My induction into experimental music and avant-garde was pretty gradual. I began listening to progressive music such as Rush, Dream Theater, and An Endless Sporadic. From there I more or less "trickled" my way into different subgenres of metal. I began listening to "out-there" bands like Guilt Machine, Therion, and Diablo Swing Orchestra somewhere along the way. I didn't really start actively listening to avant-garde until I found Blotted Science and Sleepytime Gorilla Museum by mistake, which managed to completely break my view of music in such a way that it could never be repaired. Since then I've been far more receptive to experimental stuff.
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