black ambient
what it is
Musical style given form through various hybrids between black metal and dark ambient music, often has a tendency to lean towards the one or the other. May consist of dark ambient using black metal æsthetics such as screams, distorted guitar noise, and rhasps or black metal tracks with a more ambient touch which generally also incorporate ambient minimalism and lack of linear structure and concepts about nature, space, trance and landscapes; also a combination of these two. Like its sister genre 'depressive black metal' shares the key influence of the album 'Filosofem' and also often features prominent monotony of more mid-paced and longer tracks.
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What is black ambient?
Musical style given form through various hybrids between black metal and dark ambient music, often has a tendency to lean towards the one or the other. May consist of dark ambient using black metal æsthetics such as screams, distorted guitar noise, and rhasps or black metal tracks with a more ambient touch which generally also incorporate ambient minimalism and lack of linear structure and concepts about nature, space, trance and landscapes; also a combination of these two. Like its sister genre 'depressive black metal' shares the key influence of the album 'Filosofem' and also often features prominent monotony of more mid-paced and longer tracks.
What are good black ambient albums to start with?
Try THIRD SIDE OF TAPE by Lil Ugly Mane, Damned by Crawl, All Reflections Drained by Xasthur, and Abgzvoryathre by Moëvöt.
Who are some women making black ambient?
musicisforgirls.com/genres/black-ambient/girls lists women, non-binary artists, and bands with women making black ambient, from mainstream to underground.
genre notes from last.fm listeners · artists and albums from last.fm, updated 2026-10-21