Avant-garde metal

Avant-garde metal
Stylistic origins Avant-garde music, extreme metal
Cultural origins Mid 1980s in Central Europe
Typical instruments Electric guitar, bass guitar, drums, keyboard, various string and wind instruments, vocals
Other topics
Progressive rock, progressive metal, experimental rock, extreme metal

Avant-garde metal, also known as experimental metal,[1] is a subgenre of heavy metal music characterised by the use of innovative, avant-garde elements, large-scale experimentation, and the use of non-standard sounds, instruments, and song structures.[1]

List of notable avant-garde metal artists

References

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