Avantgarde Music is an Italian record label, formed as a continuation of Obscure Plasma Records, focusing on black and

doom metal Doom metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music that typically uses slower tempos, low-tuned guitars and a much "thicker" or "heavier" sound than other heavy metal genres.K. Kahn-Harris, ''Extreme Metal: Music and Culture on the Edge'' ...

artists. The label had a sub-label called Wounded Love Records, which has released albums by Dolorian and Taake. A new sub-label, Flowing Downward, had been founded in 2018, specializing in

atmospheric black metal Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, a shrieking vocal style, heavily distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, raw (lo-fi) recording, unconventional song structures, and an emphas ...

bands specifically. Avantgarde Music's first release was the 1994 funeral doom classic ''

Stream from the Heavens ''Stream from the Heavens'' is the only studio album by Finnish doom metal band Thergothon. It was recorded in late 1992 and released after many delays on June 15, 1994 through the Italian record label Avantgarde Music. The band had eventually dis ...

'' by

Thergothon Thergothon was a Finnish doom metal band which lasted from 1990 until 1993 and pioneered the funeral doom subgenre. They only released one demo, ''Fhtagn nagh Yog-Sothoth'' (1991), and one album, '' Stream from the Heavens'' (1994). Their sound ...

. The label has since signed many well-known black, death and doom metal bands such as

Behemoth Behemoth (; he, בְּהֵמוֹת, ''bəhēmōṯ'') is a beast from the biblical Book of Job, and is a form of the primeval chaos-monster created by God at the beginning of creation; he is paired with the other chaos-monster, Leviathan, and ...

, Carpathian Forest,

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and

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Bands

* Abigor *Ad Hominem *Alternative 4 *Ancient Wisdom *Ashbringer * Astarte *

Azaghal Azaghal may refer to: * Azaghâl, a fictional dwarf in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth writings * Azaghal (band) Azaghal is a Finnish black metal band, currently signed to Moribund Records. They were established in 1995. History Azaghal was fo ...

*Beatrik *

* Carpathian Forest * Dark Sanctuary * Darkspace * Death SS *

Den Saakaldte Den Saakaldte is a Norwegian black metal supergroup, founded in 2006 by Mikael Sykelig, featuring members of Shining, 1349 and Dødheimsgard, among others.No Sign of Life DistributioNewsretrieved 21 September 2008. It takes its name from a song ...

Diabolical Masquerade Diabolical Masquerade was a Swedish one-man black metal band with progressive influences. The band was formed in 1993 in Stockholm as side project of Anders Nyström (aka Blakkheim), known for his work as the guitarist of Katatonia. History Dia ...

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* Dødheimsgard * Dolorian *Downfall of Nur *Drought *Dzö-nga *Enochian Crescent *Eternity * Evoken * Forgotten Tomb *Godkiller *Grey *Great Cold Emptiness * Katatonia * Kauan * Keep of Kalessin * Laburinthos *

Lifelover Lifelover was a Swedish music group, formed in 2005 by Jonas Bergqvist and Kim Carlsson in Stockholm. Following six years of activity the group split up in September 2011 after the death of Bergqvist, as he was the lead composer and one of Lifel ...

*Mesarthim *

Mortuary Drape Mortuary Drape is an Italian black metal band formed in the 1980s. They have released five LPs. Discography * ''Necromancy'' (demo Demo, usually short for demonstration, may refer to: Music and film *Demo (music), a song typically recorded f ...

*Mysticum *

Necrodeath Necrodeath is an Italian extreme metal band from Liguria. It is one of the first extreme metal bands originating in Italy. They take inspiration from Slayer, Dark Angel, Possessed, Venom, Kreator, Celtic Frost, Bathory and Sodom. The band is a ...

*Nehëmah *Nocternity *Nocturnal Depression * Nortt *

Novembers Doom Novembers Doom is an American death-doom band from Chicago, currently signed to Prophecy Productions. Along with Evoken and Rigor Sardonicous, Novembers Doom is one of the earliest American death-doom bands still active today. History Formati ...

* Obtained Enslavement * Opera IX *

Pan.Thy.Monium Pan.Thy.Monium was a Swedish avant-garde metal band formed and led by Dan Swanö with several members from another project of his, Edge of Sanity. The group disbanded in 1996, after recording ''Khaooohs and Kon-Fus-Ion''. The band wanted this la ...

*Saor *

Shade Empire Shade Empire is a Finnish symphonic black metal band, formed in 1999 in the city of Kuopio. Shade Empire's prevalent lyrical subjects are death, destruction, hatred, anti-religion and pain. The music on their first three official full-length ...

* Shining *Sojourner * Solefald *Sordide * Taake *

This Empty Flow This Empty Flow was a Finnish band formed in Turku in 1994. Founded by Jori Sjöroos and Niko Sirkiä, who were also the founding members of Thergothon, a Finnish band known for pioneering the funeral doom metal subgenre Genre () is any for ...

Throes of Dawn Throes of Dawn is a Finnish metal band. The group formed in 1994 by Henri Koivula (vocals) and Jani Heinola (synth). The band has been known as emotional dark metal. The band's sound is built on the combination of synths and guitars, laced with c ...

* Tormentor * Towards Darkness *

Ulver Ulver (Norwegian for "wolves") is a Norwegian experimental electronica band founded in 1993, by vocalist Kristoffer Rygg. Their early works, such as debut album '' Bergtatt'', were categorised as folklore-influenced black metal, but the band h ...

Vials of Wrath Vials of Wrath are an American Christian metal band, who play a mixture of unblack metal and death metal music, with one member Dempsey "DC" Woodrow Mills Jr. He is from Princeton, West Virginia, however the band was formed in 2011 in Charlotte, ...

* Windfaerer * Winds * Wode * Wolvencrown * Wyrd

References

* https://avantgardemusic.bandcamp.com/

External links

Official websiteAvantgarde Music
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