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Post-metal is a music genre rooted in heavy metal but exploring approaches beyond metal conventions while being related to and similar to post-rock. It emerged in the 1990s with bands such as Neurosis and Godflesh, who transformed metal texture through experimental composition.
- 1990s, United States and England
- Pre-Post Metal
- Early Arrivals
- Essential Pioneers
- Future Shockers
With no signposts to follow (post-rock was 10 years away from becoming a trendy term), the ancestors of post-metal relied on anger, experimentation and creativity to create albums that would become cornerstones of the genre. Earth is the musical vehicle of ex-heroin addict Dylan Carlson, who was, by his own admission, loaded during much of the band...
Some of the most crucial figures in post-metal sought to break away from their raging roots by exploring less bombastic and more dynamic musical techniques, while others sought to remain raw and corrosive, with bruising compositions that strayed beyond the realms established by their primary inspirations. Both created some of the most pioneering he...
As black metal spread beyond Scandinavia and began to infect the global underground, several major post-metal musicians embraced the music’s speed and ferocity as a contrast to slower, more ethereal compositions, while some acts went straight to the heart of ‘90s shoegaze to imbue their music with a new level of radiance. Still others drew from the...
Drawing influence from the pioneers from the past as well as visionaries from other schools of music, the current crop of post-metal bands have the challenge of writing music that isn’t too familiar, while injecting new variables to wow jaded listeners. Being good isn’t good enough. They either have to be exceptional or incredibly unique. The first...
- Jon Wiederhorn
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Feb 13, 2020 · published 13 February 2020. In the beginning there was metal... then we discovered post-metal. The brain-melting world of post-metal can seem a little daunting at first. The name alone conjures up imagery of a world far beyond metal – how could that be?
- David Keevill
It is commonly regarded as a metalloid, or by some other authors as either a metal or a non-metal. It exhibits poor electrical conductivity which, like a metal, decreases with temperature. It has a relatively open and partially covalent crystalline structure (BCN 3+3).
Post-metal is a music genre, a mixture between the genres of post-rock and heavy metal, with roots in progressive rock, progressive metal,shoegazing and industrial music. It is broadly characterized by distorted guitar, heavy atmospherics, gradual evolution of song structure, and a minimal...
Jun 24, 2015 · The only guarantee is there will be some very long songs. Listen to the list’s highlights now on YouTube, Rdio and Spotify. Page 1 of 41. Tags: Boris Neurosis isis. FACT runs down the best post ...
Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music.It typically employs heavily distorted and low-tuned guitars, played with techniques such as palm muting and tremolo picking; deep growling vocals; aggressive, powerful drumming, featuring double kick and blast beat techniques; minor keys or atonality; abrupt tempo, key, and time signature changes; and chromatic chord progressions.
