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Depression (2024)
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Empire (2010)
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Of Arcane Magic & Forbidden Knowledge: The Necromantical Passage (2026)
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Miami-based raw black metal duo formed by two Canadian musicians, channeling Satanic and war-obsessed themes through stripped-down, uncompromising rawness before dissolving.
Washington state black metal project whose Latin name means head of the world, drawing conceptual inspiration from architectural writer Spiro Kostof.
Experimental post-black metal/grindcore/hardcore from Dallas.
California black metal project launched in 2016, crafting raw and atmospheric material in the solo underground tradition.
Florida/California brutal death and black metal band formed around 2011, pairing punishing dual-genre aggression with science-fiction lyrical themes.
Providence, Rhode Island black metal project active since 2018, channeling themes of despair and resilience into bleak, atmospheric compositions.
Knoxville, Tennessee black and funeral doom metal project, layering glacially slow funeral doom atmospherics beneath raw black metal hostility.
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St. Petersburg black metal act formed in 1999, rooted in the raw, atmospheric tradition of the genre with a murky, cold production style that emphasizes malevolent mood over technical display.
Chicago-based act fusing melodic death metal's harmonic sensibility with the brutality of deathcore breakdowns, delivering technically precise riffwork alongside moments of punishing heaviness.
Florida black/doom project formed in 2026 out of Palm Coast, channeling bleak, misanthropic atmosphere through the intersection of raw black metal and funeral-paced doom.
Brookline-rooted black metal band from 1990, emerging from the early New England extreme metal underground with the cold, aggressive sound typical of the era's raw black metal output.
A raw black metal project from Westchester County channeling the lo-fi, abrasive aesthetic of the USBM underground with primitive production and bleak atmosphere.
A New York City black metal project blending symphonic grandeur with dark, confrontational energy, formed in 2024 with a marriage of orchestral texture and black metal ferocity.
Detroit black/death metal project fusing the cold, atmospheric qualities of black metal with the blunt force of death metal, reflecting the Midwest's tradition of unadorned extreme metal.
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