1. To understand Godspeed You! To understand Black Emperor's influence on post-rock, you need to first know what post-rock is. In fact, the definition of post-rock has never been settled. Whether it is the 1990s or today in the 21st century, the current common saying is that post-rock refers to the addition of electronic music to old rock to form a new style. , a more relaxed and free style of musical expression. Post-rock rejects (or overturns) all elements related to traditional rock. Compared with melody and song structure, post-rock music pays more attention to a clean and smooth musical expression. This style of music often uses instruments to enhance the overall effect.

2. From the above definition, Godspeed You! The Black Emperor band also implements minimalism in their music. Godspeed You! Black Emperor (God Bless Black Emperor) was founded in 1993 and 1994. Initially there were only two members, but later the number of members in the band reached 15. Because they advocate minimalism in music, they often de-melody their music and have no lead singer. They even often use street recording, field recording and other means to express their world view and their aversion to the music industry and the commercialization of rock music. In 1997, the band released the album "f#a#∞", which was made from only 500 films. From the name of the album, you can see how they "distorted" the music theory (the album's name is the sound of "f#a#∞") The name is F-sharp, A-sharp written backwards, plus infinity, indicating their determination to break with traditional rock).

3. "f#a#∞" is undoubtedly the band's declaration on the road of rock music. The entire album is just like the band members said, their music is not just low-key post-rock, like The album has the same title, and the band hopes to find hope in the midst of despair through honest and sincere communication of musical emotions. Their works are expressed in the language of pure music. They criticize the cruel reality and are about the whole process of struggle with grief, anger, loneliness, and helplessness.

4. In fact, to analyze the specific impact of God Bless the Black Emperor on post-rock, it may take a thousand or even ten thousand words to describe it in detail. The words of some music critics are actually about this The band's praise, in the 1990s when post-rock was rising, spreading, and introspecting, God Bless the Black Emperor was not particularly influential in terms of influence, but they succeeded in using songs that seemed lengthy but were actually not pretentious. Their pretentious music has raised the overall quality of post-rock. From this point of view, they have made an indelible contribution to post-rock and rock music in the 21st century.