Hybrid_Child
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Quess it would have to be:
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Most Artistic/Progressive/Experimental Albums You Own
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Hox
Superiorly grim and kvlt
Mr. Bungle - All 
Fantômas - Delìrium Còrdia
Fantômas - Suspended Animation :Spin:
Patton/Kaada - Romances
Mostly everything Mike Patton has touched, maybe except for Faith No More.
In The Woods... - Strange in Stereo
Devin Townsend - Devlab
Devin Townsend - The Hummer
Arcturus - All
DsO - Fas
Slint - Spiderland
Fantômas - Delìrium Còrdia
Fantômas - Suspended Animation :Spin:
Patton/Kaada - Romances
Mostly everything Mike Patton has touched, maybe except for Faith No More.
In The Woods... - Strange in Stereo
Devin Townsend - Devlab
Devin Townsend - The Hummer
Arcturus - All
DsO - Fas
Slint - Spiderland
Lightbulb Sun
Losing the Skyline....
funeralportrait91
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Negură Bunget - OM
Serart - s/t
Ulver - Shadows of the Sun, Blood Inside
Mr. Bungle - Disco Volante
Pink Floyd discog. they were artistic and progressive, and often experimental. so I guess you could count them
Serart - s/t
Ulver - Shadows of the Sun, Blood Inside
Mr. Bungle - Disco Volante
Pink Floyd discog. they were artistic and progressive, and often experimental. so I guess you could count them
Seanindarkness
Seeker of lice
I've been listening to Unexpect's "In A Flesh Aquarium" a lot lately, and I forgot how awesome that album is.
Anarkissed
BOK CHOY!!!
Here's a few interesting bands in my collection:
1. Sunn O)))
Drone metal band. For those who've never heard drone stuff, it basically consists of ringing out a chord for almost ridiculously long periods of time. They do one hell of an abstract cover - well...reinterpretation - of For Whom The Bell Tolls, entitled FWTBT. Some of the only things that are somewhat similar to the original song is a semitone riff and the use of bell chiming. Live, these guys were absolutely mind-numbing. The amount of bass in their shows is incredible; at times it almost felt dangerous!
My favourite albums so far are Flight of the Behemoth and Black One
http://www.myspace.com/thegrimmrobe
I think that drone music is generally more accessible if you view it as a meditative form of music, rather than one that you 'rock out' to or 'enjoy'.
2. Boris
These guys are one of my favourite bands...a Japanese trio, two males and one female. I got into them when Sunn O))) toured with them here in Australia. Their sound generally shifts between pure drone to some form of psychedelic punk rock, although they also experiment with several other styles of music, like the dark loungey stuff featured on their collaboration (Rainbow) with experimental guitarist Michio Kurihara. Probably the best albums to get into them are Pink, closely followed by their latest album, Smile. These two albums have a good mix of drone (which isn't as dark and unrelenting as Sunn O)))'s) and their unique style of rock.
I have no difficulty in saying that 'Farewell' on Pink is one of my all time favourite songs.
Have a listen to some of their songs on their MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/borisdronevil
Boris and Sunn O)) have an album together called Altar, which is also brilliant. The Sinking Belle is a very relaxing track, though one or two of the songs are almost as hard to listen to as Scott Walker's The Drift.
3. Estradasphere
I don't actually know much about these guys, but I do have one of their albums, 'It's Understood'. I find it really hard to explain what these guys sound like. They jump around from latin jazz and funk and classical and a hell of a lot of different styles, including a tiny bit of death metal influences and video game music, haha. The sound of thrashy guitars along to violin and sax is very, very wacky. It sounds gimmicky, but I reckon these guys pull it off better than a lot of bands out there.
http://www.myspace.com/estradasphere
4. Ephel Duath
An Italian band who mixes metal and jazz, although in a different way than, say, Cynic. Their song structures and musicianship is pretty incredible, though their music can be pretty damn niche, heh.
I can't hear the songs on their MySpace for some reason, and I heard they've recently changed their sound so I have no idea if the stuff there is representative of the albums I have, but anyways... http://www.myspace.com/ephelduath
The album I have is The Painter's Palette. The first track, The Passage is what got me into them.
5. Dolorian
Not sure if I'd call it progressive or experimental, but I haven't heard many doom metal bands that sounds like this. Their clean guitar tone and general sound has always spooked me out a bit. Sometimes it sounds like evil clown music. I've only heard When All The Laughter Has Gone. Check out 'My Weary Eyes' on the link.
http://www.myspace.com/dolorianfans
6. Dog Fashion Disco
I've only really listened to Adultery, which is a great concept album. I think they mentioned it was written a bit like a screenplay to a movie, or something along those lines. They're one of the more accessible and cohesive of the bands on this list. Much of the time, 'Adultery' does indeed feel like a movie, with songs that evoke noir images, country, totalitarian dictatorship. Much of the time it sounds tongue-in-cheek, but none of the music feels out of place on the album as a whole. Mike Patton fans are likely to enjoy Dog Fashion Disco.
7. Farmakon
These guys get nowhere near as much credit as they deserve! I feel like if Opeth decided to take a more playful approach and replace their soft parts with jazz/funk passages, this is what they'd sound like.
They only have two albums so far, A Warm Glimpse and Robin, with Syan coming up next. I haven't heard the two latest albums, but A Warm Glimpse was stuck in my CD stacker for a long, long time.
http://www.myspace.com/farmakon ('Wallgarden' and 'Same' are from A Warm Glimpse)
8. Five Star Prison Cell
A band from my area (Melbourne, Australia). I guess the easiest comparison would be a more eclectic Dillinger Escape Plan, though that's a pretty loose description.
http://www.myspace.com/fivestarprisoncell
Ah, I could go on for ages! I haven't even started listing the post rock/post metal bands yet, haha. So yeah, I'm gonna stop there, especially considering it's almost 4:30am here.
1. Sunn O)))
Drone metal band. For those who've never heard drone stuff, it basically consists of ringing out a chord for almost ridiculously long periods of time. They do one hell of an abstract cover - well...reinterpretation - of For Whom The Bell Tolls, entitled FWTBT. Some of the only things that are somewhat similar to the original song is a semitone riff and the use of bell chiming. Live, these guys were absolutely mind-numbing. The amount of bass in their shows is incredible; at times it almost felt dangerous!
My favourite albums so far are Flight of the Behemoth and Black One
http://www.myspace.com/thegrimmrobe
I think that drone music is generally more accessible if you view it as a meditative form of music, rather than one that you 'rock out' to or 'enjoy'.
2. Boris
These guys are one of my favourite bands...a Japanese trio, two males and one female. I got into them when Sunn O))) toured with them here in Australia. Their sound generally shifts between pure drone to some form of psychedelic punk rock, although they also experiment with several other styles of music, like the dark loungey stuff featured on their collaboration (Rainbow) with experimental guitarist Michio Kurihara. Probably the best albums to get into them are Pink, closely followed by their latest album, Smile. These two albums have a good mix of drone (which isn't as dark and unrelenting as Sunn O)))'s) and their unique style of rock.
I have no difficulty in saying that 'Farewell' on Pink is one of my all time favourite songs.
Have a listen to some of their songs on their MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/borisdronevil
Boris and Sunn O)) have an album together called Altar, which is also brilliant. The Sinking Belle is a very relaxing track, though one or two of the songs are almost as hard to listen to as Scott Walker's The Drift.
3. Estradasphere
I don't actually know much about these guys, but I do have one of their albums, 'It's Understood'. I find it really hard to explain what these guys sound like. They jump around from latin jazz and funk and classical and a hell of a lot of different styles, including a tiny bit of death metal influences and video game music, haha. The sound of thrashy guitars along to violin and sax is very, very wacky. It sounds gimmicky, but I reckon these guys pull it off better than a lot of bands out there.
http://www.myspace.com/estradasphere
4. Ephel Duath
An Italian band who mixes metal and jazz, although in a different way than, say, Cynic. Their song structures and musicianship is pretty incredible, though their music can be pretty damn niche, heh.
I can't hear the songs on their MySpace for some reason, and I heard they've recently changed their sound so I have no idea if the stuff there is representative of the albums I have, but anyways... http://www.myspace.com/ephelduath
The album I have is The Painter's Palette. The first track, The Passage is what got me into them.
5. Dolorian
Not sure if I'd call it progressive or experimental, but I haven't heard many doom metal bands that sounds like this. Their clean guitar tone and general sound has always spooked me out a bit. Sometimes it sounds like evil clown music. I've only heard When All The Laughter Has Gone. Check out 'My Weary Eyes' on the link.
http://www.myspace.com/dolorianfans
6. Dog Fashion Disco
I've only really listened to Adultery, which is a great concept album. I think they mentioned it was written a bit like a screenplay to a movie, or something along those lines. They're one of the more accessible and cohesive of the bands on this list. Much of the time, 'Adultery' does indeed feel like a movie, with songs that evoke noir images, country, totalitarian dictatorship. Much of the time it sounds tongue-in-cheek, but none of the music feels out of place on the album as a whole. Mike Patton fans are likely to enjoy Dog Fashion Disco.
7. Farmakon
These guys get nowhere near as much credit as they deserve! I feel like if Opeth decided to take a more playful approach and replace their soft parts with jazz/funk passages, this is what they'd sound like.
They only have two albums so far, A Warm Glimpse and Robin, with Syan coming up next. I haven't heard the two latest albums, but A Warm Glimpse was stuck in my CD stacker for a long, long time.
http://www.myspace.com/farmakon ('Wallgarden' and 'Same' are from A Warm Glimpse)
8. Five Star Prison Cell
A band from my area (Melbourne, Australia). I guess the easiest comparison would be a more eclectic Dillinger Escape Plan, though that's a pretty loose description.
http://www.myspace.com/fivestarprisoncell
Ah, I could go on for ages! I haven't even started listing the post rock/post metal bands yet, haha. So yeah, I'm gonna stop there, especially considering it's almost 4:30am here.
BlackLodge
I am the macabre enslaver
Anarkissed
BOK CHOY!!!
opeth_353
Member
Funny.. I was just listening to them, saw this thread again and decided to mention them.
From the painter's palette they have gone down a 'jazzier' route.. Heavily atonal and dissonant as fook. Some very weird stuff going on on 'Pain Necessary To Know'. The remix album definitely isn't that amazing.. Not bad, some cool tracks.. But can be a bit boring to be honest. Their re-release of their debut, Rephormula, is actually is experimental black metal.. And pretty cool.
Their next album is a concept album written from the perspective of a Dog. I'm expecting them to have become somehow even weirder.
Khayman666
Lord of the tomb
Einsturzende Neubauten - Silence Is Sexy
Probably the strangest album I've ever heard, using (as instruments) engines, vibrators, pipes, springs and wine glasses, and managing to work the title track around the sound of Blixa smoking a cigarette.
Probably the strangest album I've ever heard, using (as instruments) engines, vibrators, pipes, springs and wine glasses, and managing to work the title track around the sound of Blixa smoking a cigarette.
Don Corleone
Emre
isnt farmakon someone's band from this forum? a very old member from 2002-2003??? fill me in on this one
opeth_353
Member
Venetian Snare's 'Nymphomatriarch' was composed from samples of Aaron having vaginal, anal and oral sex with his girlfriend of the time (Hecate, who the record was made with) and also the sounds of arse spanking.
Pretty darn cool album too.
Pretty darn cool album too.
Bassman366
Member
Most expérimental:
- unexpecT - In a Flesh Aquarium
- Age of Silence - Acceleration
- Akphaezya - Anthology II
- Carnival in Coal - French Cancan/Fear not
- Peccatum - Lost in Reveries
- Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Grand Opening and Closing
(All of these are approximetly egual in experiamental-ship)
Most progressive:
- Pain of Salvation - Enthropia
- Ayreon - Into the Electric Castle
Most Artistic ("beautifull"):
- Akphaezya - Anthology II
- The Gathering - Home
The best mix of all these qualities: To-Mera - Delusions
- unexpecT - In a Flesh Aquarium
- Age of Silence - Acceleration
- Akphaezya - Anthology II
- Carnival in Coal - French Cancan/Fear not
- Peccatum - Lost in Reveries
- Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Grand Opening and Closing
(All of these are approximetly egual in experiamental-ship)
Most progressive:
- Pain of Salvation - Enthropia
- Ayreon - Into the Electric Castle
Most Artistic ("beautifull"):
- Akphaezya - Anthology II
- The Gathering - Home
The best mix of all these qualities: To-Mera - Delusions
in_my_time_of_disease
Whipping Post
lol I never picked that one up after how ridiculous it sounded on wiki. Gonna get it now haha.
ashakilee
Frau
Anarkissed
BOK CHOY!!!
Haha, in fact they have a forum right here on UM. I think some/most of the band members still post there from time to time.
http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/farmakon-239/
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