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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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One-man cinematic folk black metal project from Leuven, launched in 2024, whose releases "Towards the Chimaera" and "Where Our Coils Collide" blend atmospheric black metal with folk instrumentation and cinematic grandeur. The project's name references sacred groves of Celtic religion, reflecting a deep engagement with pagan mythology.
Silhouette emerged from Montpellier in 2022 with atmospheric black metal that channels the hot, arid character of southern France's Languedoc region. Their tremolo-rich compositions build expansive soundscapes over blast beats and layered guitar textures.
Emerging from Northern Georgia in 2022, Silver Ossuary traffics in atmospheric black metal that conjures desolate, sepulchral moods — the name itself evoking bones and cold silver light. Their approach leans into expansive, frost-bitten soundscapes rather than overt aggression.
A California atmospheric black/death metal act active since 2015, Sire melds the sweeping, post-influenced atmospherics of atmospheric black metal with the crushing brutality of death metal, crafting dense and layered sonic environments.
Sjaeleangst (Danish for "Soul Anguish") channel atmospheric black metal from the Danish underground, exploring themes of spiritual torment through immersive compositions. Formed in 2024, they bring existential dread to the Scandinavian atmospheric black metal tradition.
Omaha's Skog (formed 2024) began in atmospheric black metal territory before shifting toward folk and thrash — a restless Midwestern project that draws on Norse woodland imagery and refuses to stay in one sonic lane.
Saint Petersburg's Skogmark have been crafting atmospheric black metal since 2013. Their Scandinavian-derived name meaning "forest mark" channels the boreal landscapes of the Baltic coast into layered, immersive compositions from Russia's cultural capital.
Skognatt channel atmospheric black metal and dark ambient from Augsburg, building immersive soundscapes that evoke primeval forests and nocturnal wilderness. Active since 2016, their Norwegian-language name ("forest night") signals their allegiance to the Scandinavian atmospheric tradition.
Petrozavodsk's Skogsande blend atmospheric black metal with ambient elements from the Karelian capital since 2024. Their Swedish name meaning "forest spirit" channels the Finnish-influenced wilderness surrounding Lake Onega into ethereal compositions.
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