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Best post-metal songs of the 2000s

The industry lost control of distribution and the music got stranger for it. Blogs did the job radio used to do. The South took the charts outright, and Kanye West began a run of reinventions that outlasted the decade he started it in.

Songs from the post-metal albums of the 2000s, ordered by their own ratings rather than the record's.

Bird of Prey cover№ 1Laser EyesZozobra · Bird of Prey
  1. 2Bird of Prey coverIn JetstreamsZozobra · Bird of Prey
  2. 3Bird of Prey coverSharks That CircleZozobra · Bird of Prey
  3. 4Bird of Prey coverBig NeedlesZozobra · Bird of Prey
  4. 5Bird of Prey coverHeartless EnemyZozobra · Bird of Prey
  5. 6Bird of Prey coverTreacherousZozobra · Bird of Prey
  6. 7Bird of Prey coverHeavy With ShadowsZozobra · Bird of Prey
  7. 8Bird of Prey coverEmanateZozobra · Bird of Prey
  8. 9Harmonic Tremors coverA Distant Star FadesZozobra · Harmonic Tremors
  9. 10Harmonic Tremors coverCalderaZozobra · Harmonic Tremors
  10. 11Harmonic Tremors coverThe Vast ExpanseZozobra · Harmonic Tremors
  11. 12Harmonic Tremors coverPeripheral LowsZozobra · Harmonic Tremors
  12. 13Harmonic Tremors coverInvisible WolvesZozobra · Harmonic Tremors
  13. 14Harmonic Tremors coverSilver GhostZozobra · Harmonic Tremors
  14. 15Harmonic Tremors coverSoon to FollowZozobra · Harmonic Tremors
  15. 16Harmonic Tremors coverLevitatorZozobra · Harmonic Tremors
  16. 17Harmonic Tremors coverKill and CrushZozobra · Harmonic Tremors
  17. 18Harmonic Tremors coverThe BlessingZozobra · Harmonic Tremors
  18. 19Absence of I coverIdiot SavantMeniscus · Absence of I
  19. 20Absence of I coverMotherMeniscus · Absence of I
  20. 21Absence of I coverPilotMeniscus · Absence of I
  21. 22Absence of I coverCuspMeniscus · Absence of I
  22. 23Station coverHarper Lewis POS Remix (Bonus Track)Russian Circles · Station
  23. 24Live IV: Selections 2001-2005 coverWeight (Live)Isis · Live IV: Selections 2001-2005
  24. 25Live IV: Selections 2001-2005 coverFalse Light (Live)Isis · Live IV: Selections 2001-2005
  25. 26Live IV: Selections 2001-2005 coverImprov I: Endless / Nameless (Live)Isis · Live IV: Selections 2001-2005
  26. 27Live IV: Selections 2001-2005 coverCelestial (Live)Isis · Live IV: Selections 2001-2005
  27. 28Live IV: Selections 2001-2005 coverC.F.T. (Live)Isis · Live IV: Selections 2001-2005
  28. 29Live IV: Selections 2001-2005 coverGlisten (Live)Isis · Live IV: Selections 2001-2005
  29. 30Live IV: Selections 2001-2005 coverGentle Time (Live)Isis · Live IV: Selections 2001-2005
  30. 31Live I 09.23.03 coverThe Beginning and the End (Live)Isis · Live I 09.23.03
  31. 32Live I 09.23.03 coverWeight (Live)Isis · Live I 09.23.03
  32. 33Live I 09.23.03 coverHym (Live)Isis · Live I 09.23.03
  33. 34Live I 09.23.03 coverCarry (Live)Isis · Live I 09.23.03
  34. 35Live II 03.19.03 coverCelestial (The Tower) [Live]Isis · Live II 03.19.03
  35. 36Live II 03.19.03 coverThe Beginning and the End (Live)Isis · Live II 03.19.03
  36. 37Live II 03.19.03 coverWeight (Live)Isis · Live II 03.19.03
  37. 38Live II 03.19.03 coverCarry (Live)Isis · Live II 03.19.03
  38. 39Live II 03.19.03 coverGlisten (Live)Isis · Live II 03.19.03
  39. 40Live II 03.19.03 coverFrom Sinking (Live)Isis · Live II 03.19.03
  40. 41Live III 12.17.04 coverAltered Course (Live)Isis · Live III 12.17.04
  41. 42Live III 12.17.04 coverGrinning Mouths (Live)Isis · Live III 12.17.04
  42. 43Live III 12.17.04 coverWills Dissolve (Live)Isis · Live III 12.17.04
  43. 44Live III 12.17.04 coverIn Fiction (Live)Isis · Live III 12.17.04
  44. 45Live III 12.17.04 coverThe Beginning and the End (Live)Isis · Live III 12.17.04
  45. 46Live III 12.17.04 coverBacklit (Live)Isis · Live III 12.17.04
  46. 47Live III 12.17.04 coverSo Did We (Live)Isis · Live III 12.17.04
  47. 48Live V 07.23.06 coverHym (Live)Isis · Live V 07.23.06
  48. 49Live V 07.23.06 coverFrom Sinking (Live)Isis · Live V 07.23.06
  49. 50Live V 07.23.06 coverWeight (Live)Isis · Live V 07.23.06

One great song, one bad album

Tracks carry their own ratings here, so a record you would never play front to back can still have a song worth defending.

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