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Comes the Green Man, Flees the Winter Witch (2025)
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Summer Demos (2016)
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A black/death metal act from Erlanger, Kentucky active since the mid-1990s, Bastard Spawn operated in the underground as an independent act before eventually disbanding.
Raleigh, North Carolina's Bastard Tongue has been active since 2017, pursuing a straightforward black metal path in the tradition of the American underground.
Relentless Black / Death / Groove Metal / Grindcore from Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas (early); Austin, Texas (later).
An Atlanta black metal curiosity formed in 2023 by a then-13-year-old frontman, trafficking in occult, gore, and violence across two self-released demos.
A black/death metal act from Columbus, Ohio active since 2018, with minimal documentation beyond their Metal Archives entry.
A black/death metal band from New Brighton, Pennsylvania formed in 1988, later changing their name and surfacing on compilations through Thrash Records across the following decades.
Metallic hardcore from Austin.
Savage Black / Death Metal from Laredo.
Savage Black Metal / Punk out of Texas.
Towering Black / Doom Metal / Rock from Houston.
Blasphemous Black Metal / Dark Ambient from Indianapolis, Indiana (early); Spring, Texas (later).
Black Speed from the Cemeteries of Texas. Influences: Motorhead, Venom, Bathory, early Slayer, Celtic Frost. On Goat Throne Records.
Blasphemous Black Metal from Austin.
Ripping Black / Death Metal from San Antonio.
Brutal Black / Death Metal from Brownsville/Harlingen/Raymondville.
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