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Butterflies (2025)
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The Atlantic Albums (2019)
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Evidence (2023)
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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.
Savage Black Metal out of Texas.
Centennial, Colorado melodic black/death metal act blending atmospheric sweep with genuine aggression since 2020, drawing on the melodic black metal tradition while keeping the extremity sharp.
A newly formed New Jersey black metal project with a name evoking the Protestant Reformation, suggesting a cerebral and historically minded approach to raw, atmospheric black metal.
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