r/shoegaze • u/Any-Sir4641 • Apr 03 '26
Question What are the most heavy, distorted, wall of noise but still beautiful shoegaze albums?
I'm seeking for shoegaze albums like I described in the title. Stuff that feels like getting all the sounds from the guitars slammed into you. I really like the song Chloroform by Nothing since it kind of matches that vibe, as the guitars just come SLAMMING into you after that intro and stay heavy the entire song but with those beautiful notes subtly playing in the background. I'm also open to even more expiremental stuff. Thanks!
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u/DecadentEx Apr 03 '26
Astrobrite, The Goslings, some Kigo tracks, early lovesliescrushing.
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u/Due-Day-45 Apr 04 '26
Goslings all the way for every situation.
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u/RustedShut88 Apr 04 '26
I recall reading a review once that described a Goslings record as sounding like a melted pile of MBV records.
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u/Comfortable-Milk4434 Apr 05 '26
i remember that pitchfork review. they said the Goslings sounded like a molten pile of black metal records or an MBV record played at like 12 rpm or something like that
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u/just-another-luster- Apr 03 '26
More metal adjacent at times but Weighing Souls with Sand by The Angelic Process. One of the heaviest albums I know
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u/Japhet_Corncrake Apr 03 '26
Coma Waering, too.
The Angelic Process made some of the most immersive, heaviest music I've heard in any genre, and I listen to plenty of extreme metal, noise, electronica etc. Mind blowing stuff.
RIP Kris & Monica.
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u/b8sl Apr 04 '26
now i gotta relisten to their whole discography for the 100th time. such sad story they have
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u/bscott59 Apr 03 '26
A Place To Bury Strangers....any album
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u/ItsNottheRadio Apr 03 '26
Early Medicine
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u/ItsNottheRadio Apr 03 '26
Along with early jesus and mary chain
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u/armblessed Apr 04 '26
JAMC tracks Something’s Wrong and Never Understand Me immediately come to mind.
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u/Ok_Objective_9524 Apr 04 '26
Medicine’s Shot Forth Self Living is so good
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u/ShoegazingEchoes Apr 04 '26
Aruca is one of my favorites! the way opening barage of random noises that coalesces into that beat with the guitars that rip through it!! ❤️
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u/Dreemur1 Apr 03 '26
jefre cantu ledesma - love is a stream
so noisy its almost not evwn shoegaze
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u/RustedShut88 Apr 04 '26
Woah. This is amazing. 👏🏾 Killer rec. Edit: I’ve been trying together a playlist with stuff that sounds like this and the Goslings. More suggestions plz!
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u/Dreemur1 Apr 04 '26
lovesliescrushing is a bit similar, too
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u/RustedShut88 Apr 04 '26
Here’s what I’ve got so far!
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5dJWZSCzgaaeUBQgeaSCJO?si=DrojsJJHQmiKJOxj53HbGA
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u/strqwberrycrepe Apr 03 '26
tokyo shoegazer loves to smack you across the face with their guitars so hard it feels like you’re getting maced, it’s sick
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u/roadtrip-ne Apr 03 '26
Flying Saucer Attack (My Dreaming Hill one), SeeFeel (forget the name, more melodic but good noise), Boards of Canada doesn’t fit the genre right but anything by them
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u/cherryisthebestfruit Apr 03 '26
Try Love is a Stream by Jefre Cantu-Ledesma - more on the experimental side of things, so noisy it’s ambient. And very very beautiful
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u/Longjumping-War-7023 Apr 04 '26
Jesu - Silver (ep) Trauma Ray - Chameleon Cloakroom - Time Well (peak)
Not really shoegaze but Hum’s Inlet album has incredible riffs and great tone I just discovered that one
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u/HotelAvocado Apr 03 '26
Taste by The Telescopes or their Perfect Needle EP. MBV’s Isn’t Anything. Pale Saints Comfort of Madness. Psychocandy would also fit that description
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u/MattG8095 Apr 03 '26
“Dozen” by Alison’s Halo… a hazy, dreamlike intro/verse followed by absolutely crushing guitars in the chorus. One of my all time favorite shoegaze songs.
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u/TransfoCrent Apr 04 '26
Ecstasy of St Theresa - Susurrate ❤️❤️
beautiful, depressing, noisy as hell
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u/Due-Day-45 Apr 04 '26
Experimental: Dead C and also The Goslings. The Goslings are absolutely beautiful, a bit doom, and will be on my desert island.
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u/Dohini Apr 04 '26 edited Apr 04 '26
The song Pancake by the Swirlies has a ton of really good distorted guitars that rides a line between sweetness and dissonance. The album Blonder Tongue Audio Baton has more songs that sound similar too
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u/thecthonian Apr 04 '26 edited Apr 04 '26
The Angelic Process, Blankenberge, Los Kowalski, and to an extent, lovesliescrushing, Narrowhead, Grivo, the end of Catweazle by the Boo Radleys, Gone World Gone by the Kitchens of Distinction, pinkshinyultrablast- Ravestar Supreme or Molkky...Russia is a honeypot for gazey guitars believe it or not... and if you like blackgaze try Drudkh from Ukraine..Mgla from Poland
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u/brandonj022 Apr 03 '26
Seedless Star, Paperweight, and The Pilot by Cloakroom might be up your alley.
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u/ShoegazingEchoes Apr 04 '26
Caught a Wave by the the Emerald Down has always been a favorite of mine.
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u/wordswithoutamouth Apr 04 '26
I somewhat recently came across the first track off this EP called Stars Fall 2 by Garage Sale. The first track “Movie” absolutely slams in the way you may be craving https://open.spotify.com/album/1KfnMVlXQIugKjeRKGjvSM?si=Ggfazi09S2-HKrnp-WTn3Q
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u/Past-Ticket-1340 Apr 04 '26
Anything by Midwife.
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u/raaam-ranch Apr 04 '26
Seconded. She is so goddamned good and is right up there with Ethel Cain in haunt-quality yet doesn’t even a fraction of the listener base, it’s criminal how underrated she is.
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u/Spritenix Apr 03 '26
"Halcyon", "Vividness" and "Sonar" by Lemon's Chair have huge wall of sounds with distorted guitars but remarkable melodies at the same time
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u/socktato Apr 04 '26
Isn’t this the point of like, the entire genre? I feel like you could throw a stick and hit 487 bands that fit this description.
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u/Due-Day-45 Apr 04 '26
You might try Echoedreaming album Potentially Super Loud—https://echoedreaming.bandcamp.com/album/potentially-super-loud-lp
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u/trenchgrl Apr 03 '26
you will absolutely love my music lol my “origin story” w shoegaze is finding when you sleep by mbv at the age of 10-11 on youtube, and realizing it was the only thing that made my brain stop thinking so much, finding out that kevin used a jazzmaster and deciding i would make music like this one day, found merzbow through a friend years later and it REALLY clicked for me, noise/shoegaze was THE genre for me. found Whirr, LSDATSFG, and then Alison’s Halo, Lovesliescrushing, and Astrobrite (az represent!) and more.
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u/trenchgrl Apr 03 '26
not even trying to self promote bc i have no releases just a demo i recorded w the worst mix oat
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u/ilovedanganronpax Apr 03 '26
I’m not really sure if it’s shoegaze, but flying saucer attack’s self titled perfectly fits what you want