(in no particular order)

Herod – Iconoclast (2023)

From: Vevey, Switzerland
Mood/Sound: Propulsive, Punchy, Crushing
Genres: Progressive Metal, Post-Metal, Sludge Metal
Key Tracks: The Girl With A Balloon, The Edifice, The Prophecy

Daturah – Reverie (2008)

From: Frankfurt, Germany
Mood/Sound: Atmospheric, Hypnotic, Somber
Genres: Heavy Post-Rock, (Instrumental) Post-Metal
Key Tracks: Hybrisma, Ghost Track

The Ocean – Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic | Cenozoic (2020)

From: Berlin, Germany
Mood/Sound: Dynamic, Melodic, Atmospheric
Genres: Progressive Metal, Post-Metal
Key Tracks: Jurassic | Cretaceous, Pleistocene, Triassic

Dimscûa – Dust Eater (2025)

From: Berkshire, United Kingdom
Mood/Sound: Atmospheric, Crushing, Cathartic
Genres: Post-Metal, Atmospheric Sludge Metal
Key Tracks:  Elder Bairn, The Dusteater

Amenra – Mass VI (2017)

From: Kortrijk, Belgium
Mood/Sound: Atmospheric, Bleak, Glacial
Genres: Post-Metal, Atmospheric Sludge Metal
Key Tracks: A Solitary Reign, Plus Près De Toi, Diaken

SUMAC – Love In Shadow (2018)

From: Vashon, Washington, United States
Mood/Sound: Punchy, Crushing, Abrasive
Genres: Sludge Metal, Avant-Garde Metal, Post-Metal
Key Tracks: The Task, Arcing Silver

Irreversible – Sins (2007)

From: Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Mood/Sound: Eclectic (Atmospheric + Punchy, Dynamic)
Genres: Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Metal, Stoner Metal
Key Tracks: Sins, Blackness That Spread, Tambora

Cult Of Luna – Somewhere Along The Way (2006)

From: Umeå, Sweden
Mood/Sound: Atmospheric, Desolate
Genres: Post-Metal, Atmospheric Sludge Metal
Key Tracks: Dim, Dark City, Dead Man

Amenra – Mass III (2011)

From: Kortrijk, Belgium
Mood/Sound: Raw, Abrasive, Atmospheric
Genres: Post-Metal, Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Hardcore
Key Tracks: Am Kreuz, The Pain. It Is Shapeless

Omega Massif – Karpatia (2011)

From: Würzburg, Bayern, Germany
Mood/Sound: Atmospheric, Crushing, Ominous
Genres: Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Metal
Key Tracks: Wölfe, Aura, Im Karst

Russian Circles – Blood Year (2019)

From: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Mood/Sound: Dynamic, Propulsive, Crushing
Genres: Post-Metal, Heavy Post-Rock
Key Tracks: Milano, Kohokia, Quartered

Atoma – Skylight (2012)

From: Stockholm, Sweden
Mood/Sound: Eclectic, Cosmic, Melodic
Genres: Progressive Metal, Post-Rock, Post-Metal
Key Tracks: Skylight, Hole In The Sky, Highway

Hippotraktor – Meridian (2021)

From: Mechelen, Belgium
Mood/Sound: Dynamic, Punchy, Crushing
Genres: Progressive Metal, Post-Metal
Key Tracks: Manifest The Mountain, A Final Animation, God Is In The Slumber

Glassing – Twin Dream (2021)

From: Austin, Texas, United States
Mood/Sound: Eclectic, Crushing, Cathartic
Genres: Post-Metal, Post-Hardcore, Sludge Metal
Key Tracks: Absolute Virtue, Twin Dream, True North

Junius – Eternal Rituals For The Accretion Of Light (2017)

From: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Mood/Sound: Eclectic, Ritualistic, Dark
Genres: Alternative Metal, Post-Metal, Post-Punk, Gothic Metal
Key Tracks: March Of The Samsara, A Mass For Metaphysicians, Clean The Beast

ISIS – Wavering Radiant (2009)

From: Los Angeles, California, United States
Mood/Sound: Atmospheric, Airy, Psychedelic
Genres: Post-Metal, Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Progressive Metal
Key Tracks: Threshold Of Transformation, Hall Of The Dead, Ghost Key

Neurosis – Given To The Rising (2007)

From: Oakland, California, United States
Mood/Sound: Atmospheric, Apocalyptic, Suspenseful
Genres: Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Metal, Doom Metal
Key Tracks: The Wind, Given To The Rising, Water Is Not Enough

Ghost Brigade – Isolation Songs (2009)

From: Jyväskylä, Finland
Mood/Sound: Atmospheric, Somber, Melodic
Genres: Progressive Metal, Post-Metal, Melodic Death Metal
Key Tracks: Birth, A Storm Inside, Lost In A Loop, Suffocated

Toundra – II (2010)

From: Madrid, Spain
Mood/Sound: Dynamic, Punchy
Genres: Heavy Post-Rock, Post-Metal
Key Tracks: Bizancio / Byzantium, Magreb

Year Of No Light – Consolamentum (2021)

From: Bordeaux, France
Mood/Sound: Atmospheric, Apocalyptic, Ominous
Genres: (Instrumental) Post-Metal, Heavy Post-Rock, Drone Metal
Key Tracks: Alétheia, Interdit Aux Vivants, Aux Morts Et Aux Chiens, Came

Rinoa – An Age Among Them (2010)

From: Essex, United Kingdom
Mood/Sound: Cathartic, Atmospheric
Genres: Screamo, Atmospheric Post-Hardcore, Post-Metal
Key Tracks: Past Maidens, Sol Winds, Fires In The Distant North

Cult Of Luna & Julie Christmas – Mariner (2016)

From: Umeå, Sweden & Brooklyn, New York, United States
Mood/Sound: Atmospheric, Crushing, Eerie
Genres: Post-Metal, Atmospheric Sludge Metal
Key Tracks: Chevron, The Wreck of S.S. Needle, Cygnus

Latitudes – Agonist (2009)

From: Hitchin, United Kingdom
Mood/Sound: Dynamic, Melodic, Punchy
Genres: Post-Metal, Progressive Metal
Key Tracks: Agonist, Antechamber, Myth Cathexis

The Moth Gatherer – Esoteric Oppression (2019)

From: Stockholm, Sweden
Mood/Sound: Atmospheric, Crushing
Genres: Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Metal
Key Tracks: Motionless In Oceania, Phosphorescent Blight

Sundrowned – Higanbana (2025)

From: Haugesund, Norway
Mood/Sound: Atmospheric, Crushing, Somber
Genres: Post-Metal, Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Black Metal
Key Tracks: Primrose, The Seed, Jacob’s Ladder

Old Man Gloom – Christmas (2004)

From: Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States
Mood/Sound: Eclectic (Punchy + Atmospheric)
Genres: Sludge Metal, Post-Metal, Ambient
Key Tracks: Gift, The Volcano, ‘Tis Better To Receive

Psychonaut – World Maker (2025)

From: Mechelen, Belgium
Mood/Sound: Atmospheric, Propulsive
Genres: Progressive Metal, Post-Metal
Key Tracks: And You Came With Searing Light, Endless Currents, You Are The Sky…

Distances – Diableries (2018)

From: Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Mood/Sound: Atmospheric, Cathartic, Crushing
Genres: Post-Metal, Post-Hardcore, Progressive Metal
Key Tracks: Perfect Is The Enemy, Market Price, Throat Of Mankind

Atlases – Between The Day & I (2023)

From: Pori, Finland
Mood/Sound: Atmospheric, Crushing, Dark
Genres: Post-Metal, Progressive Metal
Key Tracks: Eyelids Of The New Dawn, Earthshine, Singulars

If These Trees Could Talk – Red Forest (2022)

From: Akron, Ohio, United States
Mood/Sound: Atmospheric, Punchy
Genres: Heavy Post-Rock, (Instrumental) Post-Metal
Key Tracks: Barren Lands Of The Modern Dinosaur, They Speak With Knives, The First Fire

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