Legacy of Deafheaven
Artists and genres Deafheaven directly influenced — one hop forward on the family tree of music.
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No JoyartistNo Joy are a Canadian shoegaze band from Montreal formed in late 2009 by Jasamine White-Gluz.
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Show Me the BodyartistShow Me the Body is an American post-hardcore band from New York City, formed in 2009. They have released three full-length albums, each drawing influence from genres such as hip hop, noise music and sludge metal. The band currently consists of lead vocalist and banjoist Julian Cashwan Pratt, bassist Harlan Steed, and drummer Nijol Benjamin.
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MarriagesartistMarriages 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.
Between the Buried and MeartistBetween the Buried and Me, often abbreviated as BTBAM, is an American progressive metal band from Raleigh, North Carolina. Formed in 2000, the band consists of Tommy Giles Rogers Jr., Paul Waggoner, Dan Briggs, and Blake Richardson (drums).
Harakiri for the SkyartistHarakiri for the Sky is an Austrian post-black-metal band formed in Salzburg and Vienna in 2011 by vocalist JJ and multi-instrumentalist Matthias Sollak, formerly of black metal band Bifröst. They have released six studio albums - Harakiri for the Sky (2012), Aokigahara (2014), III: Trauma (2016), Arson (2018), Mӕre (2021) and Scorched Earth (2025) - via German label AOP Records. The band has collaborated with numerous other bands in the post-black-metal scene, including Heretoir, Alcest, and Austere.
LiturgyartistLiturgy is an American black metal band from Brooklyn, New York. The band have described their music as "transcendental black metal," which was especially described in a manifesto written by founding member Haela Hunt-Hendrix; in the process of transforming their style of black metal, they have experimented with other genres including progressive rock, hip hop and electronic music. In the band's early days, Hunt-Hendrix expressed her interest in the work of Swans, Glenn Branca, Rhys Chatham, La Monte Young and Lightning Bolt as influences.
AstronoidartistAstronoid is an American post-metal band from Lowell, Massachusetts, formed in 2012. Started by vocalist Brett Boland and bassist Daniel Schwartz, the current lineup includes Boland, Schwartz, guitarist Casey Aylward, and drummer Matt St. Jean. They have released two extended plays, November (2012) and Stargazer (2013), and four studio albums, Air (2016), the eponymous Astronoid (2019), Radiant Bloom (2022) and Stargod (2025).
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Spectral WoundartistSpectral Wound is a Canadian black metal band formed in 2014, signed to Profound Lore Records.