I just got into Swans. Their albums "To be kind" or "Glowing man" are great, and it reminded me of "20 Jazz Junk Greats" by Throbbing Gristle. I wonder how many great experimental albums are there?
How experimental do you want? Einstuerzende Neubauten made some interesting records in the eighties (and later as well). I enjoy Five on the open-ended Richter Scale.
All Bitches Die by Lingua Ignota is absolutely terrifying, in a good way (if you enjoy unhinged screaming and beautiful melody, and who doesn't?). It's not a crappy hip hop album, but deals with artist's experience of abuse and with revenge, hence the title.
Edit: Wait, you want brilliant experimental music? Check out Mr Bungle. The s/t is... funk hardcore metal, but good, I guess. The other albums, idk sinister lounge music perhaps?
maudlin of the Well and Kayo Dot! My two favorite bands. Both avant-garde metal bands led by Toby Driver. motW's Bath / Leaving Your Body Map are sister albums and an amazing listen back to back, start to finish. Kayo Dot's Choirs of the Eye is one of the best albums of all time, another amazing full listen.
It's hard because of the subject matter but also the length. It takes about 6 hours and to really appreciate it you need to listen to it in one sitting.
It's quite similar to Yes Sir, I Will but more angry and noisy if possible. I think it came about after the sexual assault of a friend and the lyrics are heavily based on that experience.
I'll be honest, I don't really know what counts as "experimental," but I've been really liking music in this genre that I guess is called "Baroque Metal" or something like that. Igorrr and Keygen Church have been a couple favorites.
More on the jazzy side, I listened to Sungazer's album Perihelion on repeat for like two straight weeks, it's really good
Keygen Church is SO GOOD. I really dig this fusion of metal, glitch (I guess? I don't really know a good term for it lol) and baroque music. I'll check Igorrr out, I've been craving something in that vein for the longest time!
I actually found Igorrr first, and had no idea what I was in for (I was unaware of this genre before I found them). They're fantastic, I hope you enjoy!
The Red Crayola with The Familiar Ugly album, The Parable Of Arable Land is an amazing listen. It's psychedelic rock experimental style. Coil made the album Musick to Play in the Dark. It's an electronic, darkly ambient, spoken word piece of music. Colin Locker Kid made the album Empathica, and it's very hard to label. It has elements of hip-hop and spoken word, but it's an abstract, collage of an experimental album. No idea if any of them sound interesting? They were the first three to spring to mind.
Heh, not to disappoint you, but that's some of Swans' newest music. Their discography goes back to '83. Killing for Company off of The Great Annihilator (1995) is my favorite song of theirs. Then again, I haven't listened to To Be Kind & Glowing Man, so I'll have to check those out.
I was wondering what experimental meant so looked up Swans. The only band i know of thats super weird is called Clowncore, i dont listen to them but maybe someone likes it
Knower have very recently released a brand new album, only available on bandcamp for now as they are independent and trying to earn some money and Spotify pays very little. Will release on Spotify in a while though.
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