French quartet, Hypno5e, are one of the most ambitious bands in the world. They call their music cinematographic metal and would not be offended if you called their art pretentious.…
Tag: avant garde metal
Swedish quintet, Shaam Larein, take their name from their theatrical Syrian singer and play an unusual hybrid of doom metal and post-punk. Imagine taking Siouxsie and The Banshees and splicing…
Anonymous Dutch duo, Knekelput, released one of the finest albums of 2022 with Teloorgang. It might also be the strangest piece of extreme metal since Thy Catafalque’s Vadak masterpiece last…
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Greek black metal duo, VOAK, wear their progressive politics on their robes. They’re anti-fascist, pro-feminist and LGBTQ-positive. The good news is you cannot hear these ideological convictions in the experimental…
Describing the music of Japanese metal legends, Sigh, is like navigating through an English translation of the philosophical works of Hegel. 1997’s Hail Horror Hail takes its place as one…
Portland multi-instrumentalist, Andrew Stromstad, is a man of eclectic tastes and coherent vision. As the mastermind of the debut Box album, the Oregon resident accepts no limitations on his creative…
Dutch multi-instrumentalist, Jason Köhnen, is more famous for his breakcore and jungle beats, but his musical roots are in the metal scene. With twenty-six EPs and seven albums under the…
How and why Quebec became the epicentre of technical death metal is hard to answer, but the Canadian province can boast Gorguts, Beyond Creation, Neuraxis, Beneath the Massacre and Augury…