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atmospheric metal

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Atmospheric metal emphasizes mood and texture over aggression, layering ethereal soundscapes with heavy instrumentation to create immersive sonic environments. Drawing from doom, progressive, and gothic metal traditions, it often incorporates ambient passages, melancholic melodies, and spacious production that evokes introspection and emotional depth. The style prioritizes atmosphere and feeling, using metal's intensity as one element within broader, cinematic compositions.

100 chronological releases

Place Cover Date Artist Album Tags Other places
26 1994-10-21 The 3rd and the Mortal Tears Laid in Earth
66 1995-05-23 Decoryah Wisdom Floats
100 Cover for Mandylion 1995-08-28 The Gathering Mandylion
59 Cover for Minas Morgul 1995-10-16 Summoning Minas Morgul
53 Cover for Nano EP 1996 Mera Nano EP
39 1997-03 Agalloch From Which of This Oak
98 Cover for Nighttime Birds 1997-05-15 The Gathering Nighttime Birds
56 1999 Aesma Daeva Here Lies One whose Name was Written in Water
14 2000-10-25 Devin Townsend Physicist
71 Cover for Jonah Hex 2001 Mastodon Jonah Hex
94 2001 On Thorns I Lay Angeldust
64 Cover for Winds Blow Higher 2001-11 Sleepless Winds Blow Higher
68 Cover for The Mantle 2002-08-13 Agalloch The Mantle
77 Cover for Red Shift 2002-10-21 Asgaroth Red Shift
93 2003-01-14 On Thorns I Lay Egocentric
1 Cover for Accelerated Evolution 2003-03-31 The Devin Townsend Band Accelerated Evolution
8 2003-05-15 The Angelic Process Coma Waering
73 2003-05-26 Blazing Eternity A World to Drown In
28 2003-06-17 Green Carnation A Blessing in Disguise
60 2003-10-13 Darkspace Dark Space I
22 Cover for Salvation 2004-10-04 Cult of Luna Salvation
75 2005-08 Epiclore Into Demise and Victory
89 2005-09-19 Arcturus Sideshow Symphonies
54 2005-11-19 Darkspace Dark Space II
44 2006-01-23 The Devin Townsend Band Synchestra
36 Cover for soБЫТИЕ (evENT) 2006-02-16 Muhmood soБЫТИЕ (evENT)
91 2006-04-10 The Angelic Process Sigh
19 2006-04-30 Dolorian Voidwards
99 2006-08-08 Agalloch Ashes Against the Grain
37 2007-05-15 The Angelic Process Weighing Souls With Sand
9 Cover for Naked Loneliness 2008 Muhmood Naked Loneliness
17 Cover for Presence.[exe] 2008 Muhmood Presence.[exe]
24 Cover for Temples Forlorn 2008 Temple Of Abraxas Temples Forlorn
48 Cover for Ascent vol. 1 2008 Black Bile Ascent vol. 1
13 2008-05-30 Darkspace Dark Space III
74 Cover for Plague of Butterflies 2008-09-23 Swallow the Sun Plague of Butterflies
43 2008-10-20 Tronus Abyss Vuoto Spazio Trionfo
12 Cover for When Nostalgia Embraces My Soul... 2009 Betray-Ed When Nostalgia Embraces My Soul...
45 Cover for Dreamful Slumber 2009 Betray-Ed Dreamful Slumber
67 Cover for An Everlasting Drift 2009 Betray-Ed An Everlasting Drift
20 2009-03-23 My Dying Bride For Lies I Sire
23 Cover for Wyllt 2009-04-20 Black Math Horseman Wyllt
81 2009-05-22 Devin Townsend Project Ki
52 2009-08-10 Sorrowful Angels Ship In Your Trip
25 2009-11-04 Swallow the Sun New Moon
97 2010 NAÏVE The End
95 Cover for The Great Fleet of Echoes 2010-01-01 Throes of Dawn The Great Fleet of Echoes
55 Cover for Tyhjyys 2010-01-11 Tyhjyys Tyhjyys
88 2010-03-01 Exilym No More Freedom
40 2010-03-26 Alcest Écailles de lune
31 Cover for Chronoscapes 2010-03 Locrian Chronoscapes
7 Cover for Forsaken Fairytales 2010-05-17 Betray-Ed Forsaken Fairytales
58 Cover for Woods of Eternity 2010-05-17 Betray-Ed Woods of Eternity
29 2010-07-23 Circle of Silence 2.0
78 Cover for Crimea 2010-07-24 We Lost the Sea Crimea
86 2010-09-22 The Man-Eating Tree Vine
34 Cover for I die, therefore I am. 2010-11-12 Morito Ergo Sum I die, therefore I am.
38 Cover for Katabasis 2011 Katabasis Katabasis
57 Cover for CABALE 2011 Dylath-Leen CABALE
76 2011-02-01 Windmills by the Ocean II
96 2011-02-14 Ava Inferi Onyx
82 2011-04-11 1000 Funerals Butterfly Decadence
79 2011-04-15 Lento Icon
87 2011-04-29 Lake of Tears Illwill
32 Cover for scarcity 2011-05-03 Miasme scarcity
85 Cover for Where Distant Spirits Remain 2011-09-26 Falloch Where Distant Spirits Remain
49 Cover for Metal Effect 2011-12-02 Little V Metal Effect
63 Cover for 5773 2012-02-01 Miasme 5773
50 Cover for Refract The Fears 2012-04-13 Jointstereo Refract The Fears
65 Cover for From One Day To Another 2012-05-05 A Light In The Dark From One Day To Another
92 Cover for I Ejaculate Fire 2012-09-04 Dethklok I Ejaculate Fire
5 Cover for Frozen Forest 2013 Forgotten Deity Frozen Forest
46 Cover for Harvest 2013 Trauma Field Harvest
3 Cover for Collapse 2013-04-07 Universal Theory Collapse
84 2013-09-30 Monolithe Monolithe IV
62 Cover for Like we're all equal again 2013-12-06 Fleshworld Like we're all equal again
4 Cover for Call Of The Wild 2014 Forgotten Deity Call Of The Wild
51 2014-05-30 Svartna Long Time Lost
27 Cover for Elend 2014-06-25 Suðri Elend
47 Cover for Music into the Void 2014-09-11 Karma Rassa Music into the Void
61 Cover for Zeng 2015 Perihelion Zeng
10 Cover for While Investigating the Coffin of My Ghostly Beloved...I Found this Lost Recollection 2015-05-05 A Bleeding Star While Investigating the Coffin of My Ghostly Beloved...I Found this Lost Recollection
35 Cover for Grim's Forgotten Ghost Ridden Transmissions of Past Indecisions & Post Apparitions 2015-05-05 A Bleeding Star Grim's Forgotten Ghost Ridden Transmissions of Past Indecisions & Post Apparitions
83 Cover for The Triumph Of Ruin 2016-01-29 The Howling Void The Triumph Of Ruin
72 Cover for If it is True What the Prophets write 2017-11-13 Cisza If it is True What the Prophets write
69 Cover for Helion 2018-01-10 Vexes Helion
11 Cover for Lift 2018-02-23 Vexes Lift
70 Cover for Versions 2018-02-23 Vexes Versions
90 Cover for ancient geometry 2018-02-23 Vexes ancient geometry
15 Cover for God Emperor 2018-03-14 Imperium God Emperor
2 Cover for Tonight...I Want to Carve Stars in this Cityscar'd Sky...With the Blood from My Eyes 2019-09-13 A Bleeding Star Tonight...I Want to Carve Stars in this Cityscar'd Sky...With the Blood from My Eyes
18 Cover for Evoke.Contrast.Evolve 2020 Escaping Aghartha Evoke.Contrast.Evolve
30 Cover for Sorrow, My Home 2020-04-17 Decrescent Sorrow, My Home
33 Cover for Omega of Microcosmos 2020-05-15 Kangeheet Omega of Microcosmos
16 Cover for Mare Vetus 2020-11-06 Tru'nembra Mare Vetus
21 Cover for Hearts of the Hollow 2021-11-26 Gurthang Hearts of the Hollow
41 Cover for When the Darkness Comes Ieschure When the Darkness Comes
6 Derisum Entering The Flames Of The Ancient Gods
42 Cover for Samaya Inner Shrine Samaya
80 Múr Múr