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Genre
blackgaze
Parent Genre: metal

Blackgaze is a subgenre of post-metal and shoegaze that combines the atmospheric and dreamy sounds of shoegaze with the harsh and aggressive elements of black metal. The genre often features distorted guitars, blast beats, and screamed vocals, but also incorporates clean singing and ethereal melodies. The lyrics often deal with themes of isolation, depression, and existentialism.


Top artists of blackgaze genre

Have A Nice Life
Alcest
Deafheaven
Lifelover
Psychonaut 4
Harakiri for the Sky
Agalloch
Les Discrets
Heretoir
White Ward
Lantlôs
Apati
Blut Aus Nord
Amesoeurs
Wolves In The Throne Room
ColdWorld
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List of blackgaze artists

Here is a list of blackgaze artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the blackgaze genre. You can find out what blackgaze genre sounds like where you can preview artists or sort them the way you want, just click the headers to sort.

#namePopularity instrumentalnessdanceabilityenergyacousticnessHappinesstempofollowers
1
Have A Nice Life
54 78 30 51 39 18 111 275888
2
Alcest
46 82 31 64 12 16 121 246342
3
Deafheaven
43 79 26 77 13 15 125 209988
4
Lifelover
41 64 40 81 10 22 122 78151
5
Psychonaut 4
40 21 37 84 3 20 123 56167
6
Harakiri for the Sky
39 63 41 91 0 16 122 88323
7
Agalloch
39 53 30 70 17 17 119 151751
8
Les Discrets
34 72 39 65 22 21 114 62718
9
Heretoir
33 59 29 65 12 12 114 29989
10
White Ward
32 56 27 77 6 14 113 36544
11
Lantlôs
32 52 27 62 7 15 133 49977
12
Apati
32 51 36 68 15 20 123 28096
13
Blut Aus Nord
31 82 27 89 3 4 124 63930
14
Amesoeurs
30 61 39 69 9 29 123 42656
15
Wolves In The Throne Room
30 80 16 73 8 9 128 98963
16
ColdWorld
30 84 26 60 34 10 123 41322
17
Astronoid
28 61 34 93 0 14 160 31493
18
An Autumn for Crippled Children
28 90 34 79 2 24 127 29793
19
Hexis
27 63 23 89 0 11 93 9683
20
Forgotten Tomb
27 42 34 84 11 18 122 33120
21
Skyforest
26 70 28 81 5 12 131 16930
22
Woods of Desolation
25 77 20 59 14 10 116 19027
23
Oranssi Pazuzu
25 71 30 75 1 13 129 52642
24
A Light In The Dark
24 89 36 83 11 16 126 8867
25
Germ
23 82 36 88 9 8 115 12356
26
Altar Of Plagues
22 68 25 65 4 11 118 33596
27
Fen
21 83 23 86 0 16 131 25624
28
Nadja
20 80 21 57 16 15 114 15077
29
Al-Namrood
20 31 30 97 12 13 160 13866
30
The Great Old Ones
18 86 30 88 10 6 122 22659
31
Nachtmystium
18 58 23 96 0 13 135 21793
32
Negură Bunget
17 81 25 63 28 6 109 30008
33
Agrypnie
16 5 23 97 0 5 127 10017
34
Mare Cognitum
16 57 20 82 2 7 121 17885
35
Aves
16 0 0 0 0 0 0 1927
36
Dornenreich
16 17 33 69 13 27 96 11195
37
Thränenkind
15 81 34 71 16 9 120 11615
38
Klimt 1918
14 41 36 82 1 24 124 6747
39
Oak Pantheon
13 48 32 46 13 6 133 5111
40
Bosse-de-Nage
13 62 16 91 0 11 139 13151
41
Mord'a'Stigmata
13 82 31 70 10 6 112 7699
42
Chrome Waves
12 33 28 79 0 12 112 2096
43
So Hideous
12 85 22 78 0 12 125 7767
44
Amiensus
11 70 27 77 8 19 128 6051
45
Slagmaur
11 30 37 80 8 17 114 3970
46
Dordeduh
11 54 49 91 1 31 131 7927
47
A Pregnant Light
10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1780
48
Cold Body Radiation
10 84 37 71 1 29 114 6214
49
Annorkoth
10 89 18 77 5 4 130 2808
50
Sivyj Yar
10 54 40 85 16 14 108 5313
51
Last Leaf Down
9 59 32 78 1 30 127 4912
52
Terzij de Horde
9 77 11 93 0 7 152 2459
53
Woe
8 91 17 98 0 6 167 8465
54
Lonesummer
7 84 18 78 1 24 128 1530
55
Wodensthrone
7 81 16 95 0 3 134 10406
56
Black Autumn
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2271
57
Lovesilkpalemilk
7 90 34 50 0 12 127 914
58
autumn, leaves, scars
7 68 37 53 0 16 117 1010
59
CaPa
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 875
60
Old Silver Key
6 79 39 81 19 23 133 3767
61
Decline of the I
6 78 28 63 0 9 140 2054
62
De Arma
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1366
63
Heiden
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 598
64
Eïs
5 42 11 91 0 4 133 4657
65
Falloch
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4419
66
This White Mountain
5 95 33 52 53 4 175 991
67
Thisquietarmy
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2932
68
Sutekh Hexen
5 97 16 6 75 4 115 3238
69
Wolvhammer
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4894
70
Progenie Terrestre Pura
4 74 41 69 0 4 140 3548
71
Hegemone
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1434
72
Bauda
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1232
73
Vaura
4 50 38 75 4 16 143 3026
74
Akaitsuki
4 91 47 70 0 9 131 625
75
Aluk Todolo
3 32 26 67 11 4 147 4726
76
Finnr's Cane
3 89 20 67 0 9 119 932
77
Airs
3 91 39 59 0 35 120 875
78
Redwood Hill
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1202
79
Dystopia Na!
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1464
80
Lunar Mercia
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 257
81
Apocynthion
2 83 39 77 0 11 160 1103
82
Sun of the Blind
2 94 20 79 0 4 100 1223
83
Dressed In Streams
1 71 14 98 1 2 139 493
84
Black Monolith
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1121
85
Closed Room
1 95 43 74 70 33 140 310
86
Grauzeit
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 478
87
Seaeye
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 157
88
Australasia
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 687
89
Černá
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 462
90
Brudywr
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 150
91
Sauroctonos
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 216
92
Träumen von Aurora
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 537
93
The Wandering
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 343
94
Barbelith
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 115
95
Velvet Cacoon
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3111
96
Hypomanie
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1157
97
Lohikarma
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 54
98
Bergraven
0 1 23 91 0 17 124 1294
99
Craar
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 83
100
Necktarium
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 330
101
Courtsleet
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
102
Mélancolie
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 64
103
Menace Ruine
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2514
104
Beautality
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 146
105
Triste L'Hiver
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
106
Clair Cassis
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 585
107
Methadrone
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 520
108
Enthauptung
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 107
109
Vent d'Automne
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26
110
Pyha
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 112
111
In my Shiver
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 94
112
Delichon Urbica
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
113
Miasme
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26
114
Lurker Of Chalice
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1316
115
Semen Datura
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 61
116
Cathedraline
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 156
117
Karst
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 95
118
Monde Céleste
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 226
119
Sorgeldom
0 94 39 78 0 23 138 356
120
Svarti Loghin
0 91 11 99 0 5 152 1491
121
Hateful Abandon
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 556
122
Beyond Life
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31