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avant-garde metal

avant-garde metal is a genre. avant-garde metal grew out of Atonality, atmospheric death metal, post-black metal, progressive black metal and Experimental metal. Its influence carried into Progressive Metal, Experimental metal, symphonic metal, Blackgaze and post-metal, which took the template somewhere else. The chart currently maps 10 connections around avant-garde metal. Open any neighbouring band or genre to trace where avant-garde metal came from and where it led.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
avant-garde metalAtonalityatmospheric death me…post-black metalprogressive black me…Experimental metalProgressive MetalExperimental metalsymphonic metalBlackgazepost-metal

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avant-garde metal connections

avant-garde metal grew out of Atonality, atmospheric death metal, post-black metal and progressive black metal, went on to shape Progressive Metal, Experimental metal, symphonic metal and Blackgaze. 10 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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