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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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Pavlovo's Skogsgravar craft atmospheric black metal from the Nizhny Novgorod region since 2024. Their Swedish name meaning "forest graves" channels Nordic burial imagery through compositions rooted in the Russian heartland.
A Wisconsin-based solo or small-group project born in 2025, Skreyja works in the depressive and atmospheric corners of black metal, leaning into bleak, immersive soundscapes over speed or aggression.
Atmospheric black metal project from Nome, Alaska — one of the most geographically remote cities in the United States — formed in 2016, translating the isolation and brutal winters of Arctic Alaska directly into their cold, expansive sound. Sleepless carry an authenticity of place that few bands can claim, their music as desolate and uncompromising as the landscape surrounding them.
Slytherin is a Los Angeles atmospheric black metal project formed in 2020, weaving dense, cold-blooded tremolo riffs and reverb-drenched ambiance into sweeping, darkly cinematic compositions.
Smoke Dweller is an atmospheric black metal and ambient project from San Luis Obispo, California, formed in 2017, fusing raw black metal textures with expansive ambient passages to create deeply immersive and desolate soundscapes.
Voronezh's Somnolences craft atmospheric black metal from the Black Earth region since 2020. Their drowsiness-themed name channels the liminal state between waking and sleep into immersive compositions from central Russia.
Sorgensnatt craft atmospheric black metal from an undisclosed Swedish location since 2017. Their Swedish name meaning "night of sorrow" channels the intersection of grief and darkness into immersive compositions of anonymous melancholy.
Sorh practice atmospheric black metal from Berlin, building immersive, textured compositions from the German capital. Formed in 2021, they bring ethereal intensity to Berlin's deep black metal underground.
Atmospheric black metal solo project from Rio Grande do Sul, handled entirely by Ângelo Vidor. Active since 2023, the project released the singles Aurørium and Astraflame, operating with an independent, self-released approach.
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