Harsh noise is a subgenre of noise music that emerged in the early 1980s, originating from the Kansai no wave movement and later Japanoise, primarily through acts such as Merzbow, Hijokaidan, Hanatara
Merzbow is considered to be one of the most popular harsh noise artists
Post-noise is a 21st century music genre and scene related to hypnagogic pop, new-age and hauntology. The term was featured in writer David Keenan's 2009 article "Childhood's End" in issue 306 of the
Harsh noise
…for producing gorenoise are Elephant Man Behind the Sun, the early work of Torture, Meekness, and Melanocytic Tumors of Uncertain Malignant Potential. Post-noise Avant-garde music…
James Ferraro (pictured in 2012) and Spencer Clark's noise group the Skaters formed in 2004.