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ASTRONOID

Experimental/Post Metal • United States


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Astronoid are an American post-black metal band from Lowell, Massachusetts. The project was started by guitarist/vocalist Brett Boland in 2012, and eventually included fellow guitarists Mike DeMellia and Casey Aylward, bassist Daniel Schwartz and drummer Matt St. Jean. Astronoid self-describe their style as dream thrash, an innovative mixture of black and progressive metal with shoegaze and post-hardcore elements, and claim influence from Devin Townsend, Mew, Ihsahn and Emperor, Alcest, Jesu, Cynic and the Smashing Pumpkins.

Over the course of their first year, the group established their sound through the November and Stargazer EPs, along with a cover of My Bloody Valentine's Only Shallow. The two-song November was performed almost entirely by Boland (formerly of similar-minded group Vattnet Viskar and math rock ensemble Hetfield & Hetfield), and Schwartz (formerly of Hetfield & Hetfield) would enter the lineup by the time of Only Shallow, with Aylward (also formerly of Vattnet Viskar and Hetfield & Hetfield) making Astronoid a trio by Stargazer. DeMellia and fellow Vattnet Viskar bandmate St. Jean were subsequently recruited as the band wrote and recorded their first album. Astronoid's independent Bandcamp releases would catch the attention of Finnish record label Blood Music, which signed them and issued their first LP, Air, in 2016 to critical acclaim. Their profile further grew as they toured with and opened for acts such as Animals as Leaders, Ghost, Periphery, Ghost Bath and Zeal & Ardor. DeMellia departed in late 2018, and the now-quartet followed up Air with their self-titled sophomore album in 2019, which scaled back the abrasiveness of their prior work while emphasizing their shoegaze and dreampop side.

Astronoid come highly recommended to fans of Alcest, VOLA, Mew, Lantlôs, Deafheaven, TesseracT, Vattnet Viskar and Devin Townsend.

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3.60 | 5 ratings
Air
2016
3.80 | 5 ratings
Astronoid
2019
3.67 | 6 ratings
Radiant Bloom
2022

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3.50 | 2 ratings
November
2012
0.00 | 0 ratings
Only Shallow
2012
3.00 | 2 ratings
Stargazer
2013
0.00 | 0 ratings
A New Color
2019

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