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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Cerphas is a Tulsa, Oklahoma band operating in the bleak intersection of black metal and doom, constructing oppressive, slow-burning material steeped in darkness and desolation. Their sound prioritizes atmosphere and weight over speed.
Black metal band from the Aveyron/Beziers area of southern France, formed in 2020. They channel certain death themes through raw black metal from the Occitan region.
Cerulean is a Tucson-area act blending black and death metal into a harsh, extreme sound that draws from both genres' most punishing tendencies. Their material combines blackened dissonance with death metal brutality.
Cerulean Dawn is a New England black metal project cultivating an atmospheric and melodic style rooted in the cold, desolate tradition of Nordic and ambient black metal. Their output emphasizes mood and texture alongside raw metallic aggression.
Black metal band from Mikkeli, Finland, formed in 2019. They channel radioactive darkness through atmospheric black metal from the Finnish Savo region.
Black metal project from Poznań, formed in 2021. Cesja — Polish for 'cession' — crafts dark black metal from Greater Poland.
Black metal and grindcore act from Vicenza, formed in 2023. Cesoia — Italian for 'shears' — cuts through with sharp, chaotic extremity from the Veneto region.
Cesspool of Genocide is a New Jersey-based black/death metal act combining the cold hostility of black metal with the crushing brutality of death metal. Their extreme approach draws on the underground traditions of both genres.
Black-doom project from Västmanland, formed in 2022. Cethegus — named after a Roman conspirator — merges atmospheric black metal with doom pacing.
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