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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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When Everything Means Nothing (Cinematic) (2021)
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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Black-death metal band from Lower Saxony, Germany, formed in 2020. They channel dark, ashen atmospheres through a blend of black and death metal.
Melodic black metal project from Nitra, formed in 2022. Cineres — Latin for 'ashes' — channels atmospheric, melody-driven black metal from western Slovakia.
Swiss black metal act active since 2008. Their dark, atmospheric approach to black metal has built a steady presence in the Swiss underground over more than a decade of activity.
Atmospheric black metal band from Vigo, Spain, formed in 2023. Their name meaning ash in Galician, Cinza channel melancholy through dense atmospheric black metal from the Atlantic coast.
Black metal project from Lisbon, formed in 2020. Cinzas — Portuguese for 'ashes' — channels themes of destruction and rebirth through atmospheric black metal.
Melodic black metal duo from Minsk, Belarus, formed by Ślepowron and Sida. Their 2025 debut Zabytaja Karčma sets the poetry of revered Belarusian writer Yanka Kupala to atmospheric black metal, blending national literary heritage with dark metal aesthetics.
Cipriano is a raw black metal band from Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, drawing on the primitive, speed-driven style of acts like Darkthrone, Judas Iscariot, and Satanic Warmaster. The project features members active in the Curitiba underground scene and released the demo "Servos de Berwick" through Balrogh Records, with lyrics entirely in Portuguese.
Circa Infernum is a black metal band from Mexico City, Mexico, active since 2017. The band released their debut EP Noctem in 2017 and returned in 2025 with the singles Frost and Darkest Light, drawing on themes of mysticism. They remain unsigned and independent.
Richmond, Virginia black metal act Circle Breaker channel the rawness and fury of the underground into cold, aggressive recordings steeped in misanthropic atmosphere. Richmond's active extreme metal scene has shaped their direct, uncompromising approach.
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