Afro_D-Shak Okay, Alcest / Les Discrets fans, get a hold of this ASAP. It's a 6-way split album featuring lots of shoegaze-y black metal. I love it.
Afro_D-Shak dead1 wroteWhat's "shoe gazey" Shoegaze is a very ethereal sounding subgenre of music. It's basically a very atmospheric, dreamy form of Indie rock. Here's the Wiki, for a more complex description: <a class="postlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoegazing#Spacegaze.2C_Stargaze.2C_and_Metalgaze">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoegazing ... _Metalgaze</a> Surprisingly enough, when combined with black metal, the effect is wonderful. An example of classic shoegaze: <a class="postlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzVwpibI8uY&feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzVwpibI ... re=related</a> And an example of black metal / shoegaze: <a class="postlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rMO61fcgw0&feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rMO61fc ... re=related</a>
dead1 Thanks for the link and explanation. Sounds too "thinky" for me. Hence right now I'm listening to: