstract, surreal, and violent. It communicated to me in a very special way, and taught me that heavy metal could be stripped of everything and reduced to its most primal form."
And honestly, who doesn't love an EP that says "designed to be played at maximum volume" on the cover?
Beherit - (1993) Drawing Down the Moon
Descended from black metal, but forgoing many conventions of the genre to maximize the ambiance. Like a lot of BM bands of such type, they later switched to Dark Ambient and similar electronic genres.
Comus - (1971) First Utterance
Really hope everybody heard it already, but for the late people, this is an unequalled album of progressive/psychedelic dark folk. Sad that this first utterance was also their last.
Scraping Foetus off the Wheel - (1985) Nail
Most polished project amongst the multitude made by crazy Australian JG Thirlwell, this mixes incredibly disparate genres with a healthy dose of catchiness and genius.
Demilich - (1993) Nespithe & Gorguts - (1998) Obscura
Firmly grounded in death metal, both of these made even more experimental forms of it than Atheist, Cynic and Pestilence who brought in some fusion jazz. Expect strange rhythms, otherworldly voices and dissonance a-go-go.
Good enough for now, I guess. As you can see, my showcase is mainly made of metal, but I can't really help it: it's a big part of my discography, and extreme metal is one of the genres that really went to other places; industrial and electronic based music being another I know of.
By the way, I don't mean self-indulgent garbage like free jazz, but really artists going their own way that can make you say "I'm sure there's nothing quite like this".
I'll start with some classics:
Swans - (1984-85) Cop / Young God
Legendary double EP that crystallized brutality in a way that went beyond traditional genres. Justin Broadrick (Godflesh) was inspired by it when making the almost as important Streetcleaner:
"The first Swans record I owned was [the Young God] EP, and it absolutely blew me away... it was a sound that I always wanted to hear, just the bleakest and blackest. The minimalist approach of the music, that was what really influenced me. It was non-genre-specific, with a total lack of baggage... purely abstract, surreal, and violent. It communicated to me in a very special way, and taught me that heavy metal could be stripped of everything and reduced to its most primal form."
And honestly, who doesn't love an EP that says "designed to be played at maximum volume" on the cover?
Beherit - (1993) Drawing Down the Moon
Descended from black metal, but forgoing many conventions of the genre to maximize the ambiance. Like a lot of BM bands of such type, they later switched to Dark Ambient and similar electronic genres.
Comus - (1971) First Utterance
Really hope everybody heard it already, but for the late people, this is an unequalled album of progressive/psychedelic dark folk. Sad that this first utterance was also their last.
Scraping Foetus off the Wheel - (1985) Nail
Most polished project amongst the multitude made by crazy Australian JG Thirlwell, this mixes incredibly disparate genres with a healthy dose of catchiness and genius.
Demilich - (1993) Nespithe & Gorguts - (1998) Obscura
Firmly grounded in death metal, both of these made even more experimental forms of it than Atheist, Cynic and Pestilence who brought in some fusion jazz. Expect strange rhythms, otherworldly voices and dissonance a-go-go.
Good enough for now, I guess. As you can see, my showcase is mainly made of metal, but I can't really help it: it's a big part of my discography, and extreme metal is one of the genres that really went to other places; industrial and electronic based music being another I know of.
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