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I'm re-adding this as a lot of music databases consider "Lulu" as experimental metal album

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* Music/{{Metallica}} (experimental, their infamous collaboration album with Music/LouReed, ''Lulu'', mixed ThrashMetal with PostRock, ProgressiveMetal, SpokenWord and NoiseRock)
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Not usually categorized as Avantgarde Metal


* Music/BetweenTheBuriedAndMe (avant-garde, bordering on ProgressiveMetal)



* Music/{{Deftones}} (avant-garde early on, experimental as of ''White Pony'', also NuMetal)
* Music/DevinTownsend (experimental, overlaps with IndustrialMetal)



* Music/InfectedMushroom (experimental, mixed with [[{{Trance}} psychedelic trance]], HardcoreTechno, {{dubstep}}, and {{industrial}})
* Music/{{Isis}} (overlaps with [[DoomMetal post-metal]])



* Music/LivingColour (avant-garde, mixed with FunkMetal, SludgeMetal, AlternativeMetal, HardRock, Free Jazz, HardcorePunk, and HipHop, sometimes bebop and cha-cha-cha)



* Music/MaximumTheHormone (experimental)
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These artists aren't usually called Avantgarde Metal


* Music/AcidBath (avant-garde)



* Music/{{Atheist}} (avant-garde, arguable TropeMaker)
* Music/AvengedSevenfold (avant-garde, with Progressive)
** 2023 - ''Music/LifeIsButADream''
* Music/BabyMetal (both, overlapping with numerous forms of heavy metal as well as ElectronicDanceMusic and JPop. They are the TropeMakers of the "kawaii metal" subgenre)



* Music/{{Candiria}} (experimental, with {{Metalcore}} and HipHop elements)



* Music/{{Cynic}} (experimental, arguable UrExample for experimental)



* Music/{{Hacktivist}} (experimental, an odd RapMetal-based example)



* Music/{{Issues}} (experimental, overlaps with {{Pop}} / RAndB, {{Metalcore}}, NuMetal, and ElectronicMusic)



* Music/{{Metallica}} (experimental, their infamous collaboration album with Music/LouReed, ''Lulu'', mixed ThrashMetal with PostRock, ProgressiveMetal, SpokenWord and NoiseRock)



* Music/{{Mudvayne}} (both, NuMetal meets ProgressiveMetal, world music, thrash, death and groove with a tinge of PunkRock)



* Music/{{Opeth}} (both, overlapping with [[TechnicalDeathMetal Progressive Death Metal]])
* Music/{{Periphery}} (experimental, also [[GrooveMetal djent]] and AlternativeMetal)



* Music/{{Puya}} (avantgarde/ProgressiveMetal/Jazz Fusion/Salsa)
* Music/ProtestTheHero (experimental)



* Music/RageAgainstTheMachine (experimental, a bizarre HipHop and FunkMetal[=-=]based example)



* Music/{{Skindred}} (experimental, some {{Reggae}} elements)



* Music/{{Soundgarden}} (experimental from Superunknown onward)



* Music/{{Tool}} (avant-garde early on, currently experimental, overlaps with ProgressiveMetal)



* Music/{{Voivod}} (TropeMaker for avant-garde metal)
* Music/XJapan (Arguable UrExample of experimental metal - their hybrid of ThrashMetal, HairMetal and ProgressiveMetal was groundbreaking for [[TheEighties its time]].)

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System of a Down and Faith No More aren't generally considered Avantgarde Metal


* Music/FaithNoMore (TropeCodifier for experimental metal)



* Music/SystemOfADown (TropeCodifier for experimental metal)



* ManOfAThousandVoices: Most examples of this trope in metal fall under the avant-garde metal umbrella. Some of the most notable include Music/MikePatton, Kyo of Music/DirEnGrey, Music/DevinTownsend, Roughton Reynolds of Music/EnterShikari, Serj Tankian of Music/SystemOfADown, Julien Truchan of Music/{{Benighted}}, Travis Ryan of Music/CattleDecapitation, Toby Driver of Music/KayoDot, and Jonathan Davis of Music/{{Korn}}. [[Music/ToshimitsuDeyama Toshi]] was [[UrExample an early example]] with his ability to combine MelismaticVocals and MetalScream. Yasuko Onuki of Music/MeltBanana and Courtney Laplante of Iwrestledabearonce (and Spiritbox) are female examples.

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* ManOfAThousandVoices: Most examples of this trope in metal fall under the avant-garde metal umbrella. Some of the most notable include Music/MikePatton, Kyo of Music/DirEnGrey, Music/DevinTownsend, Roughton Reynolds of Music/EnterShikari, Serj Tankian of Music/SystemOfADown, Julien Truchan of Music/{{Benighted}}, Travis Ryan of Music/CattleDecapitation, Toby Driver of Music/KayoDot, and Jonathan Davis of Music/{{Korn}}. [[Music/ToshimitsuDeyama Toshi]] was [[UrExample an early example]] with his ability to combine MelismaticVocals and MetalScream. Yasuko Onuki of Music/MeltBanana and Courtney Laplante of Iwrestledabearonce (and Spiritbox) are female examples.



* TropeCodifier: Music/{{Therion}} for avant-garde metal in general and Music/EnterShikari for modern avant-garde. For the Western scene, Music/FaithNoMore for experimental metal in general, Music/{{Meshuggah}} for djenty experimental, and Music/SystemOfADown for modern experimental metal. Music/DirEnGrey, Music/{{Sigh}}, Music/SoundHorizon and Music/{{Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas|Band}} are credited as these for the Eastern scene.

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* TropeCodifier: Music/{{Therion}} for avant-garde metal in general and Music/EnterShikari for modern avant-garde. For the Western scene, Music/FaithNoMore for experimental metal in general, Music/{{Meshuggah}} for djenty experimental, and Music/SystemOfADown for modern experimental metal.experimental. Music/DirEnGrey, Music/{{Sigh}}, Music/SoundHorizon and Music/{{Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas|Band}} are credited as these for the Eastern scene.
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King Crimson and Korn are usually not considered Avantgarde Metal


* Music/KingCrimson (UrExample to both avant-garde[=/=]experimental and ProgressiveMetal, overlaps with proto-metal)
* Music/{{Korn}} (experimental from 1994-1999 and again from 2011 onwards, overlaps with NuMetal)
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* Music/NegativeOhio (avant-garde and experimental, mixed with {{Grindcore}}, IndustrialMetal, Free Jazz, HardcoreTechno, Noise music, [[{{Ambient}} Dark Ambient]] and anything else they feel like in the moment)
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Primus isn't generally considered Avantgarde Metal


* Music/{{Primus}} (experimental and arguably avant-garde as well)
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* Music/KingCrimson (UrExample to both avant-garde[=/=]experimental and ProgressiveMetal, overlaps with proto-metal)
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* Music/{{Endon}} (also HarshNoise with traces of mathcore)

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* Music/{{Endon}} (also (experimental, also HarshNoise with traces of mathcore)



* Music/{{Exotype}} (both, overlaps with various genres of HeavyMetal and ElectronicMusic)

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* Music/{{Exotype}} (both, overlaps with various an insane number of other genres of HeavyMetal including {{metalcore}}, {{deathcore}}, ProgressiveMetal, NuMetal, {{djent}}, [[{{Dubstep}} brostep]], {{trance}}, glitch, and ElectronicMusic){{industrial}})



* Music/{{Loathe}} (mixed with metalcore, post-metal, ProgressiveMetal and NuMetal; ''The Cold Sun'' includes flirtations with {{deathcore}}, while the follow-up ''I Let It In And It Took Everything'' adds in elements of {{Ambient}}, PostPunk, PostGrunge and {{Shoegaze}})

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* Music/{{Loathe}} (mixed (avant-garde, mixed with metalcore, post-metal, ProgressiveMetal and NuMetal; ''The Cold Sun'' includes flirtations with {{deathcore}}, while the follow-up ''I Let It In And It Took Everything'' adds in elements of {{Ambient}}, PostPunk, PostGrunge and {{Shoegaze}})



* Music/{{Spiritbox}} (avant-garde, some djent elements)

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* Music/{{Spiritbox}} (avant-garde, some djent elements)also {{metalcore}}, NuMetal, ProgressiveMetal, GrooveMetal, {{Djent}} and [[DoomMetal post-metal]])
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* Music/{{Loathe}} (mixed with metalcore, ProgressiveMetal and NuMetal; ''The Cold Sun'' includes flirtations with {{deathcore}}, while the follow-up ''I Let It In And It Took Everything'' adds in elements of {{Ambient}}, PostGrunge and {{Shoegaze}})

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* Music/{{Loathe}} (mixed with metalcore, post-metal, ProgressiveMetal and NuMetal; ''The Cold Sun'' includes flirtations with {{deathcore}}, while the follow-up ''I Let It In And It Took Everything'' adds in elements of {{Ambient}}, PostPunk, PostGrunge and {{Shoegaze}})
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* Music/{{Loathe}} (mixed with metalcore, ProgressiveMetal and NuMetal; ''The Cold Sun'' includes flirtations with {{deathcore}}, while the follow-up ''I Let It In And It Took Everything'' adds in elements of {{Ambient}}, PostGrunge and {{Shoegaze}})
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* Music/{{Endon}} (also HarshNoise with traces of mathcore)
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* Music/LivingColour (avant-garde, mixed with FunkMetal, SludgeMetal, AlternativeMetal, HardRock, Free Jazz, HardcorePunk, and HipHop, sometimes bebop and cha-cha-cha)

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