Artist · chart history
Black Angels
Band Austin United States Formed 2004 US psychedelic rock band since 2004
Black Angels formed in 2004 in Austin, United States. Black Angels has 10 chart appearances on 8 radio countdowns from 3 stations on RockLists, spanning 2010–2024. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Young Men Dead”, which appears on 2 lists with a best position of #273. The station that charted Black Angels most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 5 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2011.
The Black Angels formed in Austin, Texas, in May 2004 and named themselves after the Velvet Underground's "The Black Angel's Death Song", which tells you most of what you need to know: drones, dread and a heavy lean toward the darker end of the psychedelic spectrum. The lineup has drawn on Alex Maas, guitarist Christian Bland, Stephanie Bailey, Kyle Hunt, Nate Ryan, Jennifer Raines and Jake Garcia, and they play like a single throbbing organism.
A self-titled EP in 2005 introduced them with "The First Vietnamese War", a slow, menacing trudge. Passover, the 2006 debut album, deepened the haze, with "Young Men Dead" pounding away like a war drum under a sky full of feedback. By Indigo Meadow in 2013 the songs had tightened up, and "Don't Play With Guns" rides a snarling, almost garage-rock hook without shaking off the gloom.
Their songs have lasted on rock radio's countdowns well past the moment, and they have released six studio albums and a compilation in all.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Black Angels on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Young Men Dead | 2 | #273 | – | – | |
| 2 | Enterance Song | 4 | #34 | – | 2011 | |
| 3 | Don't Play With Guns | 1 | #73 | – | 2013 | |
| 4 | The First Vietnamese War | 1 | #512 | – | – | |
| 5 | Telephone | 1 | #97 | – | 2010 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
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