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Avant-rock pushes rock music beyond conventional boundaries through experimental composition, unconventional structures, and challenging sonic textures. It emerged from the intersection of rock's raw energy with avant-garde art music principles, embracing dissonance, improvisation, and progressive risk-taking. The tag captures music that maintains rock instrumentation while rejecting mainstream accessibility in favor of artistic exploration and innovation.
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1968 | The Red Krayola | God Bless the Red Krayola and All Who Sail With It |
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| 59 | 1977 | Archaïa | Archaïa |
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1978 | Frank Zappa | Meat Light: The Uncle Meat Project/Object |
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| 67 | 1980 | Ilitch | 10 Suicides |
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| 53 | 1981 | This Heat | Deceit |
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1981-05 | Frank Zappa | London Symphony Orchestra |
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1981-06 | The Raincoats | Odyshape | ||
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1984 | Thinking Plague | ...A Thinking Plague |
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1984 | Frank Zappa | London Symphony Orchestra Vol. 2 |
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1984 | Skeleton Crew | Learn to Talk |
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| 45 | 1984 | BENE GESSERIT | a high, happy, perverse and cynical cry of joy |
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| 90 | 1986 | Shub Niggurath | Les Morts Vont Vite |
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1987 | Thinking Plague | Moonsongs |
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| 74 | 1987 | Lubricated Goat | Plays The Devil's Music |
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| 17 | 1987 | Sun City Girls | Hatchet Rain |
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| 37 | 1987-11-04 | Zoogz Rift | Idiots on the Miniature Golf Course |
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| 36 | 1988-11-11 | Kalahari Surfers | Sleep Armed |
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1989 | The Wolfgang Press | kansas |
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| 97 | 1989 | Oxbow | Fuckfest |
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1990 | U Totem | U Totem |
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1990-11-12 | Ultra Vivid Scene | Special One |
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1991 | Frank Zappa | Grand Wazoo |
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1991 | Frank Zappa | London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. 1 |
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1992 | Ruins | Burning Stone |
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| 91 | 1993 | Sun City Girls | Kaliflower |
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| 95 | 1993 | Can | Radio Waves |
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1995-09-23 | Dog Bite | the owls and eyes |
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1995-11-07 | Ann Magnuson | The Luv Show |
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| 61 | 1996 | Swans | Failure / Animus |
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1996 | David Thomas And Two Pale Boys | Erewhon |
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1996-08-20 | The Flying Luttenbachers | Revenge |
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1998 | Metro Luminal | Sinus |
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1998-02-02 | Mark Hollis | Mark Hollis |
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| 35 | 1999 | Volcano the Bear | The Inhazer Decline |
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| 56 | 1999-02 | Spectrum & Silver Apples | A Lake Of Teardrops |
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1999-06-28 | Transient Waves | Sonic Narcotic |
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| 51 | 2000 | Thinking Plague | Early Plague Years |
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| 94 | 2000-10-23 | Fly Pan Am | Sédatifs en Fréquences et Sillons |
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2001 | Amon Düül II | Tanz der Lemminge [2002 Reissue] |
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| 46 | 2002 | Au | EP. 2008 |
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| 66 | 2003 | Upsilon Acrux | Volucris Avis Dirae-Arum |
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2003-10-21 | Kayo Dot | Choirs of the Eye |
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2004-03-20 | David Thomas And Two Pale Boys | 18 Monkeys On A Dead Man's Chest |
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2004-06-09 | A Beautiful Machine | Another Time Ep | ||
| 99 | 2004-08 | Clogs | Stick Music |
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| 44 | 2005 | PAK | Motel |
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2006 | Gutbucket | Sludge Test |
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| 42 | 2006-04 | Aidan Baker | Dog Fox Gone to Ground |
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| 84 | 2006-10-30 | Huntsville | For The Middle Class |
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| 43 | 2007 | Adam Gnade & Youthmovies | Honey Slides |
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2007 | Sun City Girls | Famous Asthma |
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2007 | Volcano the Bear | Amidst The Noise & Twigs |
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2007 | Volcano the Bear | Amidst The Noise And Twigs |
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2007-05-07 | Kobiety | Amnestia |
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2007-08-07 | People | Misbegotten Man |
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2007-11-01 | Barbagallo | Ego-God |
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2008 | Univers Zero | Univers Zero |
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2008 | Tribraco | Cracking The Whip |
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2008-02-14 | Atlas Sound | How I Escaped the Prison of Fractals |
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| 98 | 2008-04-03 | Extra Life | Secular Works |
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| 96 | 2008-05-06 | Kayo Dot | Blue Lambency Downward |
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| 26 | 2008-05-24 | The Owl Archimedes | Children of the Shortwave |
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2008-07 | Pere Ubu | The Long Goodbye |
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2008-09-25 | Telemetrics | 104.6 WTEL |
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| 92 | 2009 | chll pll | Aggressively Humble |
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2009 | Frank Zappa | Meat Light: The Uncle Meat Project / Object |
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2009 | Frank Zappa | London Symphony Orchestra Vol. 1 |
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2009-05-14 | maudlin of the Well | Part the Second |
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2009-06-17 | Our Subatomic Earth | Infinite |
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2009-09-03 | Narcoleptica | The Modular Explanation |
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2009-09-16 | Psychon | Slow Country for Old Men |
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2009-10-07 | Magical Unicellular Music | ca119 - Magical Unicellular Music - Monospring |
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2009-10-27 | M. Pyres | & New Past Tense |
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2010-01-01 | Aboombong | Amnemonic |
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2010-05-06 | Vladimir Bozar 'n' Ze Sheraf Orkëstar | Universal Sprache |
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| 100 | 2010-05-11 | Zs | New Slaves |
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2010-11-25 | Atlas Sound | 12/31/09 40 Watt Club - Athens, GA |
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2011-03-21 | Sejdman | Invisible Bells |
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| 58 | 2011-05-15 | the Picturesque Episodes | Cosmogenesis |
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2011-05-30 | Cults | split face EP |
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2011-09-12 | SWAPS | SWAPS |
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2012 | Fiium Shaarrk | No Fiction Now! |
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2012-01-29 | Testet ölt | Untitled |
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2012-03-07 | Hisko Detria | Static Raw Power Kraut (demo) |
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2012-07-04 | taras bul'ba | Amur |
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2012-08-27 | Guilty Strangers | Oracle |
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| 49 | 2013-02-27 | Aidan Baker & A-Sun Amissa | Scarpe Sensée |
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2013-06-11 | Cough Cool | beko_21 |
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2013-08-06 | Medicine | To The Happy Few |
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2013-09-13 | The Legendary Pink Dots | The Museum of Human Happiness |
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2014-01-27 | Innercity Ensemble | II |
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2014-10-28 | Medicine | Home Everywhere |
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2015-02 | The Legendary Pink Dots | Angel in the Detail |
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2016-02-22 | Jakob Juhkam | hh |
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2018-07-27 | This Heat | Live In Krefeld |
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2019-12-13 | Ataque Escampe | A alma |
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2022 | Zoviet France | The Decriminalization Of Country Music |
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| 8 | Frankie Dymon Jr. | Let It Out |
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| 10 | A Thinking Plague | a thinking plague |
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| 65 | Godspeed You Black Emperor! | Lift Your Skinny Fists... |
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