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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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Spectral Tower is an atmospheric black/doom metal project from San Luis Obispo, California, formed in 2014, crafting expansive, desolate soundscapes that merge glacially slow tempos with windswept black metal tremolo and melancholy atmosphere.
Sphere Eternal is a Salt Lake City atmospheric black metal band founded in 2016, crafting expansive, cold soundscapes that reflect the stark landscape of Utah's mountain west through tremolo-driven composition and ambient texture.
Spiral Jacobs channel the cold grandeur of atmospheric black metal from London, weaving elongated compositions that build from whispered tension to cathartic fury. They have been active since 2008, exploring vast sonic territories.
Spiritwood channel atmospheric black metal from the Finnish underground, building forest-spirit-themed compositions that evoke Finland's vast woodland landscapes. Active since 2015, they bring arboreal mysticism to the Finnish atmospheric black metal tradition.
Stac Pollaidh, named after the iconic Scottish peak, craft atmospheric black metal that channels the wild beauty and desolation of the Highlands. Their 2021 formation reflects a growing tradition of landscape-inspired Scottish black metal.
Stadium Eternus is a Portland, Oregon band formed in 2017 that began with traditional heavy metal before evolving toward atmospheric black metal and ambient soundscapes, blending vast, ethereal textures with black metal's raw intensity.
Novosibirsk's Starless craft atmospheric black metal from Siberia's academic capital since 2019. Their name of absent celestial light channels the void of lightless skies into immersive compositions from the Siberian heartland.
West Lafayette, Indiana atmospheric black metal project founded in 2021, Starlit Melancholy channels Midwestern isolation into wintry, shimmering tremolo-driven soundscapes.
Ljubljana's Stars Will Burn Your Flesh have been crafting atmospheric black metal since 2006. Two decades from the Slovenian capital, their threatening cosmic name has produced one of the longest-running atmospheric black metal projects in the Balkans.
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