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82-527: A "heavy-lidded yet eye-opening" effect. The New York Times associated the term with a "wave of bands using metal as a jumping-off point for a range of experimental styles, dabbling in free jazz , minimalist post-rock, noise and even modern classical music ." Contemporary post-metal bands incorporate influences ranging through doom metal , black metal , shoegaze , progressive rock , folk music , and classical music . Writing for Slate in 2009, Simon Reynolds reflected: Post-rock doesn't have
123-454: A band which became central to an increasingly recognizable post-metal movement. In particular, their 2002 album Oceanic – which showcased "buzzing washes of multilayered sound that ebbed and flowed in intensity", combining the "barbed guitars" and " shouted vocals " of post-hardcore with "meandering, psychedelic progressions" – has become regarded as a classic of the genre. At the same time, Hydra Head signed further prominent bands, releasing
164-492: A futile charge against the Efrafa. The band presents their political and social ideology, which includes references to animal rights (they were all vegans) and deeply-held atheism; they also attack humanity's destructive habits, while analyzing their relationship with religion and fight against tyranny. Among their influences, the band cites Agalloch , Godspeed You! Black Emperor , His Hero Is Gone , and Neurosis . The trilogy
205-464: A genre has achieved major critical acclaim. This was reinforced by the "widely publicized" success of California band Deafheaven , whose second album Sunbather became one of the most celebrated releases of 2013. The band's successful fusion of caustic black metal with blissfull shoegaze in the vein of My Bloody Valentine and Slowdive , although preceded by the French musician Neige of Alcest ,
246-462: A major factor in the evolution of post-metal. Many bands employ the "speed and ferocity" of black metal in "contrast to slower, more ethereal compositions". This approach was pioneered by Agalloch , who formed in 1995 and also employed elements of doom metal, progressive rock , folk music , and post-hardcore. Wolves in the Throne Room , who became a significant act for American black metal by
287-701: Is a music genre rooted in heavy metal but exploring approaches beyond metal conventions. It emerged in the 1990s with bands such as Neurosis and Godflesh , who transformed metal texture through experimental composition. In a way similar to the predecessor genres post-rock and post-hardcore , post-metal offsets the darkness and intensity of extreme metal with an emphasis on atmosphere, emotion, and even " revelation ", developing an expansive but introspective sound variously imbued with elements of ambient , noise , psychedelic , progressive , and classical music , and often shoegaze and art rock . Songs are typically long, with loose and layered structures that discard
328-554: Is a word in lapine language that in the novel corresponds to the elite warriors of the warren, who very often take advantage of their position by abusing their power over other rabbits. In the context of the record, the Owsla is a name bestowed upon all by their despotic leader, in a cynical move to give his people a false sense of empowerment. This record documents the final charge against the Efrafa. The second album, Elil (in lapine language, "the thousand", referring collectively to all
369-509: Is cyclical and runs in reverse; with Owsla representing the climax and eventual rebirth of the story. This is signified by a passage of cello which bookends the trilogy – representing the eventual rise and fall of empires and our inability to learn from past mistakes. The band's first album, Owsla, came out in 2006, alternating the D-beat of emo-crust with the melancholic melody of post-rock, along with some post metal influences. The album title
410-593: Is generally heavy, aggressive, and dark, but explores a variety of musical approaches alien to conventional heavy metal and extreme metal . It mirrors post-rock and post-hardcore in its emphasis on atmosphere and deep emotion and may be considered abstract, introspective, expansive, hypnotic , progressive , layered, or even apocalyptic . Jon Wiederhorn writes that though some post-metal bands "sought to break away from their raging roots by exploring less bombastic and more dynamic musical techniques" and others "sought to remain raw and corrosive", their music shares
451-553: Is indebted to Isis' Oceanic ; Amenra from Belgium, who signed to Neurosis' label Neurot Recordings and rival their predecessors in sheer spiritual intensity; and Year of No Light from France, who have transitioned from a sludge-oriented sound to monumental instrumental compositions, "beautifully layered, but still dark and heavy". Back in the US, another instrumental band rose to prominence: Russian Circles , also strongly influenced by Oceanic . By contrast, True Widow , whose sound
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#1732787472597492-596: Is rooted as much in 1990s indie rock and psychedelic rock as in doom metal, offer a distinctive take, most impactfully on the 2013's Circumambulation , by employing "male/female vocal interplay" and showcasing "vulnerability and restraint". Meanwhile, the Melvins returned to the sound they themselves helped inspire, impacting it with the 2004 album Pigs of the Roman Empire , a collaboration with Welsh dark ambient composer Lustmord . Gradually, post-metal as
533-630: Is something that has been done and redone, and it seems pointless to adhere to that structure when there are so many other avenues to explore". Noting the divergence from typical metal fashion , The New York Times described a 2005 Pelican show at the Knitting Factory in New York City : "Instead of long hair and all-black outfits, the crowd was displaying the trappings of brainy, slightly nerdy indie rock . Young men wore artistically cropped hair and tight-legged jeans , and there
574-455: The Efrafa representing humanity. In the clutches of a theocratic dictatorship, their society is on the brink of collapse. With the encroachment of the Efrafa, an invasive species, this dictatorship turns to blind faith, obedience, and punishment for answers. The story records the uprising by those who defy the word of rule and religion, culminating in not only the dethronement of their leader, but
615-688: The verse–chorus form in favor of crescendos and repeating themes . The sound centres on guitars (subjected to various effects ) and drums, while any vocals are often but not always screamed or growled and resemble an additional instrument. Post-metal is related to other experimental styles of metal: avant-garde metal , drone metal , progressive metal , and industrial metal . It has also been called metalgaze and art metal , highlighting its connection to shoegaze (an indie music style related to post-rock) and art music , respectively. Contemporary post-metal, pioneered by diverse groups such as Isis , Agalloch , Boris , Pelican , Jesu , Wolves in
656-524: The 20th Anniversary shows for Desertfest in 2015 then bass and guitar for Earthtone9 in 2016 to 2022. In addition to the trilogy they have also produced 3 EPs: A split with Down to Agony (2007), Tharn (a collaboration with Paper Aeroplane) (2008), and The Burial (2009), and a DVD with footage of their only U.S. tour, their final show at Westhill Hall in Brighton, UK on 5 December 2009, and photographs and artwork (non-audio). Post metal Post-metal
697-444: The Throne Room , and Russian Circles , typically employs the deep heaviness of doom metal and sludge metal and/or the dark ferocity of black metal . The widespread acclaim of Deafheaven , who succeeded Alcest in combining black metal and shoegaze (a fusion nicknamed blackgaze ), made this global post-metal underground more visible. The groundwork for post-metal was laid in the 1980s and early 1990s by various artists (mostly in
738-575: The US) combining heavy metal and punk rock sounds with an " avant-garde sensibility", such as the Melvins (particularly on 1991's Bullhead ), The Flying Luttenbachers , Justin Broadrick of Napalm Death and Godflesh , Swans , Gore , Last Exit , Glenn Branca , Rollins Band , and Fugazi . Helmet 's albums Meantime (1992) and Betty (1994) were also significant, while Tool 's music
779-405: The closing track of their seminal 2001 album Jane Doe . According to Jahdi, the genre emerged as "those young intellectuals decided to slow it down" and labels such as Relapse Records and Hydra Head Records began releasing "slower, more bass-heavy and abstract" music more akin to post-rock. Hydra Head Records had been established in 1993 by Aaron Turner . In 1997, Turner co-founded Isis ,
820-603: The desire to expand beyond established rock boundaries". As this movement swelled, bands from post-hardcore and experimental backgrounds began to incorporate its tendencies of " ambience , offbeat experimentation, downcast melodies and psychedelia " into metal. The two genres further converged through the influence of post-rock bands such as Mogwai , Godspeed You! Black Emperor , and Lift to Experience who shared metal's emphasis on loudness. Neurosis ' third album Souls at Zero and Godflesh's second album Pure , both released in 1992, are often retrospectively considered
861-417: The early '90s onward. Sometimes beat-free and ambient , increasingly the work of home-studio loners rather than performing bands, post-metal of the kind released by US labels like Hydra Head often seems to have barely any connection to metal as understood by, say, VH1 Classic doc-makers. The continuity is less sonic but attitudinal: the penchant for morbidity and darkness taken to a sometimes hokey degree;
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#1732787472597902-403: The early records of Pelican and Jesu . While Pelican are an instrumental quartet inspired as much by Neurosis and Godflesh as by Mogwai, Jesu was formed by Justin Broadrick after the breakup of Godflesh to explore "ambient guitar compositions", embracing shoegaze and slowcore influences. As black metal "spread beyond Scandinavia to infect the global underground", it joined shoegaze as
943-693: The first post-metal records. Godflesh had already pioneered "sluggish and tortured" industrial metal of their 1989 debut Streetcleaner , but Pure showcased "more expansive structures and long stretches of billowing noise ", inspiring a number of subsequent bands to combine metal with "layered washes of sound". Neurosis on the other hand were a hardcore band who embraced doom metal , post-punk and industrial influences, experimenting with texture and dynamics . They have since become recognized "for their pioneering post-metal efforts and unwavering dedication to expanding their artistic boundaries." In 2010, guitarist Steve Von Till stated: We always knew there
984-762: The genre cannot be readily distinguished from doom metal, modern black metal, and progressive metal , "taking in all of these elements without being entirely any one of them". Contemporary post-metal is often seen as combining "elements of doom metal, sludge, and/or black metal with elements of post-rock and shoegaze", being more "peaceful" than metal but retaining its dark theming and harsh vocal style . As with post-rock, however, many bands are instrumental and when vocals are used, they often "resemble another accompanying instrument" rather than actual words. Songs are typically long and employ crescendos , gradually building upon repeated themes ; Aaron Turner of Isis stated that "the standard song format of verse-chorus-verse-chorus
1025-504: The late 1990s US noisecore of bands such as Botch , Kiss It Goodbye , the Dillinger Escape Plan and Coalesce , who merged brutal metallic hardcore with jazz into fast-and-complex compositions, as a fundamental influence on post-metal. Writing for Bandcamp Daily , Jon Wiederhorn also noted the significance of Botch and Cave In , while Converge have been connected to post-metal through their longer songs since
1066-515: The multiple enemies of rabbits), released the following year, is divided into 3 songs, all of them over 20 minutes. The music moves through post-rock/post-metal passages and a slower more brooding melodic crust, expressing a bleak melancholic atmosphere, progressively taking inspiration from doom-metal. The concept continues with a view of the psychology of those within a society fighting religious oppression, both internal and external. The last release, Inlé , came out in 2009. The doom-metal frame that
1107-402: The mythology present within the 1972 novel Watership Down by Richard Adams . The trilogy is composed of the albums Owsla , Elil , and Inlé , co-produced by several labels. In the novel, Efrafa is a rabbit colony ruled by a dictator, who oppresses rebels through his elite police, the Owsla. In the context of the band's concept, Owsla represents the populace around which the story revolves,
1148-544: The release of their 2007 album Two Hunters , were also inspired by Neurosis in combining "ambience and violence" to craft deeply melancholic music. While all aforementioned post-metal pioneers are either from the US (Neurosis, Isis, Pelican, Agalloch, and Wolves in the Throne Room) or the UK (Broadrick's Godflesh and Jesu), the genre soon spread internationally. The Japanese band Boris , formed in 1992, "have always embraced
1189-506: The same temporal aspect that post-disco or post-punk have; it's not about the ripples set in motion by a galvanizing "event." Rather, it evokes a sense of "going beyond" the structures of a genre of music without completely abandoning its legacy of attitudes and assumptions. For similar reasons, the term post-metal seems increasingly useful to describe the vast and variegated swath of genres (the thousand flavors of doom/black/ death / grind / drone / sludge /etc., ad infinitum) that emerged from
1230-474: The somber clothing and the long hair; the harrowed, indecipherably growled vocals ; the bombastically verbose lyrics/song titles/band names. It's that aesthetic rather than a way of riffing or a palette of guitar sounds that ties post-metal back to Judas Priest and Black Sabbath . Fact writer Robin Jahdi notes that "the best Neurosis albums don't sound anything like the best offerings from Isis " and that
1271-426: The speed of D-beat hardcore with introspective melody. The story begins with this record, a society on the brink of self-destruction, a maniacal ruler wielding theocratic ideology, oppressing and abusing, offering nothing in the face of a much greater threat, the encroachment of humanity upon their land. After releasing this album the band parted ways, as their only goal was to release this trilogy. Their discography
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1312-442: The spirit and vitality of the vibrant movement" and some of their works, such as the 2005 albums Dronevil and Pink , have become influential to it. Boris often employ elements of drone music and have collaborated with prominent Seattle drone metal band Sunn O))) , who have also been associated with post-metal. Several European bands also gained prominence within the genre, including: Cult of Luna from Sweden, whose sound
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1394-504: Was a British crust punk band formed in Brighton , England in 2005. They disbanded in 2009 after completing a trilogy of concept albums – Owsla (2006), Elil (2007), and Inlé (2009) – inspired by the mythology of the 1972 novel Watership Down . Originally from Brighton and Hove , East Sussex, the quintet was formed with the intention of recording a trilogy of albums, entitled The Warren of Snares , based on an interpretation of
1435-599: Was credited by Terrorizer with "effectively invent[ing] the post-metal genre" and named the best post-metal album of all time by Fact . The fluctuating 12-minute song "Purify" has been described as the album's "signature track". Neurosis' work has also contributed the development of doom metal, sludge metal , and drone metal , and these genres have been associated with post-metal since. Similarly, drone metal pioneers Earth have been significant to post-metal ever since their 1991 debut release Extra-Capsular Extraction . Furthermore, Fact writer Robin Jahdi highlights
1476-399: Was described as post-metal as early as 1993. Many of these artists emerged from hardcore punk and post-punk circles but their combination of sonic violence with experimentation and eclecticism made them difficult to categorize under any one genre. The term post-rock was coined in 1994 and soon used to describe a diverse group of bands that shared "a penchant for drifting melodies and
1517-499: Was even a smattering of young women in librarian glasses and worn-out Chuck Taylor sneakers." Jon Wiederhorn describes the post-metal scene as a "global community of artists" positioned on the "fringes of the underground ." Pelican's Trevor de Brauw stated in 2007: I have an affinity [f]or metal, but I don't think of Pelican as a metal band. So when people call us 'instrumetal', or post-metal, or metalcore or whatever, I can see why they say that, but it's not something that I feel
1558-526: Was later published in a boxset called The Warren of Snares Trilogy. Their last concert was in Brighton, on 5 December 2009. Singer Alex CF later formed a number of concept bands, including Momentum, Light bearer, Anopheli, Archivist , and Morrow. Guitarists Steve McCusker and Neil Kingsbury went on to start Brighton-based drone-rock band Blackstorm (2007–2014) with Kingsbury going on to play in Orange Goblin as an additional live-guitarist in 2013 and for
1599-558: Was nicknamed blackgaze and met with controversy among fans of conventional extreme metal . It has also inspired a new wave of bands such as: Ghost Bath from North Dakota, who use undistorted guitar melodies to develop unsettling atmospheres; Austria's Harakiri for the Sky , whose despairing sound melds black metal and post-hardcore; and the recent work of Oathbreaker , who are rooted in the Belgian dark hardcore scene of Amenra. Post-metal
1640-420: Was only an influence in the previous works of the band, becomes the predominant genre, creating sonic images of emotion and desolation. The black cover and the album title, featuring Inlé , the black rabbit of death (or generally the afterlife), anticipating the atmosphere of this work divided into 7 melancholic and gloomy tracks. Stylistically, the doom-metal and post-rock are the main reference-points and replace
1681-544: Was something deep to Neurosis's music, but ... I think Souls at Zero was when the music became something else. It was taking that material out on the road and losing ourself in the trance states induced by playing hypnotic , super-heavy loud music that we really figured out how to surrender to it. Then we said, OK – this is going to take us to where we wanna go: somewhere deeper, somewhere more emotional, somewhere elemental . The band's 1996 fifth album Through Silver in Blood