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Artist
Avarus
12+ albums
deathcoredronefinnishexperimentalfree folk
about
There is more than one artist with this name, including: 1) Avarus is a Finish psychedelic-folk band formed in Tampere in 2001. 2) Avarus was a British death metal band formed in Exeter in 2007. The band split in 2011. 1) Avarus is a Finish psychedelic-folk band formed in Tampere in 2001. They are considered to be the most important group of the finnish free-folk scene. Most of them were members of bands Anaksimandros and Pylon. After that our group has gotten larger and looser, but the spirit is still the same. People have come from other groups like Kiila, Munuaissymposium 1960 and Kemialliset Ystävät. The borders between the bands are sometimes quite loose. There are about 10 core members in Avarus in three different cities, and the number of occasional members is 10-20. But it's not at all important to know who's playing and when. It's about a collective sound, a play or a game. Avarus's sound is primitive, child-like, joyous and free. They play long improvisations, from which they choose the most listenable parts for the records. Live shows also contain the searching-for-the-sweet parts. Music changes a lot, because it's not about trying to sound like something, but just playing how they feel like playing and it changes all the time. That's why one day they may sound like a duck sucking an empty playmobile pack when another day they are closer to angels accidentally re-inventing sport rock. The playing for them is about giving themselves completely to the stream of s
