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State Of Unrest (2023)
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French atmospheric and avant-garde black metal band from Mondeville, active since 1995. With three decades of boundary-pushing output spanning atmospheric black metal, industrial metal, and dark ambient, they are one of the most influential and innovative extreme metal acts in France and beyond.
Drawing from the contemplative side of black metal, this British project channels Wales's spirit into sweeping, atmosphere-laden compositions. Since 2024, their recordings balance raw aggression with passages of fragile, melancholic beauty.
Atmospheric black metal entity from Miass, 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.
Atmospheric black metal and ambient project from Brussels, Belgium, revealed to be the work of prolific Belgian artist Deha. Their 2023 debut "A Thousand Ways to End it All" fuses mid-tempo black metal with ambient passages and medieval undertones across two 21-minute movements.
Bríi is an atmospheric black metal, ambient, and electronic project based in Brasília, Brazil, formed in 2020 by musician Caio Lemos, who also records under names including Kaatayra and Vauruvã. The project released the critically noted album "Último Ancestral Comum" in 2023, issued on vinyl by Season of Mist and digitally through Flowing Downward, blending raw black metal blast beats with trance, club electronics, and post-rock atmospheres. Bríi has drawn international attention for its genre-defying fusion of Brazilian sonic identity and extreme metal.
Edinburgh-based atmospheric black metal and ambient project weaving cinematic, orchestral arrangements into melancholic black metal since 2014. The project's downtempo and ambient passages create vast emotional landscapes that complement its more extreme moments.
German atmospheric black metal project formed in 2025. They create immersive, atmospheric black metal soundscapes.
Atmospheric black metal entity from Athens, formed in 1994. Their sound envelops the listener in walls of reverb-drenched tremolo picking and shimmering ambient passages that dissolve the boundary between beauty and ferocity.
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