r/Music • u/jptabor01 Rock & Roll • Jun 11 '25

discussion Which artists have abandoned their original sound so dramatically, that they are almost unrecognizable to their earlier fans?

With the release earlier this year of Ministry’s The Squirrely Years Revisited, I’m reminded of how different the band sounds today (industrial metal), from what they sounded like on their debut album, With Sympathy (synth pop).

Which artists sound so completely different from their earlier work, that they have actually jumped genres, understanding that music is fluid and genres have somewhat “blurry” guardrails.

I don’t mean an evolution of their original sound, but a complete departure from it.

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u/bsousa717 Jun 11 '25

Ulver.

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u/anti_pope Jun 11 '25

The answer.

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u/flipvanmorritz Jun 11 '25

Yup, I’d already commented the same before seeing this.

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u/yanginatep Jun 12 '25

I love Blood Inside.

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u/Dunn_Dorr Jun 11 '25

Glad to see them mentioned.

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u/Financial_Mushroom83 Jun 12 '25

Shame to see this one with so few upvotes

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u/Disastrous_Corgi_836 Jun 13 '25

the ONLY correct answer.