February 2024, In Review
Post-black metal. Lotsa post-black metal.
February was a busy month for black metal. Overall, USBM dominated the release calendar with a surprising lead over death metal.
However, it doesn’t appear that the current fixation with melodic death has diminished at all, as it is currently one of the most common subgenres1. Close behind it is hardcore and its ilk. Hardcore being distinct from metal, all the bands here wouldn’t necessarily qualify has hardcore per sé, but instead as forms of metal with hardcore influence, such as deathcore, metalcore, and all the various types of grind e.g. pornogrind, deathgrind, noisegrind, etc.
