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For one reason or another Lykathea Aflame never really caught my attention, but I'll check the rest of their stuff out. I'm listening to the Vektor right now and enjoying it, it reminds me of early Quo Vadis and any resemblance to Quo Vadis is always great.

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For one reason or another Lykathea Aflame never really caught my attention' date=' but I'll check the rest of their stuff out. I'm listening to the Vektor right now and enjoying it, it reminds me of early Quo Vadis and any resemblance to Quo Vadis is always great.[/quote'] I found about Lykathea Aflame just a few days ago and was hooked. I'm liking Vektor quite a bit; I see what you mean about the resemblance.
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I only have their first two albums. I will have to amend that at some point. Also lately I've found myself appreciating Tool. Their sound is finally beginning to make sense. Not sure I like them enough to buy an album yet but we'll see.
Lateralus is Tool at their most metal and most progressive, that would be the one to start with.
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BAN' date=' do you have some more avant-garde stuff? I always have a hankering for it but my appetite is stronger than usual.[/quote'] What sort of avant-garde stuff? If you're meaning that sort of circus/vaudeville sound that has been going around, I don't think so, but I could probably post some more avant-garde extreme metal.
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What sort of avant-garde stuff? If you're meaning that sort of circus/vaudeville sound that has been going around' date=' I don't think so, but I could probably post some more avant-garde extreme metal.[/quote'] Either would be fine. I don't like Stolen Babies all that much and I already know DSO, Ram-Zet, Akphaezya and Unexpect, so I don't know what other circus-music kinda metal there is out there other than Pin-Up Went Down which is just the worst band name I've heard in a while. I saw all of SoundOfChaos' avant-garde metal videos, if that helps narrow it down.
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Either would be fine. I don't like Stolen Babies all that much and I already know DSO' date=' Ram-Zet, Akphaezya and Unexpect, so I don't know what other circus-music kinda metal there is out there other than Pin-Up Went Down which is just the worst band name I've heard in a while. I saw all of SoundOfChaos' avant-garde metal videos, if that helps narrow it down.[/quote'] Much of what I post won't likely be through and through avant-garde metal, but definitely weird, different stuff. I'm sure that I can find some other stuff that you can enjoy.
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OLD - the Musical Dimensions of Sleastak might be the strangest avant-garde album I regularly enjoy, but I've been blown away by Starkweather's later stuff as well as Today is the Day's Sadness Will Prevail album. You may be put off by the vocals, but those are just the first few albums that come to my head. I would consider Thought Industry to be avant-garde as well. Also, i don't think any of those bands are really "circus-music". You might also want to check out: Kayo Dot, Arcturus (a bit circus-esque at times), early Septic Flesh (the Ophidian Wheel), the End - Elementary album (mostly just weird metal-core with great singing), Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, the Mars Volta's later stuff (Amputechture, the Bedlam in Goliath) King Crimson's later stuff with Adrian Belew (Beat, Three of a Perfect Pair, the Power to Believe), If you can get past the vocals, the Number 12 Looks Like You - Nuclear.Sad.Nuclear and Mongrel albums have some of the best instrumental work and they just ignore genres, same with Candiria - Beyond Reasonable Doubt, the Process of Self.Development, Kiss the Lie (this one has the most intelligible vocals). Not strictly metal.

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