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: OTEP - Avant Garde Metal :
Some think of Otep as Avant-garde Metal (art metal).
The term avant garde is generally applied to bands that try to achieve a
higher level of artistry and creative exploration, usually by way of the
fey and surreal. Whereas prog metal simply attempts more difficult
arrangements, the avant garde throws out the rule book altogether and
approaches composition with a fresh, or inventive outlook- complexity
isn't an issue, but wild creativity is. Avant garde metal tends to be
theatrical and melodramatic, attempting an infusion of art music,
impressionistic and disjointed arrangements, and metal. Avant garde is not
a genre, but a term that can be generally applied to any band of any genre
pushing the boundaries and composing from a truly original direction.