The English underground will know TJ Fairfax and Craig Paul as members of Sheffield progressive sludge group, Archelon. That band reached their logical conclusion in 2020 when they released their…
Tag: avant garde metal
French visionaries, Blut Aus Nord, are an icon of black metal and one of the most innovative artists in dark experimental music. Who can deny the extreme metal brilliance of…
Experimental doom metal has its trailblazers in the post-metal scene, but the avant-garde interpretation from Italian quartet, Messa, raised many eyebrows earlier this year. Along with American trio, Eight Bells,…
The image of four bearded Frenchmen in pink polo shirts and tight white cotton slacks might give you the wrong idea about Tranzat. They look like they’re warming up for…
The most influential metal band on the planet are back with their ninth album, and the chances are you either venerate their towering inspiration on modern music or curse them…
Melynda Jackson is one of the most intriguing musicians to emerge over the last two decades. As a former guitarist in psychedelic rockers, SubArachnoid Space, she formed Eight Bells in…
Manuel Gagneux comes from a musical family, which may explain why, like Jeff Buckley, he has that special something that distinguishes him from most other musicians. As a Swiss African…
Leeds quartet, Pornographic Sunset, pride themselves on being impervious to categorisation. You’ll hear elements of Frank Zappa and Primus in their music, but you’re still stroking your chin once it…
Florida five-piece, Blind Tiger, formed in 2014 as a raw hardcore band with experimental tendencies and are back with their first record in four years. In that time, it sounds…