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post-black metal

Last updated: Sat Oct 25 2025 06:33:28 GMT+0300 (Eastern European Summer Time)

Description

Post-black metal emerged in the 2000s by blending black metal's raw intensity with shoegaze, post-rock, and ambient influences. The genre retains tremolo-picked guitars and blast beats while incorporating atmospheric textures, melodic passages, and themes beyond traditional black metal's darkness. It appeals to listeners seeking emotional depth and sonic experimentation within extreme music.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
26		1995	Ved Buens Ende	Written In Waters	black metal progressive metal	avant-garde metal # 10
64		1995	Azis	Sen Trope	blackgaze depressive black metal depressive suicidal black metal post-black metal rabm suicidal black metal	depressive black metal # 21 blackgaze # 46 suicidal black metal # 77 depressive suicidal black metal # 82 rabm # 90
89		2005-12-30	Sólstafir	Masterpiece of Bitterness	post-black metal progressive metal
37		2007-12-22	Blutklinge	Reflection of a Bleak Mind	atmospheric black metal black metal depressive black metal post-black metal
49		2008-09-15	Wedard	Wo Die Ewigkeit Die Zeit Berührt	atmospheric black metal depressive black metal post-black metal post-rock	depressive black metal # 1
14		2008-11	Black Autumn	Rivers Of Dead Leaves	black metal doom metal post-black metal
85		2009-02-21	Sólstafir	Köld	post-metal post-black metal progressive metal	sludge # 2 post-metal # 61
6		2009-09-01	Insane Clown Posse	Bang! Pow! Boom!	brutal death metal brutal deathcore deathcore deathgrind goregrind moshcore nsbm	powerviolence # 19 beatdown hardcore # 43 nsbm # 46 goregrind # 53 raw black metal # 54 suicidal black metal # 54 cybergrind # 61 depressive suicidal black metal # 64 rac # 68 gothic doom metal # 68 harsh noise # 68 brutal deathcore # 69 real screamo # 69 true norwegian black metal # 74 speedcore # 77 drone metal # 79 moshcore # 79 deathgrind # 85 true metal # 86 sludgecore # 86 true black metal # 86 porngrind # 90 black doom metal # 91 hatecore # 92
73		2009-09-09	Soliness	The World Comes To An End In The End Of A Journey	blackgaze depressive black metal german post-black metal post-metal post-rock	depressive black metal # 28 blackgaze # 50
4		2010-01-28	Angst Skvadron	Sweet Poison	post-black metal
28		2010-03-22	Justin Bieber	My Worlds	goregrind	beatdown hardcore # 22 suicidal black metal # 37 nsbm # 39 cybergrind # 46 brutal deathcore # 49 harsh noise # 50 gothic doom metal # 52 real screamo # 52 deathgrind # 56 depressive suicidal black metal # 57 moshcore # 62 true norwegian black metal # 66 raw black metal # 73 rac # 75 true black metal # 75 sludgecore # 76 black doom metal # 79 true metal # 79 goregrind # 81 porngrind # 83 speedcore # 83 hatecore # 86 drone metal # 98
17		2010-04-16	Svarti Loghin	Drifting Through The Void	atmospheric black metal depressive black metal post-black metal shoegaze
59		2010-05	Apati	Morgondagen inställd i brist på intresse	depressive black metal	depressive rock # 86 depressive black metal # 88
98		2010-06-01	Deafheaven	Demo	post-black metal black metal	experimental black metal # 29 atmospheric black metal # 49
47		2010-11-15	Solefald	Norrøn Livskunst	avant-garde metal black metal post-black metal progressive metal	avant-garde metal # 12
68		2010-11-23	Agalloch	Marrow of the Spirit	atmospheric black metal black metal	folk metal # 25 black metal # 64 atmospheric black metal # 96
21		2011-01-01	Sun Devoured Earth	Good Memories Are The Hardest To Keep	black metal post-black metal post-rock shoegaze
46		2011-02-03	Mamaleek	Kurdaitcha	black metal experimental black metal post-black metal	experimental black metal # 96
75		2011-04-22	Forgotten Tomb	Under Saturn Retrograde	black metal gothic metal post-black metal
44		2011-04-25	Altar of Plagues	Mammal	atmospheric black metal	atmospheric black metal # 65
31		2011-04-26	Deafheaven	Roads to Judah	atmospheric black metal black metal	black metal # 2 blackgaze # 36 atmospheric black metal # 97
81		2011-05-20	Peste Noire	L'Ordure à l'état Pur	avant-garde black metal post-black metal	french black metal # 53 avant-garde black metal # 100
52		2011-06-04	Psychonaut 4	40%	black metal depressive suicidal black metal post-black metal	depressive suicidal black metal # 75
93		2011-10-28	Lantlôs	Agape	post-black metal black metal
70		2012-01-06	Alcest	Les voyages de l'Âme	shoegaze	shoegaze # 44 blackgaze # 87
11		2012-02-28	культура курения	Рвота	black metal depressive black metal post-black metal post-punk russian
36		2012-03-12	Germ	Wish	avant-garde metal post-black metal
65		2012-04-27	The Great Old Ones	Al Azif	post-black metal
76		2012-05-10	Downfall of Gaia	Suffocating In The Swarm Of Cranes	atmospheric black metal german post-black metal post-metal
12		2012-06-09	Furia	Marzannie, Krolowej Polski
91		2012-09-21	Blut aus Nord	777 - Cosmosophy	atmospheric black metal post-black metal	avant-garde metal # 32 atmospheric black metal # 77 industrial black metal # 83
9		2012-09-29	Celephaïs	Tir n'a n'Og	instrumental post-black metal post-rock
84		2012-10-23	Harakiri for the Sky	Harakiri for the Sky	post-black metal
57		2013-01-15	Dreariness	My Mind is too Weak to Forget	blackgaze post-black metal	blackgaze # 43
15		2013-01-24	Hope Drone	Hope Drone	post-black metal
38		2013-02-01	Agrypnie	Aetas Cineris	black metal metal post-black metal
50		2013-02-17	Ash Borer	Bloodlands	atmospheric black metal post-black metal
54		2013-02-28	Entropia	Vesper	post-black metal post-metal
13		2013-04-13	Altar of Plagues	Teethed Glory and Injury	black metal atmospheric black metal	atmospheric black metal # 17
100		2013-05-28	Deafheaven	Sunbather	blackgaze	post-metal # 21 black metal # 60 blackgaze # 100
33		2013-09-03	Vattnet Viskar	Sky Swallower	ambient ambient black metal atmospheric black metal black metal post-black metal post-metal	ambient black metal # 71
3		2013-09-04	Satyricon	Satyricon	black metal
20		2013-10-15	Castevet	Obsian	black metal post-black metal
80		2013-11-04	Germ	Grief	blackgaze depressive black metal post-black metal	depressive black metal # 41 blackgaze # 57
82		2014-02-04	Ghost Bath	Funeral	blackgaze depressive black metal depressive suicidal black metal post-black metal suicidal black metal	depressive black metal # 43 blackgaze # 59 suicidal black metal # 86 depressive suicidal black metal # 90
78		2014-04-16	The Great Old Ones	Tekeli-li	post-black metal
86		2014-04-21	Harakiri for the Sky	Aokigahara	post-black metal melodic black metal	melodic black metal # 34
69		2014-08-25	Deafheaven	From the Kettle Onto the Coil	blackgaze	blackgaze # 92
48		2014-08-29	Sólstafir	Ótta	post-rock
63		2014-11-18	Fen	Carrion Skies	atmospheric black metal post-black metal progressive black metal	progressive black metal # 66
19		2015	Pyramids	A Northern Meadow	post-black metal post-rock shoegaze
53		2015	Svalbard	One Day All This Will End	female vocalists hardcore melodic hardcore metal post-black metal
71		2015-02-23	An Autumn for Crippled Children	The Long Goodbye	post-black metal shoegaze
96		2015-04-10	Ghost Bath	Moonlover	blackgaze depressive black metal depressive suicidal black metal post-black metal suicidal black metal	blackgaze # 90 depressive black metal # 90 suicidal black metal # 96 depressive suicidal black metal # 96
62		2015-04-14	Bosse-de-Nage	All Fours	post-black metal
87		2015-08-21	Myrkur	M (Deluxe Version)	atmospheric black metal black metal post-black metal	atmospheric black metal # 38
94		2015-10-02	Deafheaven	New Bermuda	black metal blackgaze	black metal # 81 blackgaze # 93
16		2015-10-11	Hypothermia	Självdestruktivitet född av monotona tankegångar III	depressive black metal post-black metal post-metal post-rock
83		2016-01-31	Violet Cold	Magic Night	atmospheric black metal blackgaze instrumental post-black metal post-metal	blackgaze # 61
34		2016-03-01	An Autumn for Crippled Children	Eternal	atmospheric black metal black metal post-black metal
51		2016-05-13	Thränenkind	King Apathy	blackgaze post-black metal	blackgaze # 32
90		2016-07-22	Numenorean	Home	atmospheric black metal black metal blackgaze post-black metal	atmospheric black metal # 44 blackgaze # 77
58		2016-09-30	Oathbreaker	Rheia	blackgaze black metal	blackgaze # 91
92		2016-09-30	Alcest	Kodama	shoegaze blackgaze	shoegaze # 30 blackgaze # 97
72		2016-11-11	Downfall of Gaia	Atrophy	post-black metal
23		2016-11-14	Karg	Weltenasche	post-black metal
18		2017	Satyricon	Deep Calleth Upon Deep	black metal
8		2017-01-09	Laster	Ons Vrije Fatum	atmospheric black metal avant-garde black metal black metal blackgaze experimental black metal post-black metal progressive black metal	progressive black metal # 32 avant-garde black metal # 76 experimental black metal # 93
2		2017-01-11	ROSK	MIASMA	ambient atmospheric black metal black metal blackgaze doom metal post-black metal post-metal post-rock
1		2017-01-27	The Great Old Ones	EOD: A Tale Of Dark Legacy	atmospheric black metal atmospheric sludge metal black metal post-black metal	atmospheric sludge metal # 61
35		2017-01-27	Au Champ Des Morts	Dans La Joie	atmospheric black metal black metal post-black metal
25		2017-02-17	Mord'A'Stigmata	Hope	black metal polish black metal post-black metal	polish black metal # 80
56		2017-03-31	Falls of Rauros	Vigilance Perennial	atmospheric black metal black metal folk folk metal post-black metal progressive metal
43		2017-04-21	Ghost Bath	Starmourner	depressive suicidal black metal blackgaze depressive black metal post-black metal suicidal black metal	blackgaze # 24 suicidal black metal # 67 depressive suicidal black metal # 71
39		2017-05-19	Au-Dessus	End of Chapter	post-black metal
66		2017-09-01	svrm	Rozpad	post-black metal
95		2017-10-27	Cory Asbury	Reckless Love	atmospheric black metal black noise blackgaze death industrial deathcore nsbm post-black metal screamo	deathcore # 14 screamo # 21 atmospheric black metal # 66 nsbm # 68 blackgaze # 84 black noise # 98 death industrial # 98
22		2018	Totalselfhatred	Solitude	depressive black metal	depressive black metal # 40
97		2018	Harakiri for the Sky	Arson	post-black metal	blackgaze # 25 austria # 91
30		2018-05-05	An Autumn for Crippled Children	The Light Of September	post-black metal shoegaze
40		2018-05-25	Svalbard	It's Hard To Have Hope	hardcore female vocalists melodic hardcore metal post-black metal
27		2018-06-18	Mesarthim	The Density Parameter	ambient ambient black metal atmospheric black metal australia black metal post-black metal	australia # 54 ambient black metal # 68
41		2018-07-13	Deafheaven	Ordinary Corrupt Human Love	post-metal blackgaze	blackgaze # 94 post-metal # 97
42		2018-07-27	Bonjour Tristesse	Your Ultimate Urban Nightmare	depressive black metal post-black metal	depressive black metal # 25
61		2018-08-02	Skyforest	Harmony	acoustic atmospheric black metal folk post-black metal post-rock
60		2018-11-16	Karg	Dornenvögel	post-black metal
99		2018-12-07	Myrkur	Två Konungabarn	blackgaze post-black metal	blackgaze # 96
67		2019-03-29	Ultar	Pantheon MMXIX	atmospheric black metal black metal post-black metal russian black metal	russian black metal # 96
24		2019-04-12	Numenorean	Adore		blackgaze # 3
79		2019-11-29	Ofdrykkja	Gryningsvisor	folk metal post-black metal
88		2020-09-25	Svalbard	When I Die, Will I Get Better?
32		2021-05-21	Odraza	Acedia	black metal dark ambient post-black metal
45		2021-09-03	Trna	Istok	post-black metal
74		2021-10-29	Ghost Bath	Self Loather	blackgaze depressive black metal depressive suicidal black metal post-black metal suicidal black metal	depressive black metal # 35 blackgaze # 54 suicidal black metal # 83 depressive suicidal black metal # 87
29		2023-04-21	Predatory Void	Seven Keys to the Discomfort of Being	post-black metal
10		2023-05-19	Heretoir	Wastelands	atmospheric black metal blackgaze german black metal post-black metal	german black metal # 87
55		2024-01-08	Hauntologist	Hollow	black metal post-black metal post-metal
7		2024-04-26	glassing	From the Other Side of the Mirror	post-black metal post-hardcore post-metal
5			Asphodèle	Jours pâles	post-black metal french black metal	french black metal # 74
77			Harakiri for the Sky	Scorched Earth	melodic death metal post-black metal

Related genres

• black metal
• atmospheric black metal
• blackgaze
• depressive black metal
• shoegaze
• metal
• post-rock
• post-metal
• suicidal black metal
• depressive suicidal black metal