music Post-Metal thread

[The Man 11]

ITT: we discuss the best music genre in the world.

Abandoning the aesthetic and musical principles of metal, post-metal is about creating other kinds of music with the instruments and techniques of mainstream metal.

 

Good bands to start with:

 

ISIS (My favourite band of all time, a shame that they broke up in 2010...)

Amen Ra

Neurosis

Pelican

Swans

Cult of Luna (Doom post-metal?)

Russian Circles

[Hansel 1,511]

Oh dear God Yes.

 

Alcest

Amesours

Agalloch

Deafheaven 

Onryo

Austere (Not entirely sure if they count, but whatever)

Heretoir

Shyy

Lantlos

 

 

Those are a few bands I like that come to mind at the moment. My mind always goes blank whenever I'm asked these questions. 

[Kazuki Fuse 534]

>Swans

>post metal

>le epic meme face

 

But seriously, c'mon. Just because something is loud and abrasive does not mean it falls under the category of 'metal'. Also, Swans have only had post-rock influences on their two latest albums.

[Soundgarden 2,757]

Cult of Luna (Doom post-metal?)

 

*Atmospheric Sludge Metal (which counts as a Post-Metal genre, ofc)

 

Swans

 

Swans play anything BUT Post-Metal :/

 

Anyways, Rosetta hasn't been mentioned yet, so I'll just post them here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoEY5NoaMuw

 

Minsk makes for a great listen at times

[Le Kvlt Dawn 2,364]

Swans may be a lot of different genres, but post-metal isn't one if them. They're not even metal to begin with. I guess it's like when people call The Smiths post-punk even though they clearly aren't.

[Moog the Kvlt 1,460]

Austere (Not entirely sure if they count, but whatever)

 

DSBM, not Post-Metal

 

Have some Jesu for this thread

 

Also leaving some Rosetta here since I listened to a bit of their stuff earlier

[Hansel 1,511]

DSBM, not Post-Metal

 

I know, t'swhy I wasn't sure. However, they have a very unique sound amongst the Depressive Black Metal Scene. The "To Lay Like Old Ashes" album in particular has a very euphoric, almost Blackgaze-ish quality to it, which fits them in quite nicely with other Post-Metal bands.

 

At least I think so.

Edited August 20, 2013 by Hansel