about avantgarde-metal.com .......................................................................................................................... “Avant-garde” is the French term for “advance guard” or “vanguard”. It refers to people, who venture into the unknown. Sometimes they find the shining shores of the future there, the visions and ideas of tomorrow. Sometimes they get lost in the forests of insanity, in the whirls of chaos and confusion. But it’s always new worlds that they discover. Sometimes the avant-garde of today will become the mainstream of tomorrow. But most avant-garde will always ... click here to read more ......................................................................................................................................................... the avantgarde-metal.com crew:   aVoid Andreas Assassin Chief Editor from southwest Sweden musik Faust-rock, häxrock, svartrock, (experimental) chamber rock, progressive rock (in opposition & decomposition), occult/evil metal, post-mortem noises activities bass in Havok, Deranged, & other noises. BA in musicology & English literature, working on MA in library & information sciences. other ghosts, deep space horrors, surreality, monoliths, forests, cats, tea Contributions to Avantgarde-Metal.com   .......................................................................................................................................................   Chrystof Niederwieser Publisher Origin: Tyrolean Alps since X/2010: publisher of AGMcom 2007 - 2010: founder and chief editor of AGMcom 1990 - 2001: artist with bands like Korova, KorovaKill and Angizia across the seas of waves and sounds far unto the unknown shores of sparkling worlds yet undiscovered... 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Contributions to Avantgarde-Metal.com   .......................................................................................................................................................   Tentakel P. Settlement: Germany- Hamburg, pearl of the north Musical preferences: Black/ Death and any other kind of metal… and then everything else dark and twisted. Eternal heroes: Enslaved, Emperor, Ulver, Nile, Abigor, Lunar Aurora, Dead Can Dance, Die Ärzte, Björk. Visionary visualists: Hayao Myazaki, Quentin Tarantino. Some films the koreans produce recently like "A Bittersweet life”, "Oldboy” a.o. The Star Trek Universe. Monty Python. Outstanding books: Terry Pratchett (rules!), Stephen King. German authors: Kleist, Hoffmann, Tieck and the like. Russian literature: Tolstoj, Dostojevski, Nabokov. Although there's much I still need to read… Other nonsense: Bashing drums in Todtgelichter, playing RPG's and Beat 'em Ups on Playstation plus heavy retro-gaming (NES and so on…). Contributions to Avantgarde-Metal.com   .......................................................................................................................................................   Suleiman Origin: Pakistan Occupation: Electronics - Planning Engineer by Profession / Metalhead, musician, scholar, artist, mystic, ex(!)-stoner, family man by calling Top 14 albums (not in any order and only a chunk of about 200 records): Piper at the Gates of Dawn – Pink Floyd South of Heaven – Slayer Master of Puppets – Metallica Into the Nightside Eclipse – Emperor Dusk and Her Embrace – Cradle of Filth Controlled by Hatred – Suicidal Tendencies Coma of Souls – Kreator Human – Death Scum – Napalm Death City – Strapping Young Lad Blessed are the Sick – Morbid Angel Through Silver and Blood – Neurosis Elizium – Fields of Nephilim Killers – Iron Maiden Love: Allah, my wonderful parents , adorable wife and kid and metal Pet Peeves: Racism, Imperialism, Colonization. Authoritarians, crappy lo-fi Black Metal and its legions , crappy hi-fi metalcore and its legions Favourite Books: Focault's Pendulum-Umberto Eco, Ghost Story- Peter Straub, Most stuff by Alan Moore – Various and thousands of other works as well as the Quran which I am just discovering Indulgences: quality hashish, good whiskies, dark chocolates, shawermas and greek sandwiches Download: Burzukh – Orion http://www.zshare.net/download/29189248ea2fd4/ Contributions to Avantgarde-Metal.com   .......................................................................................................................................................   Thor Joakimsson Origin: Sauerland / Germany Fave music: The Brimstone Solar Radiation Band Fave question: If God was almighty, would he be able to construct a stone so heavy that he himself couldn’t pick it up? Contributions to Avantgarde-Metal.com   .......................................................................................................................................................   Mystery Flame Location: Central UK - South of Spain - North of Italy Music: My life. Always in search for new and exciting artists who are not afraid to walk beyond the trodden path. Fav Bands: Come and ask me! Passions: Quantum physics, cosmology, philosophy, art, the esoteric. Can be found at: www.myspace.com/mysteryflameart Contributions to Avantgarde-Metal.com   .......................................................................................................................................................   Adryuu Where: La Mancha, Spain When: 1982 - whenever What: Mighty Reviewer of Amazing eps (well, self-proclaimed) Why: why not? Contributions to Avantgarde-Metal.com   .......................................................................................................................................................   Jonny Lignano also known as the Lignano The Monkees The Test The Animals The Beatles The Slayer The Music The Goal The The The John Mayal Explosion The Gordon Brown The Eat the Rich The Japandroids The Idea The Goaly The Never-Ending-Story The Sell-Out The Love The Computer The Chaos The Loneliness The Complicated The Garden The Innermost The Outermost The End The Garlic The Boston Consulting Group The White Dwarf The Sound The me The Pet Shop Boys The Lovelessness The Language The Sign The Kirk The Order The Everything The Prince formerly known as the Artist The Violence The Coppola The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy The Rolling Stones The Burzum The Cure The Wish The Roy Orbison The Joy Orbison The Deutsch The Troy Orbison The Nothing The Joy Division The Roy Division The Roy Orbison Division The Meta-Orbit The Thing. Contributions to Avantgarde-Metal.com   .......................................................................................................................................................   Ulv Origin: In the middle of Croatia Musical references: weird and normal music or whatever I stumble upon: avantgarde metal, post rock/metal/hardcore, crust punk, neofolk, noise&experimental, obscure 60s & 70s...from Ved Buens Ende to infinity http://www.last.fm/user/vUlv Swarms through: literature (ancient to modern), nature, architecture,all other forms of arts, Europe, languages, cheese You must read: E. Ionesco, Leonid Andreyev, Danilo Kis, G. Trackl, A.G. Matoš A thought: "Gold is to give silence a form" Favorite addition: d + c = Lignano The meaning of life is to: .... create Contributions to Avantgarde-Metal.com   .......................................................................................................................................................   David Fields of Interest: . Tibetan Buddhism . Languages (German, French, English, Spanish, Tibetan) . Music and Organic Soundwave Emitting . Movies . Sports . Tattoos Contributions to Avantgarde-Metal.com   .......................................................................................................................................................   Simon Brand Origin: Edinburgh, Scotland Musical Preferences: Jazz Metal, Technical Progressive Metal, atmospheric BM, Post-Rock/Metal, Doom Metal, Jazz Fusion, 20th century/romantic era composition, intelligent Death Metal and Shred. Top Albums: Cynic - Focus Cynic - Traced In Air Spiral Architect - A Sceptic's Universe Exivious - s/t The Fractured Dimension - Towards The Mysterium Scale The Summit - Carving Desert Canyons Psychotic Waltz - A Social Grace Humanoid - Remembering Universe Jesu - s/t Other Deviations: Playing video games, guitar, computer programming, reading, watching films, cooking, eating. Favourite Quote: "I drink your milkshake!" Contributions to Avantgarde-Metal.com   .......................................................................................................................................................   James Slone Origin: Lost Wages, Nevada. Currently lives in Seattle, Washington (USA) Music preferences: Various metal genres, post punk, crust, shoegaze, prog rock, kraut, psych, jazz, Downtown NYC (early 80s), industrial, experimental, soul, funk, avant garde, romantic/modern music, Motown, hip hop, smooth pop, noise rock, klezmer, and whatever's clever. Current Top 10 albums: Death "Symbolic" Arcturus "La Masquerade Infernal" Closedown "Nearfield" Air "Talkie Walkie" Entombed "Clandestine" John Coltrane "A Love Supreme" Sade "Love Delux" John Zorn "Naked City" Summoning "Nightshade Forests" Roxy Music "Siren" Other deviations: Freelance writer, radical activist, film blogger (www.endofmedia.com), performance artist, amateur guitarist, lover of the good things in life: beautiful women, well made Mojitos, yachting the Horn, and spellbinding adventure. Digs: Film, pulp lit, writing charged polemics, the outdoors. Contributions to Avantgarde-Metal.com   .......................................................................................................................................................   Martin Cermak Origin: city of Prague, Czech republic Musical evolution (chronologically from childhood to present times): 1. Classic music (mainly the weird, such as Prokofiev) 2. Depeche Mode 3. Kraftwerk, Jarre & different synth music 4. Electronic Body Music, Industrial, Ambient 5. Metal – doom, black, death, goth... everything atmospheric 6. Avant-garde metal 7. Intelligent pop, electro, trip-hop, nu-jazz & lots of different stuff Top 10 of metal avant-garde (in alphabetical order): Carnival In Coal: Fear Not Carnival In Coal Emperor – Prometheus: The Discipline Of Fire & Demise Ephel Duath – The Painter’s Palette Hacride – Amoeba Madder Mortem – All Flesh Is Grass Misanthrope – Visionnaire Orphaned Land – Mabool Sirrah – Did Tomorrow Come... Solefald – The Linear Scaffold / Neonism Textures – Drawing Circles Fields & deviations: * Extern regular writer/editor for Spark mag. (the leading Czech/Slovak hard & heavy magazine) and its more alternative side project Spike mag., occasionally contributing in the sci-fi & fantasy mag. Ikarie (all as a hobby). Publicist and editor in a medical journal (as a job). * Master degree in Czech language and literature, philosophy, social sciences, journalism. Just now starting the psychotherapeutic training. * Playing piano, keyboards and bass. Amongst others projects played in the Czech avant-garde metal commando Demimonde and released two albums with them some years ago. * Beside music am into fantastic and biographic literature, social psychology, education and tactical desk games... Contributions to Avantgarde-Metal.com   .......................................................................................................................................................   Jobst (in real-life realms known as Nofar) Origin: Tel Aviv, Israel Musical references: Metal is the eternal basis - Range from the most common genres to the eerie and profound. Above and beyond breathes entities such as Neo - Folk and Folk, Dark Ambient and Industrial, Goth rock and electronics, New Wave and 80's, Classical and some Indie. Top 13 albums: Amorphis - Elegy Dornenreich - Nicht um zu sterben Emperor - Anthems to the welkin at dusk Katatonia - Brave Murder Day Opeth - My arms, your hearse Primordial - Spirit the earth aflame Void of Silence - Human antithesis In the Woods... - Omnio Elend - Winds Devouring Men Death in June - Take Care and Control Dargaard - Eternity Rites Fen - The Malediction Fields The Ruins of Beverast - Rain upon the Impure Other deviations: Keeping metal madness in the Israeli review website, "The Blind Janitor". Thrives in: Words, sounds, landscapes. Contributions to Avantgarde-Metal.com   .......................................................................................................................................................   revon Everybody knows I'm not a folk singer. Contributions to Avantgarde-Metal.com   .......................................................................................................................................................   Adam Matlock Origin: New Haven, CT Musical Preferences: from Berio to Bathory, from Schoenberg to Sigh, from Mingus to The Mars Volta, from COIL to the Coltranes (John, Alice, Ravi, take your pick) from The Roots to Ram Zet. Connect the dots as you wish. Top Metal Albums: (subject to change two seconds ago) 1349 - Liberation Melechesh - Sphynx Behemoth - Zos Kia Cultus Solefald - In Harmonia Universali Fleurety - Min Tid Skall Komme Ulver - Nattens Madrigal Ved Buens Ende - Written in Waters Maudlin of the Well - Leaving your Body Map Sigh - Scenario IV: Dread Dreams Gorguts - From Wisdom to Hate Other Deviations: Mostly an eclectic composer/multi-instrumentalist when I'm not busy being a wage slave. Said wages go toward devouring entire discographies in a single purchase. Thrives in: An Opera House, a concert hall, right next to the left PA monitor without earplugs, inches away from the stereo. Wherever the noise is coming from. Contributions to Avantgarde-Metal.com   .......................................................................................................................................................   Marco Guerra Avitabile Origin: born and raised in ancient Pompei, now living in Tuscany. Functions in society: european literature/languages and cultural publishing student. guitar in VERSIONS (versions4you.bandcamp.com). cook. Psychic Inclinations: future, realization, creativity, search for confidence, sense of reality, primary istincts. life's concrete aspects. Most troubling fields: social ethics, tradition, culture Contributions to Avantgarde-Metal.com   .......................................................................................................................................................   Lefteris K. Origin: Patras, Greece Interests: Music, books, theatre, internet "We charge tradition with being an excuse for idleness, unpersonality and regression. We praise evolution for being the logical consequence of creation, progression and elevation." Contributions to Avantgarde-Metal.com   .......................................................................................................................................................   Glenn Doom Location: Seattle Music: Good music of any genre influences me. And by good music I mean thoughtful, intelligent, and performed by talented artists. This supposedly rigid criteria generally omits most mainstream music. I am an awesome guitar player. I am a new father. I love metal. Diehard old school Megadeth and Metallica fan. I also love Leviathan. Type O Negative gets me going, too, which infuriates some of my more necro friends. The Twilight album with Xasthur and Leviathan and such has some good moments. Wolves in The Throne Room: yes, please. Virus and the VBE and Inferno and pretty much everything Czral does is cool. I also really like Shellac, Zeni Geva, The Jesus Lizard and basically anything Steve Albini produces or performs on. Om and Sleep rock really hard. Burning Witch and Sunn O))) and Boris are sweet. Final Fantasy Tactics on PS is a great game. Occupation: Dinner cook, prep cook, dishwasher, and professional mop attendant at www.piesandpints.com, Journalism student in limbo. Contributions to Avantgarde-Metal.com   .......................................................................................................................................................   Dominik Irtenkauf Origin: Münster, Germany Connex to music: Grown by extreme metal, then out-grown into classic rock and some underground turntablism, returned to metal and now writing as news editor for Legacy magazine (Germany). Really glad when being able to write on other musical styles as well. Discovery hasn't been finished yet. Connex to writing: Started with fanzines at the age of 12, then went over to poetry at the age of 18, quit because missed the metre, got into prose, published some books (one novel that doesn't reflect the evolution since, was written in 2005 and published in 2009) and now (2010-2011) evolved into essays because of black metal theory. Connex to metal music: Apart from journalism, serving as a member of Art Militia's Third Regiment for Hard Music and Literature which is international but actually based in Berlin. Reached so far the rank of a Corporal. http://www.artmilitia.org/ Connex to other interests: Avantgarde movements and occultism - thus founding member of the Orden fuer okkulte Kunst e.V. which is again located in Berlin with branches in Munich and the Neckar-Rhine delta. http://www.okkulte-kunst.de/ Then pretty much literature (philosophical essays, prose and poetry), but please don't bother me with theatre! More fond of the silent literature. Connex to AGM: Done an interview with Korovakill on their return to music and then Christof talked me into a series on black metal theory which I am happy to deliver. Contributions to Avantgarde-Metal.com   .......................................................................................................................................................   Åsa Septikemi Origin: Scania, Sweden All ears: Sarkom, Kongh, Orcustus, Enslaved, Coven, Furze, Origin, Ljå, Inquisition, Sunn O))), Aura noir, Gorgoroth, and so on and so forth ad absurdum... and White rabbit by Jefferson Airplane Enjoys: evolution and biology, weird tales, photography, oceans, arthropods and vertebrates One favorite quote out of many: Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. - E.A. Poe Contributions to Avantgarde-Metal.com   .......................................................................................................................................................   Polygon Settlement: Bamberg (Franconia/Germany) Possessed by: All kinds of dark, negative and lunatic soundscapes, especially: Elend, Phelios, Desiderii Marginis, Aborym, Korova (-kill), Tsatthoggua, Adversam, Arcturus, Polygon, Horna, Abigor and last but not least the mighty Lunar Aurora (R.I.P.) Houellebecq, Kleist, Kundera, Schlink Any kind of emotional and physical ecstasy Personal doom: The Umbersun Purpose in life: Sound-wizard of the German Black Metal collective Membaris. Searching for: A bracket to slow down Contributions to Avantgarde-Metal.com   .......................................................................................................................................................   Adam McAuley Origin: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (I currently reside in Sudbury, Ontario and have been most of my life) Musical Preferences: Thrash, traditional and death metal, progressive rock, some classic rock Top Metal Albums: Slayer - Reign in Blood Carcass - Necroticism: Descanting the Insalubrious Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind Metallica - Master of Puppets Enslaved - Vertebrae Entombed - Left Hand Path Megadeth - Rust in Peace Cynic - Focus ...and many others Other deviations: Writing, Reading, Playing video games, Some sports Contributions to Avantgarde-Metal.com   .......................................................................................................................................................   Can Baskent Origin: Istanbul, Turkey Lives: New York Why'd you need to know anything about me? Maybe, I don't exist at all. Just read what I had to say... canbaskent.net Contributions to Avantgarde-Metal.com   .......................................................................................................................................................   metal.de Contributions to Avantgarde-Metal.com   .......................................................................................................................................................   Kevin Reichel Origin: Some sleepy village, Germany Some of the bands I like most: Stolen Babies, Unexpect, Tactile Gemma, Atrox, Ayin Aleph (I prefer female singers!) Music: Everything that is different, unique and outstanding. Possessed by: All kinds of art like music, movies, photography, painting, poetry and writing. Everything that is extreme, extremely dark, extremely bright and so on... Always remember: Better fear a lover scorned! Contributions to Avantgarde-Metal.com   .......................................................................................................................................................   Jegger Origin: Austria Musical references: Musical Top 10 artists: 1. Hans Moser 2. Meshuggah 3. Peccatum 4. Genghis Tron 5. Camel 6. Necrophagist 7. Elend 8. Beneath the Massacre 9. Skitsystem 10. Karel Gott Other Deviations: Tristwood Thrives in: a car. Contributions to Avantgarde-Metal.com   .......................................................................................................................................................   SRB Headquarters: Fairbanks, Alaska Contributions to Avantgarde-Metal.com   .......................................................................................................................................................   C. L. Edwards Standing in: Simi Valley, CA Id: Musky autumn wind, open space, abandoned things, horizon ignition, taiga, lycanthropy, cold candleglow, sapphire heavens, lightless movement, eccentricity Hearing: Opeth, Ulver, Akercocke, Katatonia, Meshuggah, Blut Aus Nord, Virus, Ved Buens Ende, Enslaved, Dodheimsgard, Abigor, and many more fine institutions of sylvan alloy experiments Soundsmithing: Aurorum www.myspace.com/aurorum1 Contributions to Avantgarde-Metal.com   .......................................................................................................................................................   Jackson Interests: Science fiction, Buddha-nature, Dakinis, and the sounds of the universe. Favorite Genres: Black Metal, Dark Ambient, Religious Choir, Industrial, Psytrance. www.last.fm/user/jbsbbtk Contributions to Avantgarde-Metal.com   .......................................................................................................................................................   Maxwell Rock Here are what I does mang Smattering of My Top Albums: Windir - Arntor Diabolical Masquerade - Death's Design Bathory - Hammerheart Hirilorn - Legends of Evil and Eternal Death Brian Eno - Another Day on Earth, Ambient 1, Before and After Science Deathspell Omega - Fas Absu - Tara Burzum - Det Som Engang Var Mark Mothersbaugh - Muzik For Insomniaks Lykathea Aflame - Elvenfris Films: Wild Strawberries, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Possession (1981), Dead Alive, From Dusk Till Dawn, The Belly of an Architect, Fanny and Alexander, Rosemary's Baby, The Wages of Fear, The Life Aquatic, Spirited Away, Altered States, Ordet Also, I'm a writer/editor for www.grampspantheon.wordpress.com Contributions to Avantgarde-Metal.com   .......................................................................................................................................................   Holden location: Hungary into: - literature (especially the avantgarde pioneers like Paul Éluard, Vladimir Mayakovski, Apollinaire, Lajos Kassák and I adore also godlike writings of Kurt Vonnegut, George Orwell, J. D. Salinger, Albert Camus, Dezs? Tandori, etc.) - existentialism and other philosophical methods - weird music - life favourite quotations: -"What matters is not the size of the dog in the fight but the size of the fight in the dog" -"Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart." /Anne Frank - 1929-1945) Contributions to Avantgarde-Metal.com   .......................................................................................................................................................   Klearhos Origin: Athens, Greece, the birthplace of demonocracy Musical references: Beyond control. Post rock/metal/hardcore/crust, doom, intelligent BM, industrial, noise rock, avant garde, jazz, soul, funk, blues, etc. Literally everything genious, honest & crazy enough to stimulate devotion. Top 3 artists: Neurosis, Faith no more, Pink Floyd. Activities: bass in The Brightly Shining Sea www.myspace.com/thebbsea Other deviations: Cinema, reading, history, politics & philosophy, chess, soccer. Thrives in: Mainly the streets, but also in every concert the wallet may support. Contributions to Avantgarde-Metal.com   .......................................................................................................................................................   MvH Origin: Wiesbaden, Germany Favorite composers/bands: Ulver, Pan-Thy-Monium, Beethoven, Arcturus, Dissection, Tchaikovsky, Benoit Jutras (Cirque du Soleil), Enslaved, Woods of Ypres, Slayer and many more... Other deviations: Musician, Military History, Astronomy, Photography, Philosophy, Reading, Writing etc... One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see fine pictures, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Contributions to Avantgarde-Metal.com   .......................................................................................................................................................   Matthew Kinne Origin: Syracuse, NY, United States My Love: Caitlin, philosophy, early 90's deathmetal, basement blackmetal, puppies and kitties, and my music (Time Under Earth). My life would not be the same without metal. Metal has fostered within me a spirit of independance, and a desire for constant understanding. Through metal I find calm spirit, and an honest perspective that has always taken away the pain, fired up the synapses and brought out the center. Contributions to Avantgarde-Metal.com   .......................................................................................................................................................   mang tsze Origin: underground Reference: http://maddox.xmission.com Contributions to Avantgarde-Metal.com   .......................................................................................................................................................   Morchiant Origin: U.S. (New York City) Music: Some of my favorite bands of all time include Emperor, Metallica (the real early material), Iron Maiden, Enslaved, Lunar Aurora, Agalloch, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Celtic Frost, and more recently, Ruins of Beverast, Valborg, Triptykon, Wolves in the Throne Room. Authors: Some favorites include Cormac McCarthy, Ernest Hemingway, Tolkien, Lovecraft, Ray Bradbury, Dan Simmons, Stephen Baxter. Miscellaneous: Founding member and guitarist/vocalist/composer for Enmerkar, addicted to anything atmospheric, epic and dark, science geek, nature-lover. Contributions to Avantgarde-Metal.com   .......................................................................................................................................................   Andreas Müller From: South germany Music: Powermetal, Progressive Metal, Melodic Deathmetal, Symphonic Metal, Contemporary mixtures of Irish/Celtic and Popular Music (Enya, Celtic Woman), Classical Music Profession: Student of computational linguistics Other activities: Tenor vocals in various choirs, playing organ and keyboard, composing songs and instrumentals, writing poems, playing video games Contributions to Avantgarde-Metal.com   .......................................................................................................................................................   To the top