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Actin' Up (2023)
Featured Stoner Metal Album
The Mountain Of Gold (2018)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Youngstown's Chariot ov Wolves deal in raw, abrasive black metal soaked in the rust belt's industrial desolation. Their recordings favor primitive production and an unrelenting, hostile atmosphere.
Portland black metal project Chariots of Fire pursues a cold, atmospheric sound steeped in Pacific Northwest misanthropy. Stark riffs and bleak compositional choices define their approach to the genre.
Denver black metal act Charles Martel takes its name from the Frankish military leader, matching its historical themes with harsh, martial compositions. The project operates at the rawer end of the American black metal underground.
Fort Smith's Charnal melds black and death metal into a vicious, unpolished hybrid with the raw edge typical of the Arkansas underground. Their recordings favor suffocating density over technical refinement.
Polish black metal project formed in 2024. Charnel Aura channels dark, funereal atmospheres through raw black metal.
Black metal band from Virrat, Finland, active since 2011. They craft atmospheric, wintry black metal from the remote Finnish countryside.
Black metal band from the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region, France, formed in 2017. Their name meaning carrion in French, Charogne channel decay and darkness through raw black metal.
Denver's Charon Kruk occupies the blackened death metal space with a sound that is dense, grim, and deliberately claustrophobic. The project leans into ugliness as an aesthetic virtue, favoring atmosphere forged through abrasion.
Charred Hanging Victim is a raw black metal project operating at the ugliest, most confrontational fringes of the American underground. Primitive production and hostile atmosphere are the defining characteristics of their work.
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