Best Blackgaze
Écailles de Lune is the second studio album by Alcest, the French musical project of Stéphane "Neige" Paut, released in 2010 on Prophecy Productions. The album blends atmospheric black metal with shoegaze guitar textures and reverb-laden vocals, a hybrid style often labeled "blackgaze." It followed...
Souvenirs d'un autre monde is the debut full-length studio album by the French musical project Alcest, released in 2007. Fronted by musician Neige, the record marked a stylistic departure from the project's earlier black metal roots by heavily incorporating elements of shoegaze and post-rock. The al...
Les Voyages de l'Âme is the third studio album by the French musical project Alcest, released in 2012. The project is led by musician Stéphane "Neige" Paut, who pioneered the blackgaze genre by blending atmospheric black metal with shoegaze and post-rock elements. The album is characterized by its u...
Ordinary Corrupt Human Love is the fourth studio album by the American post-metal band Deafheaven, released in 2018 through Anti- Records. Originating from San Francisco, the band continued to evolve their signature blackgaze sound by further incorporating elements of post-rock and traditional alter...
New Bermuda is the third studio album by the American post-metal band Deafheaven, released in 2015 on Anti- Records. The album shifts toward a heavier, more aggressive black metal sound compared to its predecessor, Sunbather, while still retaining expansive shoegaze and post-rock atmospheric element...
Kodama is the fifth studio album by the French musical project Alcest, released in 2016. The record marks a return to the heavier, black metal-influenced sound of the band's earlier work, blending aggressive guitar textures with ethereal, shoegaze-style atmospherics. It was specifically inspired by...
Fourth studio album by French project Alcest, released in 2014 and notable for almost entirely abandoning black metal elements in favor of pure shoegaze and dream pop.
