Post-Metal
14 reviews 13 bands 4 news storiesThe whole Post-Metal scene on Purkas: the bands that matter, the releases to hear and our reviews built on critical consensus. News, gigs and discoveries, updated continuously.
Post-metal, heaviness that breathes
Post-metal applies post-rock’s logic to metal: long songs, gradual build-ups, textures and a back and forth between calm and detonation. Neurosis laid the milestones in the 1990s, then Isis, Cult Of Luna and Pelican made it a genre of its own in the early 2000s. Bands such as Amenra, Russian Circles and, in France, Year Of No Light carry on this approach, contemplative and crushing at once. On this page, Purkas gathers the records that favour atmosphere and the long haul over instant impact.
