The band is composed of Stephen McBean, Jeremy Schmidt, Adam Bulgasem, Amber Webber, Arjan Miranda.

[4] They released two singles, a split EP and an album The Progressive Science of Breeding Idiots for a Dumber Society (1995).

[4] In 1996 McBean asked drummer Joshua Wells (Radio Berlin)[8] to join his band Ex Dead Teenager.

[12][13] At the start of 2004, the two began working on the demos under the same name with contributions from Webber, bassist Matt Camirand and keyboard player Jeremy Schmidt.

The band toured around North America and Europe,[16] while in June the 12-inch single "Druganaut" b/w "Buffalo Swan" was released in the US.

[20] A vinyl single was released in April 2007 named "Surrender Sound Session: Unkle vs. Autolux/Black Mountain" with a remix of "No Hits" on the B side.

In September 2010 Black Mountain performed in an amphitheater located in the woods of Oisterwijk at the Incubate (festival) in Tilburg, Netherlands.

[22] Several members of the band have, for as long as a decade, worked for organizations that meet the basic living requirements of the chronically poor, drug addicted and mentally ill in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside neighborhood, such as Insite.

[26] The band released their third album Wilderness Heart in September 2011,[27] which was produced by Randall Dunn and Dave Sardy.