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- Post-metal is a music genre rooted in heavy metal but exploring approaches beyond metal conventions while being related to and similar to post-rock. It emerged in the 1990s with bands such as Neurosis and Godflesh, who transformed metal texture through experimental composition.
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Post-metal is a music genre rooted in heavy metal but exploring approaches beyond metal conventions while being related to and similar to post-rock. It emerged in the 1990s with bands such as Neurosis and Godflesh, who transformed metal texture through experimental composition.
- Neurosis – Through Silver in Blood
- Russian Circles – Enter
- Pelican – Australasia
- Isis – Oceanic
- Stand-Up Guy – in Fixation, Conspire
- Rosetta – The Galilean Satellites
- Cult of Luna – Salvation
- Battle of Mice – A Day of Nights
- Latitudes – Agonist
- Envy – A Dead Sinking Story
“I was drawn to Neurosis when I read that they started as a hardcore band back in the day and evolved their sound and craft by incorporating samples, keys, punishing riffs, a sometime dual-vocal assault, but always with a sense of melody. This album really expanded my mind as to how heavy music could make you feel.”
“Russian Circles dextrously compose some of the best dark/light moments ever committed to record. Their ability to move between the heaviest of riffs and bewitching melody is matched only by how competently the music is played. I picked Enteras this was my introduction to the band and definitely influenced my style in the early days of ASIWYFA.”
“Introduced to me by a mate in 2003, I instantly fell for this album and snapped up all their EPs and albums since. NightEndDay’s main riff strides along like some sort of behemoth – albeit one that will hug you instead of crush you to death – that’s equal measures murky and affable, seemingly without turning off the distortion. Highly recommended....
“I was a bit late to the Isis party but have since revisited their earlier recordings. For me, this gave the ‘scene’ a swift kick up the arse. Aaron Turner seems to have a knack of turning everything he touches to gold. What they did with Oceanic was re-inject some new life into the scene. The beginning and the end starts pretty much like you’d exp...
“First played to me by a friend in the late ‘90s, I became good friends with one of their guitar players and main songwriter, Ian Booth. Fra Daivalostarts with a sample of a telephone ringing before ripping your face off with one of my favourite riffs of all time. Bassist Philip Donnelly’s parts on all SUG recordings were superb and the vocal talen...
“A very brave debut double album from these young guys. The idea was that Disc 1 was the heavy side and Disc 2 was ambient tracks, and they should be played at the same time. Even without Disc 2 it sounds amazing.”
“I’d known of Cult Of Luna for a while, but Salvation was the first album that really grabbed my attention. The video for Leave Me Herereceived plenty of airtime and the album itself I thought was a turning point for the band. Upon listening, it feels like every single ounce of their being has been poured into this record and they’re not just going...
“Thought of as a kind of a ‘supergroup’ mainly due to Julie Christmas and Josh Graham. Christmas’ vocals range from timid schoolgirl to banshee wailing, and for me Sleep And Dreamis a perfect of example of everything that made them great.”
“Whilst not to everybody’s taste, they certainly tick all the ‘post-metal’ boxes, but have definitely managed to not just sound like their influences. Utilising haunting vocals and keyboards, sledgehammer guitar and drums, it’s a great debut LP from this London-based band.”
“Often overlooked, and again like some of the bands on this list they’re not strictly ‘post-metal’ per se, this album is an unreal mix of all that is ‘post-everything.’ These guys are unbelievable live and should not be missed at any cost. If you have never listened to this band and you like heavy guitars, beautifully subtle moments, interspersed w...
- Luke Morton
- Neurosis. Through Silver In Blood. (Relapse/Release, 1996) The daddy. Through Silver In Blood was one of the first post-metal albums, and remains one of the most influential.
- Kayo Dot. Choirs of the Eye. (Tzadik, 2003) The incredibly talented Kayo Dot have always sounded like outsiders. Led by musical polymath Toby Driver, and formed from the ashes of prog-ish outfit Maudlin Of The Well, the band released their ear-opening debut Choirs of the Eye on the label owned by improv jazz supremo – and post-everything svengali – John Zorn.
- Mare. (Hydra Head, 2004) Emerging from pretty much nowhere and returning almost as quickly, Mare were the ultimate short, sharp shock. Very much a Hydra Head band, they shared musical DNA with the likes of Cave In, Harkonnen and Botch, coming from thrashy, hardcore backgrounds but exploding in all kinds of different rock directions.
- Nadja. Touched. (Alien8 Recordings, 2007) Touched is the Loveless of the Sunn O))) generation. Opener ‘Mutagen’, a quarter-hour trip into a layered fuzz void, sets the tone.
Aug 4, 2016 · Drawing influence from the pioneers from the past as well as visionaries from other schools of music, the current crop of post-metal bands have the challenge of writing music that isn’t too familiar, while injecting new variables to wow jaded listeners.
- Jon Wiederhorn
Feb 13, 2020 · John Haughm’s vocals echo the swinging of the tone, changing between deep-rumbling growls and Stone Roses-esque singing. Fiercely experimental, but fluid as a singular work, The Mantle became the blueprint for bands drawn by the dark heart and the dazzling light of this post-black metal scene.
- David Keevill
Mar 14, 2019 · The term post-metal includes everything from black metal, progressive, folk and doom to shoegaze and other non-metal concepts. Here you can find my brief intro to post-metal. Let’s start exploring the 10 best post-metal albums. Alcest – Les voyages de l’âme (2012)
Post-metal is a mixture of post-rock and heavy metal, with elements of shoegaze, industrial metal and sludge. It is broadly characterized by distorted guitar, atmospherics, gradual evolution of song structure and a minimal emphasis on vocals.
