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Best post-metal artists of the 2020s

It opened with nobody able to tour, so records got finished in bedrooms and discovery moved to a feed. Drill turned up in every city with a postcode, and Afrobeats and Latin pop went mainstream worldwide without waiting to be translated.

Everyone who released a post-metal album in the 2020s, ordered by how Riffiter listeners rate their catalog.

Isis№ 1Isis1 album here4.2Weighted score4.5 avg · 6 ratings
  1. 2Infant IslandInfant Island1 album here4.14.3 avg · 3 ratings
  2. 3MammothMammoth3 albums here4.04.2 avg · 3 ratings
  3. 4Emma Ruth RundleEmma Ruth Rundle1 album here3.93.9 avg · 4 ratings
  4. 5DeafheavenDeafheaven1 album here3.93.9 avg · 37 ratings
  5. 6Toundra2 albums here3.93.8 avg · 4 ratings
  6. 7Cult of LunaCult of Luna1 album here3.83.7 avg · 3 ratings
  7. 8Violet ColdViolet Cold1 album here3.83.7 avg · 3 ratings
  8. 9PelicanPelican1 album here3.83.7 avg · 5 ratings
  9. 10The OceanThe Ocean5 albums here3.83.8 avg · 16 ratings
  10. 11AmenraAmenra3 albums here3.73.7 avg · 15 ratings
  11. 12rýr2 albums here2 ratings
  12. 13IntronautIntronaut1 album here1 rating
  13. 14MØLMØL2 albums here1 rating
  14. 15DiespneaDiespnea1 album here1 rating
  15. 16Lost In Kyiv2 albums here1 rating
  16. 17KAZEA1 album here1 rating
  17. 18Tacoma Narrows Bridge Disaster1 album here1 rating
  18. 19Year of No Light2 albums here1 rating
  19. 20KingdomKingdom3 albums here
  20. 21SumacSumac4 albums here
  21. 22KargKarg3 albums here
  22. 23AidanAidan8 albums here
  23. 24We Made GodWe Made God1 album here
  24. 25IAHIAH5 albums here
  25. 26HemelbestormerHemelbestormer2 albums here
  26. 27El Altar del HolocaustoEl Altar del Holocausto1 album here
  27. 28SOMSOM1 album here
  28. 29LvmenLvmen1 album here
  29. 30Blindead 23Blindead 231 album here
  30. 31the forest forgetsthe forest forgets1 album here

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