Noise

Noise music is a genre characterized by its rejection of traditional melodic and harmonic structures, instead emphasizing sonic experimentation and aural disruption. Emerging in the 1970s and 1980s, noise music drew inspiration from avant-garde, industrial, and punk movements, often incorporating distorted electronics, feedback, and unconventional instrumentation. The genre's popularity peaked in the 1990s and early 2000s, with the rise of noise scenes in Japan and the US. Noise music's cultural significance lies in its challenge to traditional musical norms, embracing chaos and disorder as a means of sonic expression. Its relationship to other genres is complex, drawing from industrial, avant-garde, and experimental traditions, yet rejecting traditional notions of music. Notable elements of noise music include its use of white noise, power electronics, and deliberate sonic abrasion, setting it apart from more structured forms of electronic music.

Latest Noise Release
Banana album image
Banana
Single - Released November 13, 2026

RecentMusic users are tracking 3674 Noise artists for new releases, and have access to the full timeline of 61,941 releases

Join them and feed your new music addiction, and add the Noise artists you love!

Get Started Browse Releases
1 Karton
404 chew
4€F0
5SecondDecider
6ENSE
8belial
AAIIEENN
AFTRL1FE
Agonis
Ampermut
Anatal
Arsaphe
B-Lion
BEEFCAKE
Bachyard Ghost
Batondy
Bergui071
Bertoi Hyper
Chantress Seba
Christian Radke
Cieeechanowicz
DEW8
DedSec
Defab
Edb
El Ruido Blanco
Erda
Etxekalte
Eversor
Evlay
Exus186
Feineboi
Fils FRT
Fire Sounds
GODHANDUSA
Ghostproduce
Hard Block
Hukky Shibaseki
Hybrid Noise
Il Rope
Johan Berthling
Keiji Haino
Kikù Hibino
Killheist
Konstantin Zhilyakov
Krupek
LAB RAT
LOBG
Les Loges Noires
Liinx
Long.Free
Lustrum Usc
Machine Six
Maro 010 CLK
Merzbow
Minoram
Obviousgod
Oster
Otomo Yoshihide
Paniëntos
Petey Plastic
Pherick
Piku
Plastic
RASKOL
RGB
RICH DUBUA
Ruído Branco
SINN6R
SNARK
Saintess
Sikeen
T-sensu
TURY
TXVSTERPLAYA
Talabun
Talamaur
Uraan
VXLLAIN
Wada
Wendigo
White Noise Radiance
ZXX
Zaeg
Zago
Zikosis
adamxyz
aespa
bashexx
discxrdia
emptiness
etu
humanangst
lumisoun
neophron
saraunh0ly
soft centre
veil9
Đutko
ТУ-134
White Noise Radiance
aespa
Evlay
CXSPER
Brown Noise
TXVSTERPLAYA
K y B
Mckyyy
Zago
Ruído Branco
saraunh0ly
Kaiser Hulenstadt
8belial
Ben Russell
VXLLAIN
Obviousgod
Chantress Seba
emptiness
Methodical Madness
Parv0
El Ruido Blanco
Other Nothing
Grim Salvo
BodyHI
Fire Sounds
lumisoun
TURY
bigman
daigoro789
ORO600
ekhoe
Fan Sounds
Voania
Istasha
GODHANDUSA
Eversor
TVLM
adamxyz
Vera Teltz
WeatherBug
Jabba
Ablation
ZECCA
Lustrum U.V.S.V./N.V.V.S.U.
sace6
Zbig
oddworld
SecretiveSuicide
Hair Dryers for Background Noise
NECROLX
Bazgrov
neophron
Wang OK
Erda
White Noise Workshop
Saltyngget
932sounds
IMP.
zecki
WAZGOGG
SINN6R
Wendigo
TRSH
Skumaj
KUNTFETISH
(sic)boy
iLLEOo
Oliver Olson
shhieda
suisoh
dkj
Mad ASMR Triggers
Gremlin
Reprobeater
1NZZiDENT
Animal Collective
Digiffects Sound Effects Library
Botlok
Elias Kiefer
.voodoo people
Black061
Narciss
Tomorrow
Jinho 9
Ryutqc
Sapranov
Haku.
Hades99
Shacki
Reginald
Popov
ELE
Autonomic Sensations
Tutankhamun
Jędker
Doniu
Ggreco
evilgiane
Koneser
The Outdoor Library