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Slave to the Scalpel (2021)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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State Of Unrest (2023)
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Atmospheric black metal band from Auxerre in Burgundy, France, formed in 2022. They craft vast, immersive atmospheres within a raw black metal framework.
One-man atmospheric black metal project from Vienna, founded in 2024 by the artist known as Oblivion. Their debut EP 'Fall of Dying Lights' explores cosmic isolation and celestial themes, blending icy black metal with vast, space-inspired atmospheres.
Atmospheric gothic doom-black metal band from Patras, Greece, formed in 2015. They weave dark, melancholic atmospheres through a fusion of doom, black, and gothic metal from the Peloponnese.
Atmospheric black metal band from Paris, France, formed in 2014. Cepheide craft vast, immersive atmospheric black metal that has earned recognition in the French and international underground.
Atmospheric black metal project from the seaside town of Katwijk aan Zee, South Holland, active since 2012. Cepheus — named after the celestial constellation — channels cosmic atmospheres through expansive black metal.
Quincy, Massachusetts atmospheric black metal act weaving cold, expansive textures into a raw black metal framework, drawing on the ambient and nature-oriented wing of the genre.
Atmospheric black metal band from Brittany, France, formed in 2023. Their name meaning circle of the oak, they craft nature-inspired atmospheric black metal from the Celtic region.
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Chains of Existence is a US atmospheric black metal project that layers cold, reverb-drenched tremolo riffing over ambient textures and expansive song structures. The music leans toward the depressive and introspective end of the atmospheric black metal spectrum.
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