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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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Santo Tirso-based atmospheric black metal project active since 2011, layering ethereal textures and tremolo-picked melodies over blast-driven foundations. Their compositions explore vast emotional terrain through cascading guitars and immersive soundscapes.
Kaliningrad-based atmospheric black metal project active since 2020, layering ethereal textures and tremolo-picked melodies over blast-driven foundations. Their compositions explore vast emotional terrain through cascading guitars and immersive soundscapes.
Atmospheric black metal entity from Ukraine, formed in 2018. Their sound envelops the listener in walls of reverb-drenched tremolo picking and shimmering ambient passages that dissolve the boundary between beauty and ferocity.
Portland, Oregon atmospheric black metal project active since 2010, contributing to the Pacific Northwest's prolific underground black metal scene.
Drawing from the contemplative side of black metal, this Slovak project channels Bratislava's spirit into sweeping, atmosphere-laden compositions. Since 2014, their recordings balance raw aggression with passages of fragile, melancholic beauty.
A New Hampshire atmospheric black metal project, Barbarous Winds pursues the genre's most immersive and expansive tendencies, crafting vast, windswept soundscapes from a remote corner of the American underground.
Eugene, Oregon's Barred Spiral is a young atmospheric black/death metal act that emerged in 2024, adding to the Pacific Northwest's strong tradition of blackened and atmospheric extreme metal.
German atmospheric black metal band from Bremen, active since 2003. With over two decades of output, they are one of Bremen's longest-running atmospheric black metal projects.
Battlespells is an atmospheric black metal project from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, formed in 2025. Their debut full-length "Hymn of Heretics" (January 2025) spans seven tracks of haunting, melody-driven black metal built around themes of religious questioning and spiritual rebellion — track titles like "Shadows of the Cross" and "Song of Heresy" signal the album's anti-dogmatic conceptual thread. The EP "Dogmas Fall" accompanies the LP as an extension of the same vision.
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