Diminishing Between Worlds and Polarity were more melodic and sounded like Death and Cynic and whatnot, but their debut, ...and Time Begins, was very similar to FgA.

---

If you are a false, don't entry, or you'll be burned and died!

One of my Favorite experimental band is Ephel Duath. A strange stuff between Jazz, Hardcore and Thrash, The painter's Palette album is simply awesome !

---

Vivre a travers la musique , vous savez ce que c'est ?

 
That is such a vague description... If you use that description for avante-garde, then that Means just about EVERYTHING is avant-garde in its own way, and there for Nothing is avant-garde. Wiki may be good for some things, but some of those descriptions are a little vague...
Anywho, if anyone is interested in avante-gardish/doom stuff, Southern Lord records is chock-full of it. Here's a list of bands from the label, you can't go wrong with most of 'em:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Lord

---

I do album art for bands! Send me a Message or email [email protected] for more info. My website: http://curtisbotham.weebly.com/

Drone isn't really avant-garde but there's some okay bands on Southern Lord nonetheless.

---

If you are a false, don't entry, or you'll be burned and died!

How come no one mentioned Arcturus yet?

---

hmmm? yeah, they are a seriously popular band. But I just find their music really hard to get into

---

I remember having fun once, it was terrible...

...and this is a bad thing why? If you want music that's easy to get into, why do you listen to metal?

---

If you are a false, don't entry, or you'll be burned and died!

There's actually metal that is harder to get into than others. For example Judas Priest or more centemporary Volbeat is more digestable than for example Sun o))), Arcturus or Ackercocke. Even metalheads have bands that they call 'hard to get into'. It's not a shame, it varies from person to person. You can have a Black metaller that doesn't get into Terrorizer or somebody who just can't get Mayhem ,for example but that doesn't make that metalhead not worthy.

 
its not a bad thing at all?

---

I remember having fun once, it was terrible...

I like catchy metal and i'm not afraid to admit it.   'Catchy' is also a compliment if it's coming from me, but I don't mean mindless/boring stuff that repeats itself over and over like pop/dance music.
 
You just don't like the idea of metal bands being popular/mainstream. and a lot of people listening to it, Enigmatick. You might just want to feel special, in a non-cute douchy metal elitist way...

---

When in Danger or in doubt,
Run in circles, Scream and shout.