/r/blackgaze

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A haven for sharing, discussing, and listening to blackgaze; a niche music subgenre which mixes the elements of frigid post-black metal and warm shoegaze tones.

Welcome to r/blackgaze!

Blackgaze was brought to light by bands associated with the French musician, Neige (Alcest, Amesoeurs, Les Discrets, Old Silver Key). He was influenced by atmospheric black metal such as Ulver, Burzum and Summoning, as well as non-metal genres like post-punk and neoclassical darkwave.

The blackgaze sound is a mixture of black metal aesthetics with more dreamy and mellow textures. Primary characteristics of the genre include tremolo picking, blast beats, and ethereal walls of sound.


Rules:

  1. No rude or offensive comments. Please be respectful! You will be banned without notice.

  2. Shoegaze, Depressive / Suicidal Black, Funeral Doom, Ambient, Atmospheric and Gothic sounds are allowed here as long as they have a Blackgaze tint to it.

  3. Please link only to official streaming or download sources. Spotify, Bandcamp, Soundcloud etc. That means no reposted Youtube videos.

  4. We are ending long titles with information on them. If you have the need to post lyrics, band information, genres, etc... please leave a comment on the post with more details.

  5. If a YouTube upload is Mature-filtered, always post the direct link. Do not force your fellow subscribers to wrangle with Google Plus.


Resources:

2019 Spotify Playlist
2018 Spotify Playlist
/mu/'s blackgaze guide
Wikipedia
List of bands (coming soon!)

AMA's:

Griefloss An Open Letter

Recommended Subreddits:

/r/shoegaze /r/AtmosphericMetal
/r/atmosphericblackmetal /r/BlackMetal
/r/GothicMetal /r/DoomMetal
/r/FuneralDoomMetal /r/Ambient
/r/AmbientMusic /r/Dark_Ambient
/r/dsbm /r/postpunk
/r/postmetal /r/AmbientMusic

/r/blackgaze

13,290 Subscribers

8

can anyone give me any songs/albums that sound like melting sun by lantlos

i'm struggling to find any

3 Comments
2024/10/31
14:37 UTC

9

Can a Screamo band be Proto-Blackgaze?

I was listening to a 90s screamo band called Anomie and I thought certain song sections sounded like they would be in a Blackgaze song. But it would not make much sense to call a Screamo band Blackgaze, since Screamo comes from Hardcore while Black Metal and Shoegaze don't.

16 Comments
2024/10/30
19:41 UTC

6

Does anyone know if AN AUTUMN (fcc) is playing shows anymore?

I tried looking on set list fm and I know they don’t have social media. I would love to know if they do because I just found them and seeing the woods are on fire live is quickly becoming a dream for me πŸ˜…

2 Comments
2024/10/30
18:54 UTC

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Unreqvited β€’ 𝐀 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐑𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐑𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐨𝐧 β€’ January 23rd, 2025

0 Comments
2024/10/30
03:04 UTC

25

Unreqvited-A Pathway to the Moon

5 Comments
2024/10/29
16:20 UTC

4

Lvmbral - AION: Opus Magnum (FULL ALBUM)

4 Comments
2024/10/27
01:39 UTC

3

The Message Lost EP, by Nikolas Loukopoulos [I just released some blackgaze for your ears]

0 Comments
2024/10/25
06:39 UTC

7

Best amp sim and virtual pedals for blackgaze?

I plan on buying an interface and getting an amp sim to cut out the middle man on buying more pedals for a blackgaze project, any recommendations?

18 Comments
2024/10/25
01:05 UTC

39

Sadness is my favorite DSBM band 2

13 Comments
2024/10/24
22:38 UTC

3

Need help finding an album

There’s this one Blackgaze band I remember listening to that was really good, but I can’t remember their name. All I can remember is that one of their album covers is a poorly drawn, blue, iron cross on a pink/light red background

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

5 Comments
2024/10/24
02:23 UTC

9

Downfall Of Gaia - Beneath The Crown Of Cranes (2012)

0 Comments
2024/10/23
19:45 UTC

1

Tanpopo Crisis - If You Do As I Ask

1 Comment
2024/10/23
16:42 UTC

2

Houle - Live at Hellfest 2024

1 Comment
2024/10/23
16:23 UTC

10

Anyone else into Hidden Mothers? Seen them a bunch of times and can't wait for the album next month.

Love this band. Really hope the album breaks through.

5 Comments
2024/10/22
20:07 UTC

18

Olhava - Loyalty

3 Comments
2024/10/22
16:08 UTC

7

Pure Wrath (Full Set) Bandung Babylon 2023

4 Comments
2024/10/22
14:50 UTC

1

Skuld - Γ†reskrans

0 Comments
2024/10/22
08:13 UTC

13

Any β€œhopeful” and uplifting albums like Les Chants de I’Aurore?

I’ve recently started getting into blackgaze and so far I’ve listened to Alcest’s discography and Sunbather. Among all those albums, this one specifically grabbed my attention. I think it’s my favorite.

Doesn’t have to be blackgaze, shoegaze is also accepted

16 Comments
2024/10/22
05:06 UTC

11

New Flourish record has blackened vocals

Shoegaze band Flourish from Northern ohio just released a new album and there is a song with some blackened vox on it.

2 Comments
2024/10/22
01:36 UTC

6

Phyllomedusa's (gorenoise) newest album leans heavily into blackgaze imo, but idk if it's full blackgaze or what genre it would be

0 Comments
2024/10/20
22:45 UTC

8

Recently put out an album that falls in between blackgaze and post rock

0 Comments
2024/10/20
22:24 UTC

3

Bands similar to Silhouette with atmospheric vibe and sould? (most likely French)

1 Comment
2024/10/20
18:31 UTC


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Is this supposed to be targetted

Because I'm not a woman and I CERTAINLY dont mask anything

2 Comments
2024/10/20
09:18 UTC

6

My 2nd EP Sentience is now streaming on bandcamp

Thanks for all the support :)

0 Comments
2024/10/19
23:56 UTC

18

Albums like .neon

I really like .neon from LantlΓ΄s. I especially love the vocals style and the "melancholic" atmosphere of the music, especially of the song "Neige de Mars". The only thing I found close to it are Show Me A Dinosaur's old albums, but they're not as "melancholic". Lastly, I need the sound quality to be good. It's hard for me to enjoy songs that are otherwise.

Any recommendations?

This is my main blackgaze playlist, if it helps (not all of them are blackgaze). https://open.spotify.com/playlist/14NeLnUVEs0BCkcdAHOWl4?si=xeRc6VKoSLm6c-umxi3EBA&pi=uW7CFav6TWG_E

14 Comments
2024/10/19
23:23 UTC

8

Olhava - Adrift (Anyone else love when a heavy band does soft tracks? They're always good)

4 Comments
2024/10/19
16:08 UTC

8

Violet Cold - A Brave New Void

0 Comments
2024/10/19
15:57 UTC

25

Harakiri For The Sky - With Autumn I'll Surrender

7 Comments
2024/10/17
06:35 UTC

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