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| | Top 55 avant-garde and experimental metal albums | | 55 |  | Pryapisme
Hyperblast Super Collider
Basically Nyan cat instrumental turned death metal | | 54 |  | Mirrorthrone
Gangrene
Black metal with symphonic experimental stuff in there | | 53 |  | Wormfood
Jeux d'enfants
Short depraved lp with creepy perverted tales | | 52 |  | Transcending Bizarre?
The Four Scissors
Black industrial | | 51 |  | Demilich
Nespithe
Officially labeled as tech death, the deep growls, jazzy signatures and the early release date makes this one avant garde enough for me | | 50 |  | Angizia
39 Jahre für den Leierkastenmann
Death folk with a large amount of singing styles | | 49 |  | Fantomas
The Director's Cut
Classic movies soundtracks reimagined by Patton | | 48 |  | Igorrr
Hallelujah
I could talk about how this sounds like 3 albums played at the same time with black metal, classical and electronic genres, or i could focus on that chicken remix, i think i will choose the second one | | 47 |  | Exotic Animal Petting Zoo
I Have Made My Bed in Darkness
Accessible metalcore with experimentations | | 46 |  | Kekal
The Habit of Fire
A slow building tool inspired industrial concept album | | 45 |  | Made Out of Babies
The Ruiner
Everything Julie Christmas touches is weird and great | | 44 |  | Vulture Industries
The Dystopia Journals
Circus themed metal with catchy choruses | | 43 |  | Ideamen
Schemata
The softest effort in the list, alternative with amounts of experimentations | | 42 |  | Thy Catafalque
Roka Hasa Radio
Industrial folk... i guess? | | 41 |  | Manes
Vilosophe
If you like black metal mixed with synthwave, dream pop and psychedelic stuff, this is for you | | 40 |  | Le Grand Guignol
The Great Maddening
Theatrical (like the name suggests) circus black metal | | 39 |  | Sigh
Imaginary Sonicscape
Lots of influences such black metal, low-fi, mongolian throat singing, dream pop. It would be higher if it wasn't for the dull muzzled drums. Sounds like Ulrich played it in a bathroom nearby the recording studio. | | 38 |  | Akphaezya
Anthology II:Links From the Dead Trinity
Women vocalists are great in the avant-garde genre, this is no exception | | 37 |  | Estradasphere
It's Understood
Switching from balcanic prog 20 minutes song to an 8 bit interlude isnt weird enough? Well there are a lots of other genres blended in it like country, folk and even death metal. | | 36 |  | God
The Anatomy of Addiction
A tribal jazzy godflesh, one of the heaviest stuff ever | | 35 |  | Todtgelichter
Angst
Post black with an ethereal atmosphere | | 34 |  | Tub Ring
Zoo Hypothesis
Punkish experimental stuff blending many genres | | 33 |  | Carnival in Coal
Collection Prestige
You know a death metal album is good when you find a great dance track in it, honorable mention to the psa interlude | | 32 |  | Diablo Swing Orchestra
Sing-Along Songs for the Damned & Delirious
The band's name is the most self explainatory ever, it's all so happy in a creepy way | | 31 |  | Shining (NOR)
Blackjazz
Well, it's black jazz, in the most original way possible | | 30 |  | In the Woods...
Omnio
Elegant, deep and pure. Need to listen 3 times to fully appreciate it | | 29 |  | Butthole Surfers
Independent Worm Saloon
Listening to this is like having lsd trip while giving birth, in a good way | | 28 |  | Thought Industry
Mods Carve the Pig
This band is so versatile that this is the 3th album appearing in my subgenres lists along with Thrash and alternative, this is my least favorite of the 3 yet awesome and odd | | 27 |  | Shaolin Death Squad
Intelligent Design
Sure they are Mr. Bungle fans, in a proggy way | | 26 |  | Solefald
The Linear Scaffold
The weirdest atmosphere yet one of the best for a black metal album, strange and beautiful | | 25 |  | Screaming Mechanical Brain
The Process of Assimilation
Basically industrial swing punk woth a bit of nu metal, truly an hidden gem. Watch me die is their masterpiece | | 24 |  | Kayo Dot
Choirs of the Eye
How to transcend with an album | | 23 |  | Naked City
Naked City
John Zorn, pioneer of grind jazz and the most (maybe the only) famous saxophonist in metal | | 22 |  | Ephel Duath
The Painter's Palette
Hailing from Italy, this guys mixed art and songwriting in a perfect way | | 21 |  | Maximum the Hormone
Bu-ikikaesu
Weirdest nu metal ever. Catchy and happy choruses switching with heavy and groovy riffs. I like how every member is also a singer with different styles. | | 20 |  | Unexpect
Fables of the Sleepless Empire
They managed to stay elegant even if your brain won't understand wtf are you hearing, nice female and growling vocals. The bassist is a monster. | | 19 |  | Stolen Babies
There Be Squabbles Ahead
Dominique is flawless , both as a vocalist and as a songwriter. This lp is full of odd stuff but the peak is the sad unsettling "lifeless" | | 18 |  | Celtic Frost
Monotheist
What a comeback! One of the darkest and gloomiest albums ever | | 17 |  | Major Parkinson
Major Parkinson
An odd journey through weirdness and nonsense | | 16 |  | Primus
Frizzle Fry
Les Claypool being the most original bassist ever for 51 minutes straight | | 15 |  | Pin-Up Went Down
2 Unlimited
A perfect mix between death and pop. Deep growls alternated to Asphodel's impressive vocal range (she can easily switch from childish vocals to opera) | | 14 |  | Oceans of Sadness
The Arrogance Of Ignorance
The awesome vocals sounds like a pissed off depressed Tomi Joutsen. Some tracks are truly depressive, others are heavy as hell with some melodeath and black metal components | | 13 |  | Pan.Thy.Monium
Khaooohs And Kon-Fus-Ion
Ever wondered how death metal could sound if it came from the subconcious of a weird 5 years kid? This is the answer | | 12 |  | Arcturus
The Sham Mirrors
Futuristic approach to black metal, philosophical and space atmosheres all over | | 11 |  | Ihsahn
After
The sax during undercurrent and in it's reprise on the shores is one of the most unique feelings ever, a perfect balance between relaxing and unsettling, you don't know how to feel, depressed or happy, truly a new sensation | | 10 |  | Idiot Flesh
Fancy
If a darker and even weirder Frank Zappa met the swans during "the seer" era and took an acid trip togheter while watching lynch, this would be the result. The Cheesus spot makes this deserving a place in the top 10 | | 9 |  | Dir En Grey
Uroboros
A weird journey through darkness, you can't listen to just one song, you must listen the entire album every time | | 8 |  | Deathspell Omega
Fas - Ite, Maledicti, In Ignem Aeternum
Structured chaos, unsettling.
This is how hell could sound | | 7 |  | Gorguts
Obscura
Jazzy death metal with one of the heaviest guitar tones ever | | 6 |  | Waltari
Blood Sample
How come this is so unknown? It managed to fuse radio friendly stuff with, for example black metal(new york) or death(helsinki), or catchy songs inspired by ringtones, even some rap and electronic stuff, and a majestic ballad (wide awake) | | 5 |  | Devin Townsend
Infinity
Not Dev's finest work (city by s.y.l. and biomech are unbeatable) but sure his most avant garde work. Bad devil's industrial swing sound made that song a masterpiece, "ants" is pure genious and there isnt even a filler, love also some r'nr vibes and circus themed track. | | 4 |  | maudlin of the Well
Bath
You don't know when to be relaxed or when you will shit your pants. This is the best balance between light and darkness | | 3 |  | Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
Of Natural History
Well...this is...uhm...it makes you feel things. It's impossible to describe it, which is goot speaking about experimental stuff, it makes you feel uncomfortable even if you dont know why | | 2 |  | Mr. Bungle
California
Patton and friends managed to creat a whole new genre blending a lot of other genres with something never heard before, some tracks are so relaxing but in a disturbed way | | 1 |  | Dog Fashion Disco
Adultery
A dark demented concept album that shows in a perfect way the descent into madness and does it with almost every genre ever, it's like a movie shot in your brain and devour your sanity | |
Trifolium
08.03.19 | 12 and 11 < 3 | SuicycoManiac7
08.03.19 | Shit i forgot about Freak kitchen's land of the freaks, consider it around 35th place | loulou
08.04.19 | great list | Coast
08.04.19 | Great list, lots I don’t know. Have you heard The Meads of Asphodel? | brainmelter
08.04.19 | nice list! lots of great stuff on here but 46, 37, 36, 13, and 10 are especially awesome picks | Asdfp277
08.04.19 | some cool stuff here, and fairly accessible !! | Arditi
08.04.19 | Try Portal. | SuicycoManiac7
08.04.19 | @coast no, i'll check it out
@arditi i like outre | Thalassic
08.04.19 | Good stuff | Let
08.05.19 | Good list, I'll come back to this. Have you checked out Murmuure? Or Teethed Injury and Glory? | RadioSuicide
08.05.19 | Spotify needs 10, 20, 23, 24. This is a great list, quite a few I haven't heard. | Asdfp277
08.05.19 | bump | Demon of the Fall
08.05.19 | Nice, loads of great stuff here. 1 was my favourite album ever at one point, it's still excellent a decade later. Very rare that you hear that many genres combined in a cohesive manner, despite how bonkers it seems at first.
4, 7, 8, 9, 13, 22, 24, 39 and 51 also rule.
Prefer 'Pinata' from Diablo Swing Orchestra (nearly put 'DSO' before realising that's also used for Deathspell Omega).
A few that I really need to check. | SuicycoManiac7
08.05.19 | @Demon of the fall thanks, i've always been open minded about music so i love variety and originality, you should really listen to waltari, yhey are severely underrated | JohnnyoftheWell
08.05.19 | Some really awesome stuff here, should defo check some of these. Nice work! | CugnoBrasso
08.05.19 | List is extremely solid, may I suggest Azure Emote? | SuicycoManiac7
08.05.19 | @cugnoBrasso never heard of it, sure i'll check it out | ReiniEden
08.06.19 | I appreciate 10, 9, 3, 24 | GhandhiLion
08.06.19 | I put Maximum the Hormone in a playlist with Varèse, John Cage and Stockhausen. All my favourite avant-garde bands. | J() Alexander
08.06.19 | Big fan of finishing my avant-garde playlist with Metastaseis followed by What's Up, People?!.
(to be fair it does specify "metal" but I still find it funny) | Djang0
08.06.19 | Just glad this list has 24 and 4. Essential. Also sweet nod to 2. | J() Alexander
08.06.19 | Honestly, I wonder more what the hell is doing Monotheist here. | GhandhiLion
08.06.19 | "to be fair it does specify "metal" "
Ah of course. For anyone else it is about forming an radical musical language, but in metal some polka and kazoos will do. | GhandhiLion
08.06.19 | Primus are avant garde because claypool sings in a funny voice. | J() Alexander
08.06.19 | "but in metal some polka and kazoos will do."
Most of the time, yeah, metal fans accept that as more than enough. Ah, circus metal, such a revolutionary genre. | J() Alexander
08.06.19 | Oh shit, somehow I didn't notice Primus until now, lol. | Asdfp277
08.06.19 | y'all bitter n elitist n boring af | J() Alexander
08.06.19 | I'm not bitter, just boring and elitist. | CugnoBrasso
08.06.19 | Monotheist is Celtic Frost's best album, although I agree it might be less experimental than the other albums listed here. | J() Alexander
08.06.19 | Monotheist isn't even trying to be experimental, or quirky, or anything like that. The only Celtic Frost album that tried to do something like that is Into the Pandemonium. | combustion07
08.07.19 | Nice list | Egarran
08.07.19 | Awesome list, will check lots of these out.
Written In Water+1 | CugnoBrasso
08.08.19 | Oh yeah, Written in Waters deserves a spot. | garas
08.08.19 | No Dødheimsgard?!
Sorry, this list is invalid. | Egarran
08.08.19 | Don't be like that. It's obviously a good list and he will appreciate your recommendation. | SuicycoManiac7
08.08.19 | Never liked dødheimsgard too much, written in waters is good, just not among my favorites | garas
08.08.19 | I never said the list isn't good! It is cool, I was just shocked.
Sad to hear that you don't like them, for me both A Umbra Omega and 666 International are among the bests. But I can understand the opposite opinions, it took me some time to truly appreciate them. | GhandhiLion
08.08.19 | No Jute Gyte, Themes From William Blake, Orthrelm, Amon Amarth, Cleric, Imperial Triumphant, Disturbed, Manowar, Judas Priest, Imperial Triumphant, Yakuza, Limp Bizkit, Orthodox, Plasmodium, Carbonized, Murmur, Liturgy, Q'uq'umatz ?
Sorry, this list is invalid. | Egarran
08.08.19 | Get 'em Ghandhi. | SuicycoManiac7
08.08.19 | 666 international is fine, just not among my favorites | BigHans
08.08.19 | 21 is the jam of jams | Ecnalzen
08.09.19 | For some reason 51 jumped out at me, so imma try it out right bout now. | deathschool
08.09.19 | Props for 37. Underrated as hell album. | Spag
12.02.20 | Sweet list, dude. |
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