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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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German project that evolved from various styles into atmospheric black metal and ambient, active since 2012. Their name, German for "end" followed by a period, reflects the finality and silence that permeates their atmospheric compositions.
Atmospheric black metal project from Aachen, Germany, formed in 2025, whose name means "endless emptiness" in German. Their evocative moniker captures the vast, desolate soundscapes at the heart of their atmospheric black metal vision.
A solo atmospheric black metal project drifting between the frozen flatlands of Minnesota and the mountains of Bozeman, Eneferens weaves long, meditative compositions that evoke desolate winter landscapes. Since 2016, the project has built a reputation for immersive, sorrowful blackened journeys.
Named for the Sumerian king of Uruk, New York's Enmerkar weaves atmospheric black metal into vast, myth-laden soundscapes — cold tremolo passages and ambient textures evoking ancient and forgotten civilizations.
Entardecer is a solo atmospheric and depressive black metal project from Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, founded in 2017 by the artist known as Astratta. The project has released several EPs including "Lethargy" (2018) and "Fomalhaut" (2019), and contributed to the DSBM Brazil Vol. I compilation.
Buffalo's harsh winters seem to seep directly into Enthauptung's atmospheric black metal — frigid, bleak, and expansive in equal measure, the project wraps raw black metal fury in layers of cold ambience that feel distinctly like a Lake Erie storm. Active since 2014.
Exploring the depths of atmospheric black metal and black metal, this Swedish outfit from Dalsland has been refining their craft since 2021. Their sound hinges on corrosive riffing and misanthropic atmosphere, delivered with ferocious dedication.
Atmospheric black metal project from Lille, France launched in 2024. They craft immersive, contemplative black metal from northern France.
A product of Russia's vast and intense metal underground, this Krasnoyarsk-based atmospheric black metal and black metal act channels raw, lo-fi aggression channeled through kvlt aesthetics. Active since 2012, lo-fi authenticity lends their recordings a genuinely oppressive character.
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