Artists like ISON

Heretoir is a band formed in Augsburg in 2006 that combines post-rock and shoegazing influences with modern metal.

French duo who invented blackgaze — post-black metal in soft focus.

Marriages was an American rock band from Los Angeles, California that formed in 2011. The band's final lineup consisted of vocalist and guitarist Emma Ruth Rundle, bassist Greg Burns and drummer Andrew Clinco.

If These Trees Could Talk is an American instrumental post-rock band from Akron, Ohio. They self-released their self-titled debut EP in 2006. Independent record label the Mylene Sheath re-issued the EP on vinyl in 2007 and went on to publish the band's debut studio album, Above the Earth, Below the Sky, on vinyl also, in 2009. The band self-released their second album, Red Forest, in March 2012, with a vinyl version coming out through Science of Silence Records. They followed it with a self-promoted tour throughout Europe in April 2012. If These Trees Could Talk issued their third album, The Bones of a Dying World, in June 2016, on Metal Blade Records. All their previous releases were subsequently re-issued in 2021 and 2022 on the same label. In February 2024, they published the single "Trail of Whispering Giants", their first new material in nearly eight years.

Lunatic Soul is a progressive rock side-project founded by Riverside vocalist and bass guitarist Mariusz Duda in 2008. Originally conceived to allow him to explore genres outside of rock, the project was described by Duda in 2014 as progressive, ambient, oriental, and electronic. Lunatic Soul has released eight albums to date. The most recent, The World Under Unsun, came out in October 2025.

Jesu are a British experimental metal band formed in 2003 by Justin Broadrick following the breakup of his band Godflesh. It shares its name with the last song on Hymns, the final album of Godflesh's initial run. Jesu's sound is heavily layered and textured, incorporating a diverse mix of influences. Broadrick himself has stated that "...it's very loosely speaking pop/rock/metal/electronica ... I'm intentionally writing what I consider to be coherent 'pop' songs".

Blankenberge is a Russian shoegaze band, featuring dream pop and post-rock elements in their music composition. Originally from Barnaul, Siberia, the band later moved to Saint Petersburg and dispersed across Europe following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. They now operate remotely.

Hearts of Black Science is a Swedish musical duo from Gothenburg, known for creating “dark, brooding synthpop mixed with shoegaze, goth and new wave pop”. The genre of their music has also been referred to as post-rock and electronica. The band says their focus is on "melodies" and "dark lyrics"; their name comes from the idea of alchemy creating gold from available materials, or in their case, music from diverse styles.

Deafheaven is an American blackgaze band formed in 2010. Originally based in San Francisco, the group began as a two-piece with singer George Clarke and guitarist Kerry McCoy, who recorded and self-released a demo album together. Following its release, Deafheaven recruited three new members and began to tour. Before the end of 2010, the band signed to Deathwish Inc. and later released their debut album Roads to Judah, in April 2011. They popularized a unique style blending black metal, shoegaze, and post-rock, among other influences, later called blackgaze by reviewers.

King Woman is an American doom metal band from San Francisco, California, formed by singer/guitarist Kristina Esfandiari. The band's lyrics largely address Esfandiari's childhood years in a cult-like charismatic Christian community in Northern California. The band has released two albums in between several of Esfandiari's other projects in disparate genres.