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* AvantGardeMetal[=/=]AvantGardeMusic: Depending on the release.
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* AvantGardeMetal[=/=]AvantGardeMusic: Depending on the release. To oversimplify matters a bit, ''Choirs of the Eye'', ''Dowsing Anemone with Copper Tongue'', ''Gamma Knife'', and ''Hubardo'' are their metal releases, though not every song on each of these qualifies as metal.
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* BilingualBonus: ''Hubardo'' means ''lantern'' in the Enochian occult language.
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* BilingualBonus: ''Hubardo'' means ''lantern'' in the Enochian occult language.language, and "Zlida Caosgi" means "To Water the Earth".
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* BilingualBonus: ''Hubardo'' means ''lantern'' in the Enochian occult language.
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* ConceptAlbum: ''Hubardo'' is a concept album about ... well, it's complicated, but part of it has to do with a mad poet and an incoming meteor. ''Coyote'' is also a concept album with lyrics composed by a friend of the band, who suffered from (eventually terminal) breast cancer.
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* ConceptAlbum: ''Hubardo'' is a concept album about ... well, it's complicated, but part of it has to do with a mad poet and an incoming meteor. The band has [[http://sin-23.tumblr.com/post/83563695595/kayo-dot-interview explained the concept]]:
--> In the story, a meteor falls to earth, and lands on the outskirts of a small town. All the townspeople think the meteor is an abomination, except for the lonely poet, Hubardo, who falls in love with the meteor and secretly takes it home to possess. That night, he has a dream that a tree grows from the meteor, as if the meteor is a seed, “watered with blood from a watering can.” He wakes and tries to crack open the meteor to see if there is a seed inside, but can’t crack the meteor with force, so he attaches a lightning rod to the meteor and brings it up to his roof, where a bolt of lightning strikes it and opens it up, revealing a seed. Upon the seed are inscribes the words “To Water The Earth” in the Enochian language (Zlida Caosgi). He takes the seed into a grove, buries it, and waters it with a watering can. The next morning, he sees that a river has grown from the seed, so he builds a boat and travels down the river in the boat. He comes to the gates of the Garden of Eden, where he dies and becomes a ghost that haunts the Garden forever, and causes more seeds to fall in more towns to enchant more lonely poets across the world. The story is an allegory for personal alchemy - it’s about following your passion or obsession to the very end, even if it kills you. The poet’s name is “Hubardo” because he is the lantern that shows us this truth.
:: ''Coyote'' is also a concept album with lyrics composed by a friend of the band, who suffered from (eventually terminal) breast cancer.
--> In the story, a meteor falls to earth, and lands on the outskirts of a small town. All the townspeople think the meteor is an abomination, except for the lonely poet, Hubardo, who falls in love with the meteor and secretly takes it home to possess. That night, he has a dream that a tree grows from the meteor, as if the meteor is a seed, “watered with blood from a watering can.” He wakes and tries to crack open the meteor to see if there is a seed inside, but can’t crack the meteor with force, so he attaches a lightning rod to the meteor and brings it up to his roof, where a bolt of lightning strikes it and opens it up, revealing a seed. Upon the seed are inscribes the words “To Water The Earth” in the Enochian language (Zlida Caosgi). He takes the seed into a grove, buries it, and waters it with a watering can. The next morning, he sees that a river has grown from the seed, so he builds a boat and travels down the river in the boat. He comes to the gates of the Garden of Eden, where he dies and becomes a ghost that haunts the Garden forever, and causes more seeds to fall in more towns to enchant more lonely poets across the world. The story is an allegory for personal alchemy - it’s about following your passion or obsession to the very end, even if it kills you. The poet’s name is “Hubardo” because he is the lantern that shows us this truth.
:: ''Coyote'' is also a concept album with lyrics composed by a friend of the band, who suffered from (eventually terminal) breast cancer.
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* RevolvingDoorBand: See all those people above?above? This is actually a primary reason for the GenreRoulette they exhibit from release to release; the music is composed to match the strengths of whomever is in the band at the time, which naturally changes with the lineup.
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* MoodWhiplash: Maybe not to the same extent as Music/MaudlinOfTheWell, but they still do this a lot. ''Hubardo'' is crammed with examples.
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* MoodWhiplash: Maybe not to the same extent as Music/MaudlinOfTheWell, but they still do this a lot. ''Hubardo'' is crammed with examples. ''Gamma Knife'' is another example, with three dissonant, almost BlackMetal-ish pieces bookended by subdued, elegant ProgressiveRock.
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* MusicalPastiche: The trumpet solo on "The Wait of the World" sounds like it was beamed in from ''In a Silent Way'' or ''Music/BitchesBrew''.
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* MusicalPastiche: The trumpet solo on "The Wait of the World" sounds like it was beamed in from ''In a Silent Way'' or ''Music/BitchesBrew''. Other parts of the song resemble compositions by Music/KingCrimson or Music/{{Magma}}, the last of whom unmistakably influenced other Kayo Dot compositions as well ("Abyss Hinge 2: The Shrinking Armature" sounds more than a bit zeuhl-influenced, for example).
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* UncommonTime: As is almost obligatory for a progressive rock band, they use this fairly often. "The First Matter (Saturn in the Guise of Sadness)" has an example towards the end of the song, while "The Wait of the World" uses it to increase the syncopation of the song. Another example is in "The Antique", which uses it throughout to maintain an unsettling feel. There are also "Aura on an Asylum Wall", which is mostly in 5/4, and "Amaranth the Peddler", which jumps all over the place.
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* UncommonTime: As is almost obligatory for a progressive rock band, they use this fairly often. "The First Matter (Saturn in the Guise of Sadness)" has an example towards the end of the song, while "The Wait of the World" uses it to increase the syncopation of the song. Another example is in "The Antique", which uses it throughout to maintain an unsettling feel. There are also "Aura on an Asylum Wall", which is mostly in 5/4, and "Amaranth the Peddler", which jumps all over the place. This is far from a complete list; for example, nearly every song on ''Hubardo'' uses this at some point.
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* UncommonTime: As is almost obligatory for a progressive rock band, they use this fairly often. "The First Matter (Saturn in the Guise of Sadness)" has an example towards the end of the song, while "The Wait of the World" uses it to increase the syncopation of the song. Another example is in "The Antique", which uses it throughout to maintain an unsettling feel. There are also "Aura on an Asylum Wall", which is mostly in 5/4, and "Amaranth the Peddler", which jumps all over the place.
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* UncommonTime: As is almost obligatory for a progressive rock band, they use this fairly often. "The First Matter (Saturn in the Guise of Sadness)" has an example towards the end of the song, while "The Wait of the World" uses it to increase the syncopation of the song. Another example is in "The Antique", which uses it throughout to maintain an unsettling field.feel.
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* UncommonTime: As is almost obligatory for a progressive rock band, they use this fairly often. "The First Matter (Saturn in the Guise of Sadness)" has an example towards the end of the song. Another example is in "The Antique", which uses it throughout to maintain an unsettling field.
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* MoodWhiplash: Maybe not to the same extent as Music/MaudlinOfTheWell, but they still do this a lot. ''Hubardo'' is crammed with examples.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: To Music/MaudlinOfTheWell.
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* MusicalPastiche: The trumpet solo on "The Wait of the World" sounds like it was beamed in from ''In a Silent Way'' or ''Music/BitchesBrew''.
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* LastNoteNightmare: Shows up sometimes. "The Manifold Curiosity" is probably the best example; it builds from pleasant chamber music to an almost impenetrably heavy, dissonant post-metal section that ends on a scream.
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* LastNoteNightmare: Shows up sometimes. "The Manifold Curiosity" is probably the best example; it builds from pleasant chamber music to an almost impenetrably heavy, dissonant post-metal section that ends on a scream. Inverted with "The Antique", which starts like "The Manifold Curiosity" ends and ends with a passage worthy of Music/SigurRos or Music/{{Radiohead}}'s electronica phase.
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* LastNoteNightmare: Shows up sometimes. "The Manifold Curiosity" is probably the best example; it builds from pleasant chamber music to an almost impenetrably heavy, dissonant post-metal section that ends on a scream.
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* EpicRocking: As is mandatory for a ProgressiveRock band, many of their songs are very long. "Stained Glass" is the longest, at twenty minutes long.
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* EpicRocking: As is mandatory for a ProgressiveRock band, many of their songs are very long. "Stained Glass" is the longest, at twenty minutes long. "___ On Limpid Form" isn't far behind, at eighteen minutes.
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* 2009 - Champions of Sound 2008 (split with Music/{{Pelican}}, Steve Bredsky, and Zozobra)
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* EpicRocking: As is obligatory mandatory for a ProgressiveRock band, many of their songs are very long. "Stained Glass" is the longest, at twenty minutes long.
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* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: ''Anywhere'' from a 1 to a 10 or even 11.
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* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: ''Anywhere'' from a 1 to a 10 or even 11. Sometimes within the same song!
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* MindScrew: In both musical and lyrical terms.
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* SopranoAndGravel: Depending on the mood they're going for they will use clean vocals or any of about a dozen different styles of MetalScream. Toby Driver almost verges on ManOfAThousandVoices territory in some parts.
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* Ryan McGuire - Bass, Double bass, Keyboards (2006-unknown, 2008-2012)
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KayoDot is a NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly band from New York, NY (formerly Boston, MA). They are most frequently classified as AvantGardeMetal, ProgressiveMetal or ProgressiveRock, but as their style varies widely from release to release, it is very difficult to pin down. The band is a SpiritualSuccessor to Music/MaudlinOfTheWell, which generally tended to be ProgressiveDeathMetal.
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* ConceptAlbum: ''Hubardo'' is a concept album about ... well, it's complicated, but part of it has to do with a mad poet and an incoming meteor.
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* ConceptAlbum: ''Hubardo'' is a concept album about ... well, it's complicated, but part of it has to do with a mad poet and an incoming meteor. ''Coyote'' is also a concept album with lyrics composed by a friend of the band, who suffered from (eventually terminal) breast cancer.
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* ConceptAlbum: ''Hubardo'' is a concept album about ... well, it's complicated.complicated, but part of it has to do with a mad poet and an incoming meteor.
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* BreatherEpisode: The metal albums frequently have these, such as "A Pitcher of Summer" and "Wayfarer" on ''Choirs of the Eye'' and "The First Matter (Saturn in the Guise of Sadness)" and "The Second Operation (Lunar Water)" on ''Hubardo''.
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* NewSoundAlbum: Basically, all of them!
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* {{Darkwave}}: ''Coffins on Io'' could be considered an example.
* {{Darkwave}}: ''Coffins on Io'' could be considered an example.
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KayoDot is a NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly band from New York, NY (formerly Boston, MA). They are most frequently classified as AvantGardeMetal, ProgressiveMetal or ProgressiveRock, but as their style varies widely from release to release, it is very difficult to pin down. The band is a SpiritualSucessor to Music/MaudlinOfTheWell, which generally tended to be ProgressiveDeathMetal.
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KayoDot is a NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly band from New York, NY (formerly Boston, MA). They are most frequently classified as AvantGardeMetal, ProgressiveMetal or ProgressiveRock, but as their style varies widely from release to release, it is very difficult to pin down. The band is a SpiritualSucessor SpiritualSuccessor to Music/MaudlinOfTheWell, which generally tended to be ProgressiveDeathMetal.
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KayoDot is a NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly band from New York, NY (formerly Boston, MA). They are most frequently classified as AvantGardeMetal, ProgressiveMetal or ProgressiveRock, but as their style varies widely from release to release, it is very difficult to pin down. The band is a SpiritualSucessor to Music/MaudlinOfTheWell, which generally tended to be ProgressiveDeathMetal.
!!Members
*Toby Driver - Vocals, Guitars, Clarinet, Keyboards, Cello, Bells, Double bass (2003-present)
*Daniel Means - Guitars, Woodwinds, Keyboards, Bass (2010-present)
*Keith Abrams - Drums, Bass (2012-present)
*Ron Varod - Guitars, Keyboards (session) (2012-present)
Past
*Patrick Wolff - Woodwinds, Keyboards
*Nick Kyte - Bass, Vocals (2003-2006)
*Sam Gutterman - Drums, Vocals (2003-unknown)
*Greg Massi - Guitars, Vocals (2003-unknown)
*Terran Olson - Keyboards, Woodwinds (2003-unknown, 2010-2013)
*Mia Matsumiya - Violin, Keyboards, Guitars, Viola (2003-2013)
*Ryan McGuire - Bass, Double bass, Keyboards (2006-unknown, 2008-2012)
*Tom Malone - Drums (2006-unknown)
*John Carchia - Guitars (2006-unknown)
*Forbes Graham - Trumpet, Euphonium, Guitars (2006-unknown)
*D.J. Murray - Unknown (2006-unknown)
*David Bodie - Drums, Percussion (session) (2010-2012)
*Tim Byrnes - Trumpet, Synthesizers, French horn (session) (2010-2014)
!!Discography
*2003 - Choirs of the Eye
*2006 - Dowsing Anemone with Copper Tongue
*2006 - Kayo Dot / Bloody Panda (split)
*2008 - Blue Lambency Downward
*2009 - Champions of Sound 2008 (split with Music/{{Pelican}}, Steve Bredsky, and Zozobra)
*2010 - Coyote
*2010 - Live in Bonn
*2010 - Stained Glass (EP)
*2012 - Gamma Knife
*2013 - Hubardo
*2014 - Kraków (live, split with Tartar Lamb II)
*2014 - Coyote - Live on WMBR, August 31, 2010
*2014 - Coffins on Io
!!Tropes
*BlackMetal: An influence on some of their recordings (mostly ''Gamma Knife'' and ''Hubardo'').
*ConceptAlbum: ''Hubardo'' is a concept album about
*EpicRocking: As is obligatory for a ProgressiveRock band, many of their songs are very long. "Stained Glass" is the longest, at twenty minutes long.
*GenreRoulette: Nearly every album and in some cases every song has a different sound.
*{{Jazz}}: Some of their works fall into jazz fusion territory ("The Wait of the World" is an excellent example of this).
*NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: You wouldn't think a metal band would or even ''could'' sound like this.
*PostRock: An influence on some of their material. ''Choirs of the Eye'' is in some respects very dense Post-Metal.
*ProgressiveRock[=/=]ProgressiveMetal: Depending upon the release.
*SubduedSection: Most of their heaviest songs have them.
*WordSaladLyrics: Many of them. Just listen to the monologue at the end of "Marathon".
!!Members
*Toby Driver - Vocals, Guitars, Clarinet, Keyboards, Cello, Bells, Double bass (2003-present)
*Daniel Means - Guitars, Woodwinds, Keyboards, Bass (2010-present)
*Keith Abrams - Drums, Bass (2012-present)
*Ron Varod - Guitars, Keyboards (session) (2012-present)
Past
*Patrick Wolff - Woodwinds, Keyboards
*Nick Kyte - Bass, Vocals (2003-2006)
*Sam Gutterman - Drums, Vocals (2003-unknown)
*Greg Massi - Guitars, Vocals (2003-unknown)
*Terran Olson - Keyboards, Woodwinds (2003-unknown, 2010-2013)
*Mia Matsumiya - Violin, Keyboards, Guitars, Viola (2003-2013)
*Ryan McGuire - Bass, Double bass, Keyboards (2006-unknown, 2008-2012)
*Tom Malone - Drums (2006-unknown)
*John Carchia - Guitars (2006-unknown)
*Forbes Graham - Trumpet, Euphonium, Guitars (2006-unknown)
*D.J. Murray - Unknown (2006-unknown)
*David Bodie - Drums, Percussion (session) (2010-2012)
*Tim Byrnes - Trumpet, Synthesizers, French horn (session) (2010-2014)
!!Discography
*2003 - Choirs of the Eye
*2006 - Dowsing Anemone with Copper Tongue
*2006 - Kayo Dot / Bloody Panda (split)
*2008 - Blue Lambency Downward
*2009 - Champions of Sound 2008 (split with Music/{{Pelican}}, Steve Bredsky, and Zozobra)
*2010 - Coyote
*2010 - Live in Bonn
*2010 - Stained Glass (EP)
*2012 - Gamma Knife
*2013 - Hubardo
*2014 - Kraków (live, split with Tartar Lamb II)
*2014 - Coyote - Live on WMBR, August 31, 2010
*2014 - Coffins on Io
!!Tropes
*BlackMetal: An influence on some of their recordings (mostly ''Gamma Knife'' and ''Hubardo'').
*ConceptAlbum: ''Hubardo'' is a concept album about
*EpicRocking: As is obligatory for a ProgressiveRock band, many of their songs are very long. "Stained Glass" is the longest, at twenty minutes long.
*GenreRoulette: Nearly every album and in some cases every song has a different sound.
*{{Jazz}}: Some of their works fall into jazz fusion territory ("The Wait of the World" is an excellent example of this).
*NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: You wouldn't think a metal band would or even ''could'' sound like this.
*PostRock: An influence on some of their material. ''Choirs of the Eye'' is in some respects very dense Post-Metal.
*ProgressiveRock[=/=]ProgressiveMetal: Depending upon the release.
*SubduedSection: Most of their heaviest songs have them.
*WordSaladLyrics: Many of them. Just listen to the monologue at the end of "Marathon".
