--- title: "Blackgaze" type: "MusicGenre" url: "https://themetalnet.com/genre/blackgaze" parent: "Black Metal" bands: 98 era: "2000s" --- # Blackgaze **Blackgaze** is a metal fusion genre, formative in the 2000s. TheMetalNet maps 98 bands and 274 albums under it. 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 | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Genre | Blackgaze | | Level | Sub-genre | | Parent genre | Black Metal | | Formative era | 2000s | | Fusion genre | Yes | | Bands | 98 | | Albums | 274 | | Formation span | 1991 to 2026 | ## Notable bands (top 60 by prominence) - [Alcest](https://themetalnet.com/band/alcest) (France, 2000) - [Les Discrets](https://themetalnet.com/band/les-discrets) (France, 2003) - [An Autumn](https://themetalnet.com/band/an-autumn) (Netherlands, 2008) - [Caïna](https://themetalnet.com/band/caina) (United Kingdom, 2004) - [Deafheaven](https://themetalnet.com/band/deafheaven) (United States, 2010) - [Lantlôs](https://themetalnet.com/band/lantlos) (2005) - [Heretoir](https://themetalnet.com/band/heretoir) (Germany, 2006) - [Sadness](https://themetalnet.com/band/sadness) (United States, 2014) - [sonhos tomam conta](https://themetalnet.com/band/sonhos-tomam-conta) (2000) - [Sylvaine](https://themetalnet.com/band/sylvaine) (Norway, 1991) - [Amesoeurs](https://themetalnet.com/band/amesoeurs) (France, 2004) - [Strawberry Hospital](https://themetalnet.com/band/strawberry-hospital) (United States, 1998) - [Show Me a Dinosaur](https://themetalnet.com/band/show-me-a-dinosaur) (2011) - [Old Silver Key](https://themetalnet.com/band/old-silver-key) (2011) - [Entropia](https://themetalnet.com/band/entropia) (2007) - [Infant Island](https://themetalnet.com/band/infant-island) (United States, 2016) - [Shyy](https://themetalnet.com/band/shyy) (Brazil) - [Skyforest](https://themetalnet.com/band/skyforest) (Russia, 2013) - [Agriculture](https://themetalnet.com/band/agriculture) (United States) - [A Rose Dying in the Rain](https://themetalnet.com/band/a-rose-dying-in-the-rain) (Mexico, 2020) - [Dreariness](https://themetalnet.com/band/dreariness) (Italy, 2012) - [Falaise](https://themetalnet.com/band/falaise) (2015) - [Feos](https://themetalnet.com/band/feos) (2008) - [Trna](https://themetalnet.com/band/trna) (2014) - [Respire](https://themetalnet.com/band/respire) (Canada) - [Suldusk](https://themetalnet.com/band/suldusk) (2016) - [路傍の石](https://themetalnet.com/band/band-1e67157b) (Japan) - [Outre](https://themetalnet.com/band/outre) (2012) - [vvilderness](https://themetalnet.com/band/vvilderness) (Hungary, 2017) - [Archivist](https://themetalnet.com/band/archivist) (Europe, 2014) - [Underling](https://themetalnet.com/band/underling) (United States, 2011) - [Autumn Nostalgie](https://themetalnet.com/band/autumn-nostalgie) (Slovakia) - [Caged Bastard](https://themetalnet.com/band/caged-bastard) (Tunisia, 2009) - [Lascar](https://themetalnet.com/band/lascar) - [nullingroots](https://themetalnet.com/band/nullingroots) (United States, 2014) - [Clouds Collide](https://themetalnet.com/band/clouds-collide) - [Apocynthion](https://themetalnet.com/band/apocynthion) - [Einvigi](https://themetalnet.com/band/einvigi) (2014) - [kokeshi](https://themetalnet.com/band/kokeshi) (Japan, 2017) - [Trautonist](https://themetalnet.com/band/trautonist) (2014) - [Bliss Signal](https://themetalnet.com/band/bliss-signal) - [Cicada The Burrower](https://themetalnet.com/band/cicada-the-burrower) (United States) - [Constellatia](https://themetalnet.com/band/constellatia) (South Africa, 2018) - [Solar Temple](https://themetalnet.com/band/solar-temple) (Netherlands, 2016) - [Sugar Wounds](https://themetalnet.com/band/sugar-wounds) (United States) - [Black Kalmar Skull](https://themetalnet.com/band/black-kalmar-skull) - [Domhain](https://themetalnet.com/band/domhain) (2021) - [Once upon a winter](https://themetalnet.com/band/once-upon-a-winter) (Greece) - [Sons of a Wanted Man](https://themetalnet.com/band/sons-of-a-wanted-man) (Belgium, 2014) - [Unverkalt](https://themetalnet.com/band/unverkalt) - [Wistful](https://themetalnet.com/band/wistful) (2010) - [Extravaganza](https://themetalnet.com/band/extravaganza) (2010) - [Asthenia](https://themetalnet.com/band/asthenia) - [palefade.](https://themetalnet.com/band/palefade) (2020) - [Asira](https://themetalnet.com/band/asira) - [Forgotten Ruin](https://themetalnet.com/band/forgotten-ruin) (2022) - [Noctambulist](https://themetalnet.com/band/noctambulist-fa5b8223) (Netherlands) - [SLOWHOLE](https://themetalnet.com/band/slowhole) (2023) - [Liminal Dream](https://themetalnet.com/band/liminal-dream) - [Maré](https://themetalnet.com/band/mare) (Germany, 2016) ## Where it is played - [United States](https://themetalnet.com/country/us): 10 bands - [Germany](https://themetalnet.com/country/de): 4 bands - [Netherlands](https://themetalnet.com/country/nl): 4 bands - [Italy](https://themetalnet.com/country/it): 3 bands - [France](https://themetalnet.com/country/fr): 3 bands - [Brazil](https://themetalnet.com/country/br): 2 bands - [Japan](https://themetalnet.com/country/jp): 2 bands - [Mexico](https://themetalnet.com/country/mx): 2 bands ## Bands formed by decade | Decade | Bands formed | | --- | --- | | 1990s | 3 | | 2000s | 13 | | 2010s | 29 | | 2020s | 11 | --- Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/genre/blackgaze](https://themetalnet.com/genre/blackgaze). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt