#PostMetal

[fetznerdeathrecords]

Besna - Kr​á​sno

Post-Black Metal from Bratislava, Slovakia

The second long play album Krásno [Beauty] by slovak post-black metal band Besna explores themes of societal stagnation, personal isolation, ecological collapse, and the search for meaning in an unjust world. Through seven intense tracks, it critiques the passive acceptance of authority, the cyclical nature of cynicism, and the desire for self-expression amidst a declining culture and ongoing war. Drawing from mythological references (the song Bezhviezdna obloha [Starless Sky]) and historical events (the song Hranice [Pyres], which reflects on the self-immolation of Jan Palach and the deaths of people fleeing across the borders of communist Czechoslovakia), Krásno highlights the closing off to foreign ideas and lives, urging listeners to fight apathy and despair. The album serves as a powerful reflection on human resilience and a call for cultural and societal renewal.

1. Zmráka sa 03:24 2. Krásno 04:50 3. Hranice 03:14 4. Oceán prachu 02:27 5. Bezhviezdna obloha 06:19 6. Paracelsus 03:05 7. Mesto spí 07:19

Release date: January 16th, 2025

@besna.band

[sludgebucketmusic]

[arysguide]

Part 1: Ary's favourite releases of 2023

Before you ask, yes I know that Mitski and Sufjan Stevens released albums this year! I'm gonna go ahead and assume they're already on a lot of other people's lists! However, if you think I'm missing out on YOUR favourite album of 2023, let me know. If you're thinking: "63 albums isn't that many, I wish there were more" - you're in luck because there's a Part 2. Part 2 has a different (more pop? upbeat? accessible?) vibe. Don't think too hard about it...

The chart isn't ranked, just arranged in a way that looked nice to me. Metal, hardcore, rap, emo, skramz, bedroom pop and more!!!

Here are Bandcamp links to all of the albums (for those not on BC there's a YouTube or Spotify link). Honestly I'm never quite sure what genre something is, but there's a lot of metal in any case.

Row 1

Lauren Bousfield - Salesforce [digital hardcore]

Dead Times - Dead Times [harsh noise extreme metal]

Danny Brown - Quaranta [rap/hiphop]

Underdark - Managed Decline [post black metal]

Boris & Uniform - Bright New Disease [psychedelic heavy metal]

PUPIL SLICER - BLOSSOM [blackened mathcore]

Sanguisugabogg - Homicidal Ecstasy [death metal]

Row 2

Full of Hell & Primitive Man - Suffocating Hallucination [death metal/grindcore]

Radeloos//Ziedend - Doodsverachting [blackened crust]

Agriculture - Agriculture [ecstatic black metal]

Victory Over the Sun - Dance You Monster To My Soft Song! [progressive black metal]

fog lake - midnight society [bedroom pop]

Bell Witch - Future's Shadow Part 1: The Clandestine Gate [funeral doom]

Krallice - Mass Cathexis 2 - The Kinetic Infinite [progressive black metal]

Row 3

Svalbard - The Weight Of The Mask [postmetal]

Terzij de Horde & Ggu:ll - Van Grond [vitalistic black metal]

portrayal of guilt - Devil Music [blackened post-hardcore]

SAINT VEHK - Practice​/​Doubt I&II [occult death industrial]

Sightless Pit - Lockstep Bloodwar [dub/power electronics]

Designer Violence - We Gave Peace A Chance [electropunk]

geronimostilton - The Vampyre [skramz]

Row 4

Chat Pile & Nerver - Brothers in Christ [sludgey death metal]

Afsky - Om hundrede år [depressive black metal]

Full of Hell & Gasp - FOH/Gasp (Split) [death metal/grindcore]

Solar Temple - The Great Star Above Provides [blackgaze]

Fluisteraars - De Kronieken Van Het Verdwenen Kasteel - II - Nergena [atmospheric black metal]

Fluisteraars - De Kronieken van het Verdwenen Kasteel - I - Harslo [atmospheric black metal]

Andre 3000 - New Blue Sun [spiritual flute jazz]

Row 5

Aesop Rock - Integrated Tech Solutions [rap/hiphop]

Blood Incantation - Luminescent Bridge [cosmic death metal]

Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter (fka LINGUA IGNOTA) - SAVED! [experimental gospel metal]

Spetterpoep - Stoelgang Van Zaken [coprogrind/grindcore]

Gnaw Their Tongues - The Cessation Of Suffering [blackened drone metal]

JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown - SCARING THE HOES [rap/hiphop]

The Lemon Twigs - Everything Harmony [70s inspired rock]

Row 6

Old Nick - "The Truest Spell" [dungeon synth/raw black metal]

Armand Hammer - We Buy Diabetic Test Strips [rap/hiphop]

Liturgy - 93696 [transcendental black metal]

Helena Hauff - fabric presents Helena Hauff [hardcore techno]

That Same Street ⁻ Electric Angel [skramz]

That Same Street - Endgame [skramz]

the scary jokes - Retinal Bloom [dream pop]

Row 7

Bull of Apis Bull of Bronze - The Fractal Ouroboros [occult black metal]

Katie Dey - never falter hero girl [hyperpop]

Full of Hell & Nothing - When No Birds Sang [grindcore/shoegaze]

All Men Unto Me - Chemical Transit [classical/doom metal]

RXK Nephew - Till I'm Dead [rap/hiphop]

Panopticon - The Rime of Memory [rabm/black metal]

Yaeji - With A Hammer [electronic]

Row 8

DRAIN - LIVING PROOF [punk/hardcore]

909 Worldwide - Hardcore Will Never Die, and Neither Will You [happy hardcore/rave]

lobsterfight, gingerbee, Cicadahead, godfuck - a lobster, bee, & cicada walk into a bar and find god [skramz]

GingerBee - Our Skies Smile [skramz/5th wave emo]

Curta'n Wall - Siege Ubsessed! [dungeon synth/raw black metal]

GEZEBELLE GABURGABLY - Gaburger [alt pop]

crisis sigil - God Cum Poltergeist [cybergrind]

Row 9

Lamp Of Murmuur - Saturnian Bloodstorm [black metal]

Crystalline Thunderbolts - Blessed Hands Touch The Ophanim Under The Golden Rainbows [experimental black metal]

Tomb Mold - The Enduring Spirit [black/death metal]

FIRE TOOLZ - I am upset because I see something that is not there. [electro-industrial/experimental]

Angel Electronics - ULTRA PARADISE [happy post-hardcore]

Vylet Pony - Carousel (An Examination of the Shadow, Creekflow, and its Life as an Afterthought) [electronic]

Ada Rook - Rookie's Bustle [electronic]

This post took forever to make. Again if you have any thoughts on it please tell me!!!! And share widely with your friends :)

Love, Ary

[kirliancamera1]

[antifascistblackmetalnetwork]

No Sun Rises - Harmisod (full album, 2023)

Hello again Networkers. Today we are exciting to review here a very special act that we're truly happy to have featured in the channel: the German five-piece post-black unit NO SUN RISES. Harmisod, their last work released back in September, will make you shiver in place whether you are familiar with their sound or not (for which if you're not, we really recommend going back in their discography!). Harmisod opens with a ghostly echo surrounding the listener as intro for the first song, NebellebeN. Sharp guitars with fast riffs and gnarly voice catches you immediately in this palindrome titled song, where the mist and life seem to find each other in line. Acoustic parts hold the song together making for great slower, appeased bridges in-between parts where it return to the moving aggression in a haunting result. While in moments like this starting song the album showcases a sound that really draws from a characteristic one within black metal, it quickly departs from there combining it with the impressive acoustic strings and additional instrumentation in its tapestry such as cello and violin adding a folk touch, as shown in the next song, Unter Tage (Regress), where there's also notable the guest vocalist completing a sensational listening so far to this point, just half of the record, holding the mood out of metal for a while until the song burst in the flame of fiery emotions again. Tanz im fahlen Lichte would be the next song, which keep its 8 minutes with metal, at moments complex and shifting in quick and rich movements helping it create a palpable atmosphere with a shoegaze kick. The album turns complete with the fourth song, In trockener Erde (Bury Me), putting everything we've seen before together one step beyond, with its own intro, making for the perfect way to close the album with the sound of the fireplace in the night and the evocative artwork presented for it. Of course you're invited to stay there with us, so don't miss this on this excellent album!

[wilsoneffects-blog]

Yes please! Repost from @patricksouthpaw • Quick update! So, life has been pretty busy for me as of late. My family and I are in the process of moving into our new home & between that and work, my free time is very limited. Things will settle down soon though and I will be back creating shitty cellphone videos for your listening/viewing enjoyment. I also have a couple exciting things (at least for me) coming down the pipeline for later this year, so I’ll definitely be sharing here once they are ready. Anyways, I hope everyone is doing well! Here’s a shameless pedalboard shot just because. #templeaudio #korg #deathbyaudio #wilsoneffects #jptrfx #highwindamplification #diezelamplification #collisiondevices #fairfieldcircuitry #gamechangeraudio #cascadeeffects #simpleswitchfx #ebsflats #mogami #shoegaze #doomgaze #postmetal #ambientmusic #darkambientmusic #pedalboardsofactualdoom #stompboxtalkofficial #pedalhaven #rigshare #gearybusey #knowyourtone https://www.instagram.com/p/CosNjZsujAZ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[mykingdommusic]

OF THE MUSES: first single and video from "Senhal"

Welcome to the decadent and intimate OF THE MUSES universe with "I" the first single taken from "Senhal", the debut album out on My Kingdom Music on November 3, 2023. For the song the talented artist Giuseppe Briffa has edited an official video that you can see at https://youtu.be/PFd3OVHWgXQ

OF THE MUSES, a one-woman Blackgaze act headed by multi-instrumentalist Cristina Rombi, sing songs of grief and pain.  Musically, the Blackgaze can be considered the right place where her music lives, but elements from Doom, Black Metal, Post Metal and also Dreampop also play a quite prominent part in her unique sound that follows the steps of Alcest, Myrkur, Woods Of Desolation. The result is an intimate, decadent and exclusive Art that will allow OF THE MUSES to enter your soul in a furiously deep and confessional way like no one has ever done.

[subcuticular-records]

Presave the EP here: https://share.amuse.io/album/iama-iama

[metaleterno]

🔊 Recordatorio de Fecha🔊 ALCEST en ARGENTINA! @alcestofficial La banda francesa vuelve a presentarse en nuestro país, esta vez dentro la gira presentando su último album "Spiritual Instinct" 🗓 Sábado 1de Abril, 19:00 📍 @uniclubba Guardia Vieja 3360 Invitados: @para_establecer_un_rio Anticipadas en venta con descuento a traves de @alpogo.tickets y en @twilightrec.argentina Organiza: @ruedadelafortunaprod #alcest #buenosaires #recitales #uniclub #postmetal #postrock (en Uniclub) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp0JagVL4Z3/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[orange-swan]

Live at Verenden-Festival 2025

Photography T.M. Konzertfotografie

[fetznerdeathrecords]

Harakiri for the Sky - Scorched Earth

Post-Black Metal from Vienna, Austria

Despair, loss, love, and existential struggles have always been the foundation of HARAKIRI FOR THE SKY’s distinctive sound. Since their formation in 2011, multi-instrumentalist M.S. and vocalist J.J. have gained recognition for pushing musical boundaries with their emotionally charged blend of atmospheric extreme metal and melodic post-rock, grunge and modern hardcore, carving out a genre of their own. The album is a snapshot of the world we are living in, a world that’s tragically broken. Our society is divided to its core and peace seems further away than ever in the last decades. It still seems like one crisis follows another, and this feeling of impending doom is captured on “Scorched Earth”

1. Heal Me 07:37 2. Keep Me Longing 10:40 3. Without You I'm Just a Sad Song 10:03 4. No Graves but the Sea 08:01 5. With Autumn I'll Surrender 08:39 6. I Was Just Another Promise You Couldn't Keep 09:01 7. Too Late for Goodbyes 07:53 8. Street Spirit (Fade Out) (Radiohead cover) 05:35

Release date: January 24th, 2025 via @aop.records

@harakiriforthesky_official

[sludgebucketmusic]

[abyssgazerrecords]

Release / REKA "Decadence"

2024/3/29 Release Moment of Collapse Records MOC203 1.Decadence 20:52 *国内で購入できるのは当レーベルのみとなります。 社会情勢やメンバーの事情などでバンド活動が制限される様になった彼らは前作の"Jupiter"からこの曲のリリースまでには約5年の歳月を要しました。 本作は20分52秒という長尺曲で、ダウンチューニングされた重厚なリフと、雰囲気漂うメロディックなパートが絶妙に融合し、どんどんと展開していくストーリーの様に紡がれいく彼ら独自のポストメタルサウンドに、Presence of SoulのYukiとRyoのボー��ルが加わることで、新たなアプローチがもたらされ、この楽曲にさらなる深みと質感が与えている。 Yukiはボーカルだけではなく、メロディ制作に加え、曲名『Decadence』と名付け、歌詞の作成、そして書き下ろしのペン画によるアートワークも手がけました。これにより、REKAとPresence of Soulが共同で作り上げた極めて貴重な作品となっています。

Due to social and personal circumstances that began to limit their band activities, it took REKA nearly five years to release this track following their previous work, Jupiter.

This 20-minute and 52-second opus masterfully weaves together downtuned, heavy riffs with atmospheric melodic passages, creating a narrative-like progression that epitomizes their unique post-metal sound. The addition of vocals by Yuki and Ryo from Presence of Soul introduces a fresh approach, adding depth and texture to the composition.

Yuki contributed not only her vocals but also participated in crafting the melody, naming the track Decadence, writing the lyrics, and creating a custom pen-and-ink artwork for the release. These elements combine to make this an exceptionally rare and collaborative creation between REKA and Presence of Soul.

日本ではAbyss Gazer Recordsのみで取扱い販売しています。  [ ご購入はこちらから ]

[kirliancamera1]

"The fact is that Elena is irreplaceable. She is not 'just' an exceptional voice capable of conveying deep and luminous emotions, she is the very music of this project and - by the way - deserves greater recognition. I may have been unlucky, but I have never before met a more natural, true, wonderful and universally musical human being. She represents the difference between soul and body. Some people naturally dwell on her body, because Elena is beautiful, but I can say that her physical beauty pales before the depth of her wonderful soul". (Angelo Bergamini, 2023)

[the-gig-attender]

Hundred Year Old Man - Codespeaker

Date and Loc: Nov 26, Legends Edinburgh

Who: HYOM and Codespeaker are two flavours of a particular niche - atmospheric post-metal. Maybe slightly blackened unless that's some static in my speaker. They're Godspeed You! Black Emperor meets, uhh, death metal.

Why am I here: I'm here for two reasons - actually three reasons. 1 is that Codespeaker are on my radar because the fella from Iron Altar - who deposited one of the best sets I have ever attended directly on my head when they opened for Mastiff back in March, did so while wearing a Codespeaker t-shirt.

Second is because my gf works with two members of the band so it seems only polite to go.

And then third is because HYOM are in that very large category of bands who I know nothing about but on paper i'll like them because my first ever metal album was Cult of Luna's eternal kingdom and i am able to look at their graphic design choices and map that back onto an obvious and agreeable artistic lineage.

Solo: No im with beautiful girlfriend and we're rocking matching full of hell t-shirts (both mine).

Was it good: If you've ever been to Edinburgh microvenue legends - if you have ever walked past and smelled Edinburgh microvenue legends - you've got the vibe of this thing down pat. That was the gig.

Metal exists on a spectrum that runs from moshing to nodding. This was absolutely a nodder, which was always gonna be the case because post-metal. But Codespeaker frontman gave it a good go getting out and about and shouting at people in the crowd, which made things feel more lively and I think anyone who had their personal space violated was game for it really.

Going in knowing nothing, I learnt a lot about Hundred Year Old Man through the course of the show. Most importantly - there is no old man - the vocalist looks to be about 35.

There are actually several men and a woman - their combined ages are definitely more than one hundred. So I think it is more about having the hundred year old man vibe - slow and heavy but also wise - maybe with a really long beard - rather than a literal description. I hope there are some elderly gentlemen out there who would feel this band had done them, as their namesake, proud.

I spent some time during the instrumental passages of which there are a fair few reflecting on what rachel berry and kurt from Glee (I think with Wicked being out atm, the episode in which they have a battle of wills over who can better nail the defying gravity highnote has been up top in my mind) would make of all this. They would be initially shocked but the obvious attention to technique would win them round and we would see, in subsequent episodes of the show, the pair of them start to incorporate screams and growls into their rep and ultimately we would see them continue to explore the scene, perhaps ultimately covering 'waco horror' by burner in a halloween special.

Finally a shout-out to 'carthage' which was joint song of the night alongside something HYOM played which had a very nasty riff in but I don't know what the song is called (it was about rising as one or something).

Provisional hypothetical tier listing: A