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Post-metal is a music genre, a mixture between the genres of post-rock and heavy metal. It is...

Post-metal is a music genre, a mixture between the genres of post-rock and heavy metal. It is broadly characterized by distorted guitar, heavy atmospherics, gradual evolution of song structure, and a minimal emphasis on vocals. Hydra Head Records owner and Isis frontman Aaron Turner originally termed the genre "thinking man's metal", demonstrating that his band was trying to move away from common metal conventions. "Post-metal" is the favored name for a growing genre, but it is also referred to as "metalgaze". Journalist Simon Reynolds writes that According to Aaron Turner of Isis, experimental bands such as Flying Luttenbachers, Melvins, Godflesh and Neurosis "laid the groundwork for us [...] we're part of a recognizable lineage". Although Neurosis and Godflesh appeared earlier and display elements befitting post-metal, Isis are often credited with laying down the conventions and definition of the genre in less nebulous terms, with their release of Oceanic in 2002. Helmet's albums Meantime (1992) and Betty (1994) are cited as having "eschewed the traditional concept of heavy music" and having "trademarked the drop-d power-groove in 5/4." They may be considered "definitive texts in