Maserati
Maserati, the instrumental post-rock band from Georgia with an electronic pulse.
Post-rock
Post-rock: instrumentals extensos, crescendos i textures que construeixen l’emoció sense lletra. Tótum Revolútum Press segueix les novetats discogràfiques i els concerts del gènere a Catalunya, des dels referents que el van definir fins als projectes que hi aporten sons nous.
Chavez
Chavez, the New York math rock and indie rock band of the 1990s.
Slint
Slint, the Louisville band whose album Spiderland is a cornerstone of post-rock and math rock.
Polvo
Polvo, the North Carolina band that pioneered 1990s math rock.
American Football
American Football, the foundational emo and math rock band of the 1990s.
Caspian
Caspian, the American instrumental post-rock band from Massachusetts.
65daysofstatic
65daysofstatic, the British band that fuses post-rock and glitch electronica.
God Is an Astronaut
God Is an Astronaut, the Irish instrumental post-rock band formed by the Kinsella twins.
This Will Destroy You
This Will Destroy You, the Texan atmospheric, instrumental post-rock band.
Explosions in the Sky
Explosions in the Sky, the Texas band that is a global reference in instrumental post-rock.
Agriculture release a European live album on Friday, most of it taped at Roadburn
“The Spiritual Sound, Live in Europe 2026” arrives digitally on 2 October and on vinyl and CD on 27 November. Seven of the ten tracks come from the Tilburg festival.
Russian Circles
Russian Circles, the Chicago instrumental trio, somewhere between post-metal and post-rock.
Rosetta
Rosetta, the American atmospheric post-metal band from Philadelphia.
Cult of Luna
Cult of Luna, the Swedish post-metal band, a reference of the genre with Somewhere Along the Highway.
Neurosis
Neurosis, the founding band of post-metal, a direct reference for Isis, Cult of Luna and Rosetta.
Isis
Isis, one of the founding bands of post-metal, a reference thanks to Oceanic and Panopticon.
Deafheaven
Deafheaven, the American band that brought atmospheric black metal to the indie audience with Sunbather.
Alcest
Alcest, Neige’s French project, a pioneer of blackgaze, a fusion of black metal and shoegaze.
Dead Sea Apes – Psychic Tension
The Manchester trio’s first studio record in three years builds an immovable base on every one of its five tracks and turns the guitar loose on top. It works — until it repeats.
Toundra
Toundra, the Madrid band that is the reference for instrumental post-rock in the Spanish language.
Mono
Mono, the Japanese orchestral post-rock band, known for the dynamic intensity of its live shows.
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Godspeed You! Black Emperor, the Canadian collective that pioneered the most epic and politicised instrumental post-rock.
Mogwai
Mogwai, one of the founding and leading bands of Scottish instrumental post-rock.
Sigur Rós
Sigur Rós, the Icelandic band, a world reference in atmospheric post-rock and in falsetto singing in “hopelandic”.
Intronaut
Intronaut, the American band that combines technical progressive metal with post-rock atmospheres.
Gazpacho
Gazpacho, the Norwegian band of dark atmospheres straddling progressive rock and post-rock.
Gaspar Claus – CELLS
Everything you hear on this record comes out of one cello, processed until it doesn’t sound like one. Made in Banyuls-sur-Mer, with Matt Elliott singing and a closing track titled in Catalan.
Shy, Low return after five years with “Purity Spiral”, seven tracks out on Pelagic on 16 October
The instrumental quintet from Richmond are back with seven tracks, three of which can already be heard. Two of them run past seven minutes.
Peninsula – Revelation Space
Three December 2024 improvisations shaped into pieces of fifteen, fourteen and nineteen minutes. The Scottish quartet puts the drums up front and keeps the synths in the background.
Gaspar Claus releases “Cells” tomorrow, five years on from “Tancade”, with Matt Elliott singing his words
The French cellist made it with producer Basile3 in a studio built for the job. “Colaïdo” takes its name from his father’s sailing boat.
Pharaoh Overlord release “7” on 20 November, with Aaron Turner and Richard Dawson on vocals
Five tracks of saturated synth-rock produced by Juho Vanhanen, of Oranssi Pazuzu. They’ve previewed “Arms Of None”, with a video.
Blueneck – Moonlighting
Ten years, the producer’s illness, the pandemic and a stroke partway through the vocals. The sixth Blueneck album is eight tracks of piano, electronics and guitars moving from dark to light.
Raphael Weinroth-Browne – Empyrean
Raphael Weinroth-Browne builds a 44-minute record out of a single looped, layered acoustic cello — hypnotic at first, formulaic by the second half.
Duncan Attwood explains ten years of «Moonlighting»: the producer’s illness, the pandemic and a stroke of his own mid-vocal recording
Duncan Attwood of Blueneck explains the decade-long delay behind ‘Moonlighting’: a producer’s illness, the pandemic, and his own stroke mid-recording.
Decibel Books publishes the history of Hydra Head Records, the label behind Isis, Botch and Cave In, in December
Decibel Books publishes ‘Deconstructing Towers: The Story Of Hydra Head Records’ in December, a 500-plus-page history of the label behind Isis, Botch and Cave In.
Emma Ruth Rundle releases «These Killing Times», recorded with a full band and on her own label
Emma Ruth Rundle releases ‘These Killing Times’, her sixth album, recorded with a full band on Errant Child, the label she runs herself.
Russian Circles reissue «Guidance» with reworked cover art ten years on
Russian Circles mark ten years of ‘Guidance’ with a reissue featuring reworked cover art, arriving around 11 December through Sargent House.
The Ocean unveil “Milk Of My Dream” with Thorsten Quaeschning of Tangerine Dream
The Ocean’s “Solaris”, with a largely new line-up, follows a rescue ship fleeing the ruined Earth of “Holocene”.
Russian Circles – Nine
Russian Circles’ ninth album, «Nine», produced by Kurt Ballou: deliberate instrumental post-metal, no surprises but no cracks either.
Ølyp – I(m)MORTAL
Debut instrumental album from French duo Ølyp: atmospheric post-metal about ecological crisis without a single sung word, with a guest string quartet.