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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Alrakis is an ambient and atmospheric black metal project from Germany, blending vast, cosmic soundscapes with the raw intensity of black metal. The project's name, taken from the star Mu Draconis, reflects its expansive, space-themed approach to atmospheric extremity.
Nashville black metal project named for the mythical screaming mandrake root. The Process of Self-Immolation is a single, focused statement of atmospheric black metal from Music City's underground.
Alruin practices black metal from an undisclosed Dutch location since 2016. Named after the Dutch word for mandrake root — long associated with dark magic — they bring botanical occultism to their atmospheric approach.
Alrune creates atmospheric black metal from Turin since 2018, named after the magical mandragora root of northern European folklore. Their Piedmontese atmospheric black metal draws from botanical occultism to craft music of natural menace.
Boston psychedelic black metal project blending hallucinatory atmosphere with tremolo fury. Wolves Lament channels the transcendent side of black metal through a drugged-out, reverb-drenched lens.
Alsenremidi channels depressive black metal from Cornwall since 2025, drawing from the remote, windswept landscapes of England's southwestern peninsula. Their DSBM approach gains genuine atmospheric weight from their isolated Celtic origins.
Philadelphia black metal project. The name — German for 'old gate' — channels European aesthetics through City of Brotherly Love extremity.
Altar in Darkness practices black metal from an undisclosed Ukrainian location since 2020. Their ritualistic-shadow name drives compositions of occult worship conducted in absolute absence of light.
Worcester, Massachusetts stoner metal project. The burnt offering name channels ritual destruction through New England fuzz.
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