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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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A sole practitioner of atmospheric black metal who emerged in 2024, weaving dense, suffocating textures around themes of self-erasure and void. Harrowing ambient passages dissolve into raw, tremolo-driven cascades.
I4896 is a atmospheric black metal, ambient, trance act from Moscow, Russia, active since 2015 and crafting immersive, expansive compositions that push beyond conventional black metal boundaries. The project blends atmospheric textures with the intensity of extreme metal.
Atmospheric black metal band from Belfast, Northern Ireland formed in 2024. Their Irish Gaelic name channels atmospheric black metal from the Northern Irish capital.
Atmospheric black metal band from Lyon, France active since 2012. Their sound channels expansive atmospheric black metal from the Rhône-Alpes capital.
Blending the grandeur of symphonic composition with the raw chill of atmospheric black metal, Idyllia emerged in 2020 as a project devoted to epic, immersive soundscapes that feel as vast as myth itself.
Atmospheric black metal band from Manchester, formed in 2020. Their sound channels expansive atmospheric black metal from the industrial heart of northern England.
Pittsburgh's Ignis has been sculpting atmospheric black metal since 2013, building walls of dissonance and tremolo that reflect the steel city's industrial gloom as much as its surrounding wilderness.
Ignoramus is a atmospheric black metal act from Yekaterinburg, Russia, active since 2019 and crafting immersive, expansive compositions that push beyond conventional black metal boundaries. The project blends atmospheric textures with the intensity of extreme metal.
Ilathar is an Austrian atmospheric black metal and doom project that bills itself as "a herald of the veilworlds," weaving slow, storm-heavy compositions steeped in mysticism and darkness. Their discography spans the albums Awakening The Spirits, A Vessel Of Echoes, and Stormshrieker, each building on a foundation of icy riffs and brooding, ethereal atmosphere.
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