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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Three Sides of One (2022)
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Philadelphia depressive black metal project formed in 2015, inhabiting the raw, emotionally harrowing corner of the black metal spectrum defined by minimalist production and themes of despair.
Virginia Beach black metal project formed in 2019, crafting raw and atmospheric black metal in the tradition of the American underground scene.
South Dakota black metal project formed in 2022, contributing to the sparse but growing underground extreme metal presence in the Northern Plains region.
Wheat Ridge, Colorado black metal band formed in 2019, drawing on the raw and ritualistic currents of the black metal underground with a sound informed by occult themes.
Chicago atmospheric black metal band formed in 2017, evoking wide, desolate soundscapes through a blend of raw black metal intensity and expansive post-metal ambience.
Virginia black metal project formed in 2016, operating in the underground with a raw and uncompromising approach to the black metal tradition.
Maple Grove, Minnesota depressive black metal project formed in 2024, working within the DSBM tradition of minimalist, emotionally raw black metal with an emphasis on atmosphere over aggression.
Tucson, Arizona atmospheric and depressive black metal band formed in 2013, named after the notorious Aokigahara forest in Japan and drawing on themes of isolation and despair across bleak, fog-laden compositions.
Tempe, Arizona black/death metal and crust band formed in 2009, fusing the raw hostility of crust punk with black and death metal extremity in the tradition of the American bestial underground.
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