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Genre
instrumental post-rock
Parent Genre: rock

Instrumental post-rock is a genre of music that combines elements of rock, ambient, and classical music. It typically features complex and layered guitar melodies, atmospheric soundscapes, and dynamic shifts in tempo and intensity. The absence of vocals allows for a greater focus on the instrumentation and emotional expression through the music itself. This genre often evokes a sense of introspection, nostalgia, and contemplation.


Top artists of instrumental post-rock genre

Balmorhea
Explosions In The Sky
Mogwai
Hammock
toe
The Album Leaf
Black Hill
Russian Circles
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List of instrumental post-rock artists

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

#namePopularity instrumentalnessdanceabilityenergyacousticnessHappinesstempofollowers
1
Balmorhea
52 83 34 22 76 14 110 160420
2
Explosions In The Sky
51 82 34 41 36 10 116 612942
3
Mogwai
49 79 37 45 29 12 115 547932
4
Hammock
49 87 23 36 53 9 101 169706
5
toe
48 77 49 67 30 45 127 253290
6
The Album Leaf
47 85 43 40 55 16 112 155807
7
Black Hill
46 88 48 21 90 17 105 36146
8
Russian Circles
46 81 27 60 14 12 116 230234
9
Helios
45 90 37 24 80 9 114 106734
10
This Will Destroy You
44 82 30 34 30 9 108 231033
11
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
43 74 19 40 46 6 112 363593
12
God Is An Astronaut
43 88 34 53 23 20 122 253078
13
Silent Island
42 92 61 35 37 22 98 13424
14
Austin TV
41 69 41 62 11 32 116 109290
15
If These Trees Could Talk
41 81 43 69 12 10 120 132897
16
Maybeshewill
40 81 39 63 24 20 136 86208
17
Lights & Motion
40 90 32 35 43 6 92 52269
18
65daysofstatic
40 82 32 66 12 11 127 131877
19
El Ten Eleven
38 81 54 65 17 45 130 90413
20
MONO
38 86 26 39 39 9 115 166895
21
The American Dollar
38 85 38 42 42 10 114 53651
22
No Clear Mind
38 70 35 37 61 12 120 34917
23
Caspian
37 84 28 57 18 10 116 111873
24
We Lost The Sea
37 76 28 39 29 9 103 62251
25
sleepmakeswaves
37 82 32 60 14 8 119 49809
26
Those Who Ride With Giants
36 86 43 36 33 15 133 16487
27
Silver Mt. Zion
36 35 24 35 47 17 109 87287
28
And So I Watch You from Afar
36 76 36 79 0 21 130 78060
29
The Echelon Effect
36 90 36 42 65 11 120 22226
30
Oh Hiroshima
35 84 37 68 5 13 125 41711
31
Lowercase Noises
35 91 29 29 61 7 108 31201
32
April Rain
35 84 43 37 51 8 111 29266
33
Long Distance Calling
34 78 44 68 12 19 128 73868
34
Sleep Dealer
32 87 48 36 21 12 120 34006
35
Tides From Nebula
32 87 39 62 7 9 125 47705
36
Pelican
32 78 29 75 8 25 122 105526
37
Red Sparowes
32 85 26 61 14 14 129 57260
38
Grails
31 88 29 43 47 12 108 38878
39
Collapse Under The Empire
30 85 43 69 10 18 116 28929
40
pg.lost
30 82 39 64 8 11 122 70083
41
Mooncake
30 91 41 50 36 14 119 13548
42
Do Make Say Think
29 79 27 46 30 12 121 61017
43
Saxon Shore
28 85 39 57 28 10 121 15087
44
The End Of The Ocean
28 92 38 63 26 13 118 22202
45
Earth Science
28 0 0 0 0 0 0 90
46
Meniscus
28 79 38 64 2 13 128 15885
47
I Am Waiting for You Last Summer
28 74 48 66 5 20 133 23375
48
Maserati
27 81 51 75 16 36 124 29946
49
ef
26 67 33 51 10 11 115 25166
50
A Swarm Of The Sun
26 80 25 37 33 10 123 7097
51
Glasgow Coma Scale
26 71 39 81 0 39 143 7392
52
Tristeza
26 87 38 48 21 24 129 22876
53
*shels
26 72 28 41 15 9 111 22496
54
Codes In The Clouds
26 87 39 53 1 16 120 9520
55
Exxasens
25 81 44 77 6 28 114 13923
56
Show Me A Dinosaur
25 88 34 57 14 9 123 12877
57
Release The Long Ships
25 74 48 45 23 25 112 3828
58
Lost in Kiev
25 82 37 66 5 16 134 16335
59
Jakob
25 79 23 49 6 7 129 10058
60
Leech
25 80 47 56 14 7 116 14758
61
Wang Wen
25 85 46 45 27 14 116 30376
62
Break My Fucking Sky
25 86 36 79 20 12 121 8776
63
Blueneck
24 64 30 27 49 5 114 16625
64
Epic45
24 73 44 38 43 16 105 14679
65
The Best Pessimist
24 88 41 43 20 10 123 13837
66
Ranges
24 82 40 45 21 12 110 5143
67
This Patch of Sky
24 84 26 42 26 7 98 14133
68
I Hear Sirens
24 85 38 47 36 8 119 14854
69
Moonlit Sailor
23 79 51 68 5 24 122 15303
70
LIGHTS OUT ASIA
23 82 42 58 12 10 120 12864
71
hubris.
23 87 36 48 48 14 109 7579
72
The Evpatoria Report
23 88 30 45 16 5 109 28874
73
Seas of Years
23 90 41 52 59 14 129 11271
74
Pray for Sound
23 86 42 45 31 19 130 6623
75
Sunlight Ascending
22 87 43 67 17 10 133 4659
76
Audrey Fall
21 90 28 66 10 10 133 14391
77
we.own.the.sky
21 86 43 66 14 19 127 3133
78
Endless Dive
21 87 38 59 20 10 115 4848
79
Joy Wants Eternity
21 84 26 55 46 5 125 12837
80
From Monument To Masses
20 50 55 71 20 42 123 10511
81
The Last Sighs of the Wind
20 78 43 86 2 9 125 12147
82
Spurv
20 88 30 42 21 9 123 6973
83
Immanu El
19 67 32 36 42 5 103 12867
84
There's A Light
19 82 35 57 18 7 128 6377
85
Yndi Halda
19 74 26 45 76 8 121 24194
86
The Calm Blue Sea
18 87 25 50 26 5 126 4868
87
The Seven Mile Journey
16 81 33 46 34 15 98 9110
88
Her Name Is Calla
16 32 30 40 41 9 98 9785
89
Glaston
16 85 40 66 18 21 143 2048
90
Solkyri
16 66 32 60 20 19 135 2405
91
Daturah
16 79 44 58 5 12 110 10314
92
Silent Whale Becomes a Dream
15 72 16 47 3 6 123 5840
93
Astralia
15 82 23 51 7 10 137 5885
94
Followed By Ghosts
15 81 30 54 16 10 115 7278
95
Baulta
14 76 38 50 13 8 105 4520
96
Beware of Safety
14 61 39 53 46 10 104 6344
97
Flies Are Spies From Hell
14 76 29 39 49 7 127 4128
98
Industries of the Blind
14 0 0 0 0 0 0 6291
99
We Came From The North
14 88 43 80 18 15 118 4332
100
Darkfield
14 89 47 47 45 18 130 1685
101
Whale Fall
13 85 34 40 21 11 129 4724
102
Tacoma Narrows Bridge Disaster
12 81 48 57 1 21 119 4339
103
The Ascent of Everest
12 84 26 68 9 12 116 6896
104
Glories
12 78 45 69 0 12 112 2094
105
September Malevolence
11 71 36 53 21 16 102 6246
106
When Waves Collide
11 89 29 49 18 7 145 1546
107
We Made God
11 49 30 66 0 10 129 5710
108
I Am No Hero
11 90 37 32 86 6 97 2573
109
Spoiwo
10 79 16 41 27 5 110 3392
110
Our Last Hope Lost Hope
10 84 27 45 40 10 122 3356
111
The Pirate Ship Quintet
10 86 43 2 95 4 103 4322
112
Circadian Eyes
9 90 39 19 87 33 75 3625
113
Coastlands
9 77 45 51 0 5 117 4604
114
Shadow Universe
9 88 40 56 5 13 138 2386
115
YENISEI
9 88 31 42 26 11 137 1438
116
Across The Moment
9 80 53 63 1 7 116 751
117
Empires of Light
8 87 39 61 30 22 113 497
118
Transmission Zero
8 83 32 67 7 13 115 1471
119
The Chasing Monster
8 67 42 65 3 14 128 3322
120
Panøpsis
8 93 55 43 43 9 121 954
121
Audiolepsia
8 82 45 78 1 11 143 2992
122
Kokomo
8 89 17 51 11 9 101 6352
123
Once Upon a Winter
8 74 26 48 48 9 117 1522
124
Neko Nine
8 82 45 66 0 6 152 756
125
The Sleep Design
8 92 58 47 35 7 115 2569
126
False Horizon
8 83 47 26 73 17 100 2684
127
Kerretta
8 82 48 65 3 18 121 3671
128
Sagor Som Leder Mot Slutet
7 88 40 69 1 8 138 2131
129
Goonies Never Say Die
7 95 25 51 3 4 128 4373
130
Gifts From Enola
7 86 22 90 2 6 97 5532
131
Wess Meets West
7 83 57 73 38 12 130 2995
132
Colaris
7 86 52 54 0 14 111 1771
133
Astodan
7 83 30 49 4 8 144 1960
134
Dorena
7 78 45 55 6 12 128 4610
135
All Shall Be Well (and All Shall Be Well and All Manner of Things Shall Be Well)
7 87 47 30 69 5 115 2751
136
Feed Me To The Waves
6 87 19 25 24 6 112 975
137
We Stood Like Kings
6 72 29 21 56 7 69 2043
138
Diary of My Misanthropy
6 83 47 84 0 33 110 1144
139
Epigram
6 94 31 58 24 20 121 2430
140
Kaschalot
6 81 49 91 0 28 106 914
141
Watermark High
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1950
142
Legendary Skies
5 81 37 62 0 14 115 1769
143
Pictures from Nadira
5 80 17 72 2 4 139 1176
144
Egoera
5 88 49 70 1 13 119 351
145
Sleep Maps
5 95 19 26 25 4 122 1885
146
Iiah
5 91 44 41 11 7 128 2519
147
Code I
5 92 34 61 0 11 77 1921
148
Drop Electric
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1943
149
Degree of Arc
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1518
150
You Can't Explain Logic
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 373
151
Our Ceasing Voice
4 57 44 43 34 10 104 2373
152
Bear the Mammoth
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1918
153
Ships Fly Up
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 925
154
Shipwrecks
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 850
155
417.3
4 89 57 55 0 7 127 1472
156
This is Your Captain Speaking
4 85 22 65 6 4 160 5117
157
Blak
4 88 22 33 24 4 115 878
158
The Shaking Sensations
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2088
159
Fourteen Nights At Sea
3 79 20 50 51 4 109 1881
160
Celestial Wolves
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 966
161
Because Of Ghosts
3 80 34 45 7 10 107 2989
162
Irtifakaybediyoruz!
3 88 14 59 1 8 179 514
163
Molecules to Minds
3 82 32 45 30 16 110 780
164
YOUAREHERE
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1174
165
Goodbye, Titan
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1138
166
Rocket Miner
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 477
167
Versus The Ghost
3 84 51 44 18 4 122 1182
168
Maïak
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1355
169
So Far As I Know
3 90 52 75 0 29 140 641
170
Barrows
3 86 42 97 0 15 136 1655
171
Go! Save The Hostages!
3 84 37 44 2 5 127 977
172
To Destroy A City
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1346
173
Locomotora
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 948
174
Chemtrail
2 84 45 68 15 14 119 1393
175
Sleepstream
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1134
176
This is a Process of a Still Life
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1211
177
Cataya
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1042
178
George Will
2 89 11 57 10 4 180 535
179
We Shine Every Night
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 405
180
Way Station
2 81 54 81 21 21 124 702
181
1099
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 933
182
Vy Pole
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 676
183
New Century Classics
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 997
184
Haida
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 279
185
Loud Exit
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 484
186
Arbor Lights
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 636
187
Lights At Sea
1 70 16 22 87 5 76 1326
188
Zombie Western
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 642
189
Sky Flying By
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1024
190
Dumbsaint
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1103
191
Gordon's Tsunami Week
1 77 28 79 0 21 120 457
192
Prime Alone
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 199
193
Caves of Steel
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 829
194
Signal From Europa
1 86 15 59 0 4 178 658
195
Appalaches
1 91 21 54 1 5 119 1795
196
Slow Grave
1 98 32 91 0 37 150 237
197
Watered
1 82 26 88 0 13 122 832
198
Artificial Waves
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 584
199
Hazards of Swimming Naked
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1078
200
Kuato
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41