Extreme and Progressive

Extreme

Extreme adjective - Most distant from a center.

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Progressive and extreme are semantically related in radical topic. In some cases you can use "Progressive" instead an adjective "Extreme".

Progressive adjective - Not bound by traditional ways or beliefs.

Usage example: a socially progressive community, it was the first to provide for the public education of girls

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Extreme and progressive are semantically related in radical topic. Sometimes you can use "Extreme" instead an adjective "Progressive".

great	great extreme	great progressive
strange	strange extreme	strange progressive

Consider "The Lair of Purity" by Augury and "The Lotus Eater" by Opeth by way of example: are these songs brutalising extreme metal, or are they lighter and gentler progressive metal?

Source: Mohs Scale of Rock and Metal Hardness
It's too extreme for rock either and is usually categorized under avant garde or progressive rock.

Source: Music / Trout Mask Replica
A fairly extreme example, Pain of Salvation is a fairly dark and brooding progressive metal band, with huge spiralling concept albums about the existence of God and a fair bit of deep introspection.

Source: Gratuitous Disco Sequence

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