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Svolterr is an Indiana black/death metal and noise act formed in 2024, blending abrasive extremity with dissonant, chaotic textures in the vein of modern bestial underground acts.
Swallowed Whole is a Seattle, Washington band formed in 2018 that fuses death metal, doom, and black metal into a dense, morbid sound drawing from the darkest corners of Pacific Northwest extreme metal.
Swamp Lantern is a Seattle, Washington band formed in 2020 that merges psychedelic doom with black metal, conjuring dense, murky atmospheres that reflect the Pacific Northwest's overcast and foreboding landscape.
Tampa, Florida black metal project active since 2011, drawing on the raw, primitive end of the genre with the humid, oppressive atmosphere befitting the Florida underground scene.
New Hampshire black metal act formed in 2017, operating in the atmospheric and misanthropic tradition of American black metal with a sound shaped by the isolation of the northeastern wilderness.
Flagstaff, Arizona band formed in 2013 that fuses black metal, sludge, crust punk, and hardcore into a raw, confrontational sound that reflects the chaotic energy of the desert Southwest's DIY underground.
American black and doom metal project formed in 2017, merging the cold malevolence of black metal with the glacial, suffocating heaviness of doom metal into a dismal and atmosphere-heavy sound.
Los Angeles death metal and grindcore band formed in 2017, beginning with a raw grindcore and death metal attack before evolving into a more death/black metal direction, combining brutality and ferocity throughout their catalog.
Tucson, Arizona black and death metal band formed in 2015, fusing the savage extremity of both genres into a dark and violent sound shaped by the arid, unforgiving environment of the Sonoran Desert underground.
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