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Actin' Up (2023)
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The Mountain Of Gold (2018)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Dayton's Cheap Gas smashes black metal, crust punk, and grindcore into a filthy, high-speed collision that prioritizes ferocity and brevity above all else. Their sound is as blunt and unrefined as the industrial Midwestern city they come from.
Black-death metal band from Badalona near Barcelona, Spain, active since 2011. They merge voodoo-tinged darkness with blackened death metal from the Catalan coast.
Depressive black metal project from Vilnius, Lithuania, active since 2010. Cheerful Depression — an oxymoronic name befitting the genre — channels deep melancholy through atmospheric black metal.
Los Angeles black metal outfit Cheldrid conjures cold, abrasive soundscapes rooted in the California underground. Their music channels the raw ferocity of the genre with a distinctly West Coast edge.
Olympia, Washington's Chelicerae weaves progressive ambition into black metal's shadowy framework, crafting intricate compositions that push the genre's boundaries. The band draws from both atmospheric black metal tradition and forward-thinking structure.
Black metal act from Feltre in the Belluno Dolomites, formed in 2018. Chelmno — named after the notorious extermination camp — traffics in dark historical themes through raw black metal.
Everett, Washington's Chemical Castration attacks from multiple extreme metal angles, blending black metal atmosphere, death metal brutality, and grindcore's manic speed. The band operates in the chaotic space where these genres collide.
Milwaukee's Chemosh fuses black and death metal into a dark, dense hybrid with a menacing atmosphere. The band draws from the coldest corners of both genres to craft music that is unrelenting and grim.
Cheol is a black metal band from Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil, active and independently released. The band has been noted in the Brazilian metal press as a distinctive force in the national black metal underground, releasing material through their Bandcamp page. They remain unsigned and active in the Goiás extreme metal scene.
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