#EXPERIMENTAL METAL

[guerrilla-operator]

GODFLESH

[pileojunk]

I’m so sane and normal for guitarists covered in blood

[avantgardemetallover]

BAND: Sleepytime Gorilla Museum

ALBUM: Grand Opening And Closing!

GENRE: Experimental Rock / Avant-Garde Metal

RELEASED: 2001

[cherrwysx-music]

♫ The Browning - OMNI ♫

[idiotcoward]

Agriculture - Agriculture Well here it is! The long awaited first release from the LA based black metal project Agriculture. Agriculture has been building up steam from pre-release reviews and commendations from metal blogs, critics, magazines, the whole lot. This album, at least in my circles, had a lot of hype. Even had a whole meme associated with the band: "I love the spiritual sound of ecstatic black metal by the band Agriculture" and it's pretty good! First off, a lot of black metal fans will shit on anything blackgaze-esc. Anything that even has the smallest whiff of Deafheaven or Liturgy is considered "Not Kvlt" or "poser shit" and frankly a lot of those people think that way because they're more invested in the aesthetic of music, how it makes them look to others, how it makes them feel, then they are about pushing forward the genre. Listening to the same four Norwegian black metal bands from the 90's isn't KVLT. Listening to endless repeats of the same tired BM tropes just reminds me of a Satanic version of Greta Van Fleet, and that is an ATROCIOUS thing to be similar to. Not too mention, all too often, these "TRUE BLACK METAL KVLT BANDS" are just Nazi Black Metal. From Burzum to Deathspell Omega. It's just Nazi shit. Agriculture on the other hand really dives deep into the blackgaze genre. Really pushing against what people expect when they turn on a black metal album. There is an interlude that is just a man singing over guitars. There are trumpet and jazz-esc sections. I mean there's still a shit ton of tremelo picking and high pitched screaming but it's black metal you know. There are definitely moments where it all works and it all felt so incredibly epic. Those emotional highs that I got listening to Liturgy or Deafheaven, but, at least on the first listen, I came away thinking "Yup. Kinda what I thought it would be." Not that that's a bad thing just, I wasn't blown away. The instrumentation was good, the singing was good, just... maybe it just didn't click for me. I'm excited to give it another listen and see if maybe I'll pick up on more nuances in a different context or mood. If so maybe I'll revisit my thoughts. But for now I think it's fine. If you really like this kinda music you'll absolutely love this, but for me, I'll probably just listen to some more liturgy.

[heavyambientenby]

Sugar Wounds - Calico Dreams

Shoegaze-ish Grindcore.

I know that sounds hipstery and cheesy, but at least give the first song a try. I like it, at least...

[depravednotdeprived]

[evelyn-band]

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Evelyn - 2024 - Multidimensional Session

[spilladabalia]

Celtic Frost - Mexican Radio

[identifyingmetalbandsinposts]

Ar'lyxkq'wr

Experimental Death Metal

[guerrilla-operator]

GODFLESH AT THE NATIONAL. MONTREAL, 9/18/15.

[theartofmetal]

360. Vampiric Spiritual Drain - Unsouling (Experimental Black/Death Metal, 2024)

Art by Luciana Nedelea

[avantgardemetallover]

Dog Fashion Disco: Anarchists of Good Taste | Promo poster from 2001!

[idiotcoward]

Godflesh - Streetcleaner

The greatest industrial metal album of all time and I don’t think it’s particularly close. Every song is just so screechingly epic and has that classic industrial energy from like throbbing gristle and Einstürzende Neubauten, but over the top of it are these pounding doom metal guitar riffs and these hypnotic repetitive spoken or screamed vocals that suck you in even further into this absolutely unhinged Record. One of the best of all time. Please listen.