Noctumbalist - Holland has been cooking up some of that blackgaze post-black metal

About a month from now Dutch "post-black metal" band Noctambulist (2016-present) will release their second full-length. Watch this video and see if you are interested in the sound of "post-black metal" or "blackgaze," as expounded by this band. This video is representative of what the entire album sounds like: a type of depressive and melancholic split-personality sound where hoarse vocals and loud guitars meet up with soft melodies and singing. Part of it sounds a bit more intense, while the other part sounds like what people in this part of the world (here, in the Seattle region, Washington State, U.S.) sometimes call "alternative" music, I think. I am not qualified to write much about that stuff (alternative, indie, grunge or whatever that music is called) because I don't like anything about it, but I am not talking about genres in general, but rather Noctumbalist, the Dutch band. So, this is Noctumbalist. Listen for yourself and see what you think.

Noctambulist

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Noctambulist II: De Droom by Noctambulist