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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Moon and Azure Shadow is a Los Angeles project working in the epic and atmospheric vein of black metal, active since 2012. Their music reaches for panoramic scale — sweeping melodic passages and vast, reverb-drenched tremolo that evoke the grandiose landscapes of the genre's most cinematic practitioners.
Moongates Guardian is a epic/atmospheric black metal band from Kaliningrad, Russia, formed in 2013. They craft expansive, atmospheric black metal compositions with textural depth.
Moonglade is an atmospheric black metal project from Wood River, Illinois, active since 2016. Situated in the small-town Midwest, their music reaches outward through sweeping melodic textures and the expansive, nature-oriented sound that defines the atmospheric wing of the genre.
Moonlight Butchery is a Toledo, Ohio atmospheric black metal project formed in 2014, sharing a name with a San Antonio band but working in a notably different mode. The atmospheric approach trades aggression for texture and mood, favoring vast, rain-soaked soundscapes over direct confrontation.
A New Hampshire atmospheric black metal project founded in 2024, weaving cold, expansive soundscapes into the raw aggression of traditional black metal — emphasizing mood and texture as much as ferocity.
Morcaint is a atmospheric black metal band from Sweden, formed in 2023. They craft expansive, atmospheric black metal compositions with textural depth.
Mordere is an atmospheric black metal band from the UK, formed in 2023. They craft expansive atmospheric black metal compositions.
Mordran is a depressive/raw atmospheric black metal/dark ambient band from Alingsås, Sweden, formed in 2021. They craft expansive, atmospheric black metal compositions with textural depth.
Morgreim is a epic/atmospheric black metal band from Poland, formed in 2022. They craft expansive, atmospheric black metal compositions with textural depth.
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