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Oh No! (2025)
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diorama (2024)
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Swarmlord is a black metal act from El Paso, Texas, active since 2013, channeling raw aggression and cold atmosphere from the border region's harsh landscape.
Formed in Los Angeles in 2021, Swartvoud crafts atmospheric black and doom metal with a cavernous, melancholic depth, blending slow-burning doom passages with frost-covered black metal atmospherics.
Los Angeles-based Swartwoud has operated since 2013 at the intersection of black metal, sludge, and crust punk, with an ambient undercurrent running through their abrasive, lo-fi recordings.
Swaumphth is a black, thrash, and doom metal project from Manitowoc, Wisconsin, formed in 2025, exploring a primitive and murky convergence of those traditions.
Swept in Black is a New York black metal project formed in 2024, contributing to the state's active underground black metal scene with a raw and atmospheric approach.
California's Swine Infection blends black metal and crust punk into a raw, anarchic sound, active since 2012 and rooted in the lo-fi, DIY tradition common to both genres.
Swine Soul is a raw black metal and noise project with roots in the American Deep South, active since 2013, trafficking in primitive, lo-fi hostility and minimal production.
Knoxville, Tennessee's Swine Suicide have played black metal with ambient underpinnings since 2011, crafting cold, desolate soundscapes out of the Southern Appalachian underground.
Black metal outfit from Massachusetts formed in 2022, channeling raw atmospheric intensity with a sound rooted in the grim traditions of the genre.
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