Genre

Atmospheric Black Metal

Atmospheric Black Metal on LoudQuietLoud: about 40 artists, including Deafheaven, Drudkh and Liturgy. It runs alongside depressive black metal, blackgaze and melodic black metal.

Deafheaven

black metal · post-black metal · atmospheric black metal

Agalloch

doom metal · folk metal · black metal

Carpathian Forest

black metal · norwegian black metal · norwegian

Drudkh

black metal · atmospheric black metal · folk metal

Liturgy

black metal · atmospheric black metal · brutal death metal

Anomalie

post-black metal · screamo · black metal

Leviathan

black metal · depressive black metal · usbm

Twilight

black metal · depressive black metal · usbm

Panopticon

black metal · atmospheric black metal · anarchist black metal

Nachtmystium

black metal · psychedelic black metal · atmospheric black metal

Forgotten Woods

black metal · depressive black metal · norwegian

Abigor

black metal · atmospheric black metal · austrian

Ragana

black metal · dub · reggae

Darkspace

black metal · atmospheric black metal · ambient black metal

Astronoid

post-black metal · shoegaze · post-metal

Album art: Krallice, Scour Order

Krallice

black metal · progressive black metal · atmospheric black metal

Obsequiae

black metal · melodic black metal · atmospheric black metal

Seth

black metal · melodic black metal · french

Sannhet

post-black metal · post-rock · black metal

Fauna

black metal · atmospheric black metal · dark ambient

Airs

shoegaze · post-rock · black metal

Wode

black metal · atmospheric black metal · blackened crust

Vaal

black metal · raw black metal · dutch black metal

Skagos

atmospheric black metal · black metal · cascadian black metal

Bloodthorn

black metal · death metal · blackened death metal

Gaunt

black metal · raw black metal · punk

Mundanus Imperium

progressive metal · symphonic metal · black metal

Order of the Ebon Hand

black metal · greek · melodic black metal

Lake of Blood

black metal · melodic black metal · rabm

Black Cilice

black metal · raw black metal · black noise

Ashdautas

black metal · depressive black metal · usbm

Echtra

atmospheric black metal · black metal · cascadian black metal

Palace of Worms

black metal · depressive black metal · usbm

Cirrhus

black metal · raw black metal · atmospheric black metal

Obolus

black metal · atmospheric black metal · depressive black metal

Spirit of the Forest

black metal · atmospheric black metal · canadian black metal

Elegiac

black metal · usbm · pagan black metal

Würm

depressive black metal · black metal · dsbm

Necrite

black metal · ambient black metal · drone

La Nuit

post-black metal · synth-pop · atmospheric black metal

Hellhole

post-black metal · black metal · atmospheric black metal

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Labels

Labels in this genre

The Flenser

Home to Deafheaven, Panopticon & Skagos

20 Buck Spin

Home to Liturgy, Obsequiae & Wode

Season of Mist

Home to Drudkh, Abigor & Darkspace

Related genres

Depressive Black Metal Blackgaze Melodic Black Metal Folk Metal Symphonic Black Metal Black Metal Neofolk Post-Metal