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Don't Hold Your Breath (2021)
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Among the Shadows (2024)
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The Battle of Cape Fear River (2022)
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Edinburgh-based atmospheric black metal and ambient project weaving cinematic, orchestral arrangements into melancholic black metal since 2014. The project's downtempo and ambient passages create vast emotional landscapes that complement its more extreme moments.
German atmospheric black metal project formed in 2025. They create immersive, atmospheric black metal soundscapes.
Atmospheric black metal entity from Athens, formed in 1994. Their sound envelops the listener in walls of reverb-drenched tremolo picking and shimmering ambient passages that dissolve the boundary between beauty and ferocity.
Atmospheric black-sludge act from Olsztyn, northeastern Poland, formed in 2018. C2N2 — a chemical formula for cyanogen — blends atmospheric black metal with sludge weight.
Atmospheric black metal band from Southampton, England, formed in 2014. They craft vast, immersive atmospheres within a black metal framework from the English south coast.
Chicago solo project by Samu Rahn of Embittered, Wintering, and The Living Fields, weaving black metal and neofolk into elegiac, multi-genre compositions.
Salt Lake City epic/atmospheric black metal duo whose conceptual framework is drawn from Steven Erikson's Malazan Book of the Fallen novels, having released the highly regarded Echoes of Battle in 2013.
Atmospheric black metal project from Halle (Saale), Germany, formed in 2024. They craft dense, layered black metal atmospheres inspired by nature and introspection.
Chicago-based act fusing melodic death metal's harmonic sensibility with the brutality of deathcore breakdowns, delivering technically precise riffwork alongside moments of punishing heaviness.
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