Fusion genre
Blackgaze
Blackgaze is a metal fusion genre, formative in the 2000s. TheMetalNet maps 98 bands and 274 albums under it.
Explore the Blackgaze galaxyWhat it is
Blackgaze melts black metal’s blast beats and tremolo picking into the reverb-drenched, dreamy wash of shoegaze, turning cold nihilism into something luminous and bittersweet. France’s Neige of Alcest pioneered the sound in the mid-2000s, and Deafheaven’s 2013 album Sunbather brought it mainstream acclaim. Screamed vocals sit low in a shimmering mix while major-key melodies and crescendos carry the emotion. It is extreme metal aimed at beauty and catharsis rather than terror.
Facts
- Level
- Sub-genre
- Parent genre
- Black Metal
- Formative era
- 2000s
- Fusion genre
- Yes
- Bands
- 98
- Albums
- 274
- Formation span
- 1991 to 2026
Bands
The 60 most prominent of 98. The rest are in the galaxy.
- AlcestFrance · 2000
- Les DiscretsFrance · 2003
- An AutumnNetherlands · 2008
- CaïnaUnited Kingdom · 2004
- DeafheavenUnited States · 2010
- Lantlôs2005
- HeretoirGermany · 2006
- SadnessUnited States · 2014
- sonhos tomam conta2000
- SylvaineNorway · 1991
- AmesoeursFrance · 2004
- Strawberry HospitalUnited States · 1998
- Show Me a Dinosaur2011
- Old Silver Key2011
- Entropia2007
- Infant IslandUnited States · 2016
- ShyyBrazil
- SkyforestRussia · 2013
- AgricultureUnited States
- A Rose Dying in the RainMexico · 2020
- DrearinessItaly · 2012
- Falaise2015
- Feos2008
- Trna2014
- RespireCanada
- Suldusk2016
- 路傍の石Japan
- Outre2012
- vvildernessHungary · 2017
- ArchivistEurope · 2014
- UnderlingUnited States · 2011
- Autumn NostalgieSlovakia
- Caged BastardTunisia · 2009
- Lascar
- nullingrootsUnited States · 2014
- Clouds Collide
- Apocynthion
- Einvigi2014
- kokeshiJapan · 2017
- Trautonist2014
- Bliss Signal
- Cicada The BurrowerUnited States
- ConstellatiaSouth Africa · 2018
- Solar TempleNetherlands · 2016
- Sugar WoundsUnited States
- Black Kalmar Skull
- Domhain2021
- Once upon a winterGreece
- Sons of a Wanted ManBelgium · 2014
- Unverkalt
- Wistful2010
- Extravaganza2010
- Asthenia
- palefade.2020
- Asira
- Forgotten Ruin2022
- NoctambulistNetherlands
- SLOWHOLE2023
- Liminal Dream
- MaréGermany · 2016
Where it is played
Bands formed by decade
| Decade | Bands formed |
|---|---|
| 1990s | 3 |
| 2000s | 13 |
| 2010s | 29 |
| 2020s | 11 |