r/blackgaze Sep 06 '25

AMA Hey, it’s Kei from Asunojokei. Ask Me Anything.

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Thank you so much for listening to our new album Think of You. Looking forward to your questions!


r/blackgaze Jul 01 '24

Announcement New to the genre? Start here!

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Hello and welcome! If you're reading this, you are probably new here and might be a bit overwhelmed with all of the great music out there.

Blackgaze has a lot of variety within the genre and the Wiki has some pages that go into deeper breakdowns. But for now, this post will serve as a mini beginner guide to some of the most notable bands and artists of the subgenre.

Also, please check the playlists in the menus/sidebar. There are even more links available on the Wiki! https://www.reddit.com/r/blackgaze/wiki/playlists/

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Alcest

One of the pioneers of the genre. Neige and Winterhalter have been members of several post-black metal bands, but Alcest is the only one still active. Heavily inspired by nature and spirituality, their dreamy melodies feel like sunbeams on your skin. Every album is great in it's own regard. Take time to explore them all.

My favorite: Kodama

Lantlôs

Another one of Neige's projects. Compared to Alcest, Lantlôs' first 2 albums have a much darker tone that beautifully flirts with post-rock and jazz. After Neige's departure, Siegenhort has since taken the reins. Their style and sound has shifted, but the band's progressive nature and creativity still remains.

My favorite: .neon

Deafheaven

Maybe one of the most polarizing metal bands in existence. They're considered to be the band that popularized blackgaze via Sunbather. Gut-wrenching howls over wailing guitar riffs that morph into soft, melodic ballads all over the course of one song. Though their sound has softened over the years, they continue to capture audiences with their live theatrics and emotive lyrics.

My favorite: New Bermuda

Sadness

A one-man project that has recently boomed in popularity, rightfully so. With a huge discography and tons of splits, there's so much to dig through. Through the shrieks and droning walls of sound, the pain and longing is tangible. This is DSBM for those with hope and love in their hearts. Best known for the album "I Want To Be There".

My favorite: _____

MØL

Often recommended to those that like Deafheaven, but they should not be considered merely an imitator. Explosive and guitar-forward with powerful, reptilian vocals, their music is dynamic and never boring. They also offer instrumental versions of their albums for a totally different experience.

My favorite: Diorama

An Autumn for Crippled Children

Now referred to as "An Autumn", they've been in the game for a while and are a unique pillar of the scene. Post-punk meets post-black metal with prominent synth; a goth's dream. Able to maintain structure despite their raw, noisy quality and unintelligible vocals.

My favorite: Try Not to Destroy Everything You Love

Asunojokei 明日の叙景

I consider this to be one of the most talented and interesting bands out there right now. A very flexible band, their first EP is more akin to DSBM while their newest album is upbeat, vibrant, and even danceable. Incredibly emotive and strong melodies carry you through like a proggy, metallic Envy.

My favorite: Island

Numenorean

Controversial and now defunct, they still remain a name in the genre. Blackgaze, but heavy on the black. Atmospheric and full of despair. They don't necessarily provide anything ground-breaking, but they're solid and visceral. Their latest release made an attempt to diversify this sound and has been described as "Gojira, but black metal".

My favorite: Adore

Unreqvited

Another selection with a ton of sonic variety, Unreqvited is a one-man project. From dreary DSBM, to ambient with nature sounds, to symphonic black metal, there's something for everyone. Pained shrieks take a backseat to beautiful soundscapes. They've also done splits with others on this list.

My favorite: Disquiet

Show Me a Dinosaur

St.Petersberg has a notable post-black metal scene and SMAD is one of the more well-known acts. Could be considered a "post-everything" band with all of the influences they incorporate. Soft, lush guitar tones gradually crescendo into hard-hitting blasts and fast tremolo-picking.

My favorite: Plantgazer


r/blackgaze 1d ago

Collab / Feedback Hills Like White Lions - Liminal Summer (feat. Heretoir) [Official Music Video]

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The new song of my post metal band together with David of Heretoir! [FFO: The Ocean, Junius]


r/blackgaze 2d ago

New Album / EP 1st release for my one man avant-garde black metal project Sin Sloana. Has influences of black metal, jazz, ambient, drone, and darkwave. Here’s some of my favorite sections from the demo.

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r/blackgaze 2d ago

New Song In Throes - Bury Me (New / 2026)

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r/blackgaze 3d ago

New Song Sleepless Void - Different (2026)

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Please give my new project Sleepless Void a spin! this is our debut 15 minute song Different, it combines Black Metal with elements of Prog, Ambient, Space rock and many more subgenres that i love. I hope you will enjoy it!

NO AI WAS USED IN THIS SONG! 


r/blackgaze 5d ago

New Song Glimpse - Stellar

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This is self-promo. We’re a new band in Jacksonville trying to develop our own shoegaze/blackgaze sound. This is our most recent single and we have many more demos coming. Would love some feedback.


r/blackgaze 7d ago

Full Album perseverance - madera [blackgaze-infused experimental metal]

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perseverance is a solo project of mine that I started making music for starting in 2024, a little bit before I turned 16. I would usually describe it as cybergrind with black metal / blackgaze and avant-garde / experimental elements and influences. However, for this album, it’s more along the lines of experimental metal in general as many of the songs are much more developed.

The project and its music was mainly made for my own personal enjoyment or because I wanted to see it exist, but I figured it wouldn’t hurt to also share it with the world and see how it goes.

The release that I have linked in particular is my newly released, third album, madera, which follows a much more conceptual, eclectic, and experimental sound as opposed to my previous albums, posergrind and sadism.

Inspired by the album California by Mr. Bungle, I wanted to make an album that would try to give more credit and notice to my hometown of Madera, express some small-town pride if you will. While creating the album, I ended up diverting into a more personal and biographical approach to this album (including using original recordings and samples made by me or my family, other people, etc., making direct references to places in my hometown that have importance to me, and basically paying tribute to certain things and people that I found to have personally impacted my life). This album basically ended up as a personal account of my life and experience in Madera, rather than a full representation of the city; this is just from my perspective, there’s plenty more to see for yourself other than what I alone have written. Some parts on this album will be further explained in my fifth album, as I have another album for this project coming in eight months that I wanted to release first.

This album is both a shoutout to my hometown and a semi-autobiography.

My main influences for the project include Black Flag, Celtic Frost, Converge, Deafheaven, Fantômas, Full of Hell, Godflesh, Mr. Bungle, Philip Glass, Today Is the Day, and Wesley Willis. I also took some visual inspiration from the 1977 black-and-white film Eraserhead, directed by David Lynch. However, for this album, I was inspired by many other different artists including MF DOOM, Miles Davis, Phil Elverum, and Xiu Xiu. I was also generally inspired by the sounds of chamber music and punk rock for some songs, and the intro track was inspired by Bhangra music.

This album has had a LOT more attention and thought put into it like I’ve never done before, so I hope you find something to enjoy out of it!

Audiomackhttps://audiomack.com/ssk815/album/madera?share-user-id=174970217

Bandcamphttps://perseveranceband.bandcamp.com/album/madera

YouTubehttps://youtu.be/b4I6RuXQiMc?si=71FI23QnWZxqQBYd


r/blackgaze 8d ago

Popular Band Finally found a copy of Holy Fawn’s Death Spells on vinyl 😎

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Body text 😎


r/blackgaze 8d ago

Open Discussion What is the “heaviest” album for Alcest and Harakiri For The Sky?

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Title basically. Which albums from these bands have the least amount of clean singing? I’m gonna add Panopticon too..I love Autumn Eternal so similar to that.


r/blackgaze 8d ago

Open Discussion Do you know where these photos of White ward’s cover art were taken?

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r/blackgaze 9d ago

Open Discussion Post-punk bands that sound similar to Amesoeurs?

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To be clear, I'm not looking for post-BM bands similar to Amesoeurs, but specifically to post-punk bands that you think Amesoeurs sounds close to


r/blackgaze 9d ago

New Album / EP Currently obsessed with The Paranoiac Miracle by Liturgy, curious what this community feels about it

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r/blackgaze 9d ago

New Song Facade - Hopeless Skin(Music Video)

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My band Facade from OKC is releasing a new EP on Monday, and we just dropped a music video early for one of our songs.

I am particularly proud of this song and video, they both explore the topics of essentialism and death.

I am particularly terrified of the fact that we will all die one day. As basic as that fact is to all of humanity it terrifies me daily.

Hopefully y'all enjoy the song & video, we tried our best (:


r/blackgaze 9d ago

New Album / EP BLACKNIGHT - Four Moons Under the Windswept Seas (Single/Promo, 2026)

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New 2026 single promoting Blacknight's 2nd 2026 full length - "The Revenant"

"Four Moons Under the Windswept Seas" is my ode to the beauty of the Atlantic Northeast and quite an experiment, with soundscapes inspired by vast expanses of nature's pure beauty. As usual with "new" Blacknight, I've drawn heavily from my love of Blackgaze, but also didn't shy away from some 1970's prog rock influences - this was around the time I started messing around with my recording setup to reliably record clean sounding guitar harmonies.

https://blacknightbm.bandcamp.com/


r/blackgaze 10d ago

New Album / EP Debut Album

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The Burden of Witness out now.

www.crownedindecay.bandcamp.com/album/the-burden-of-witness

Or any of your favorite streaming platforms. I hope you enjoy the ride!


r/blackgaze 13d ago

Open Discussion Numenorean-esque? Or new projects?

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I discovered this band too late, unfortunately. Adore is fantastic, but I feel like Home is a 20/10 perfect album. Laid Down is one of the most crushing and beautiful songs I've ever heard. I'm so sad we'll never hear anything from them again.

Does anyone have any idea if there are new projects underway from past band members? Or does anyone have any recommendations for similar bands that give the same vibe as the Home album / Laid Down? The only other song I know of that is comparable would be These Nights Were Ours by Lantlos.


r/blackgaze 13d ago

Playlist my blackgaze vinyl collection

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Just started collecting blackgaze a few weeks ago after falling hard into Deafheaven and Sadness.

I know WITW isn't exactly blackgaze but I read a post on here that said a few of theie songs that are on this album were a big influence on the genre.


r/blackgaze 13d ago

Demo / Split Vergessen - Terminal / Lucidity (TAPE DEMO)

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Depressive doom/black/gaze-y metal by Wyther and Trist Of Funeraria

Tapes came soaked in the blood of Wyther

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r/blackgaze 15d ago

Popular Band If you like Deafheaven (and we all do), check out Holy Fawn’s new single!

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r/blackgaze 14d ago

New Album / EP A Black Metal Journey from West to East — Steelgard’s Et Nihil Humanum

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Hey everyone,

We just released our new atmospheric black metal album Et Nihil Humanum. It has 6 main tracks and 2 transition pieces, built around cold Nordic/forest atmospheres, darker black metal sections, and some Egyptian/ethnic textures.

The album is meant to be heard as a full journey — not only repetitive atmosphere, but also epic build-ups, aggressive parts, calmer dark moments, and track-to-track flow.

FFO: Alcest, Agalloch, Saor, atmospheric/folk-influenced black metal.

Listen here: https://push.fm/fl/etnihilhumanum

Would love to hear your thoughts, especially about the atmosphere and overall flow of the album.


r/blackgaze 16d ago

Open Discussion Agalloch is the most beautifully melancholic music for a very tough time..

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How many of you find the same thing? I have had a very bad back injury and stuck at home for a while, and I decided to put on agalloch recently and I've become hooked again, their music is just otherworldly.. Like a true friend in a world that feels so isolating and dark​​


r/blackgaze 15d ago

New Song Lobsel Vith - Fever Dream (black gaze/blackened ambient)

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r/blackgaze 16d ago

Open Discussion “Det Hjemsøkte Hjertet,” the latest Panopticon album, is fucking amazing.

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I know there’s no accounting for taste, but I find it extremely hard to imagine anyone who’s a fan of at least one blackened genre and is not a trve kvlt edgelord listening to this album and not feeling like their soul has been fed. It’s just that good.


r/blackgaze 16d ago

New Song Sleepless Void - Different (Prog/Atmospheric BM) (All guitars playthrough)

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I did a video where I show you how I play all the guitar layers in my song Different. Full 14 minute song - https://youtu.be/Df6e9AGHYMo

Would love to hear your thoughts! This song was supposed to be a part of my upcoming full length, but when I started recording the song really took a life of its own, and I realised it doesn't fit the rest of the songs in the album and it needs to have it's own spot. its just - Different :)

Sleepless Void is a playground for all my musical ideas and lyrical thoughts, it deals with themes of solipsism and isolation which I often find myself lost at. The feeling of being alone and different in a society which you can never really understand.

NO AI WAS USED IN THIS SONG! 

For gear nerds like me: 

* Guitars: Mostly recorded on a Les Paul with DiMarzio D-Activator and Super 3 pickups (I love this combination and have been using it for a long time). On some solos, I used my ESP Mystique. 

* Bass: Yamaha RBX 775

* Vocals: Shure SM7

* Drums: Samples from Superior Drummer and Steven Slate Trigger