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Actin' Up (2023)
Featured Stoner Metal Album
The Mountain Of Gold (2018)
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Featured Progressive Metal Album
Death Atlas (2019)
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Maryville, TN black metal band that approaches the genre with cold conviction and an ear for raw, unfiltered atmosphere. Their music is grim and unrelenting, rooted in the darkness of the Appalachian South.
Oklahoma atmospheric black metal band that conjures bleak, expansive soundscapes from the Great Plains. Their music is remote and meditative, drifting between fury and desolate ambience.
Genre-spanning extreme metal project from Brandenburg, Germany, formed in 2021. Cosmic Vision weave atmospheric black metal, death metal, melodic death metal, and progressive elements into an ambitious, multifaceted sound.
Pasadena, CA doom and stoner metal band that has fully embraced the fuzz-drenched, heavy psych sound cultivated across Southern California. Their music sounds like standing in a warm, swirling darkness.
Avant-garde black metal project from Greifswald on the Baltic coast, Germany, formed in 2024. They push black metal into unconventional territory through experimental and avant-garde approaches.
Melodic black metal project from Saint-Nazaire, France, formed in 2022. They weave dark melodies through atmospheric black metal from the Loire-Atlantique coast.
UK black metal project active since 2012. They craft cosmic-themed atmospheric black metal.
Black metal project from Petrozavodsk, the capital of Karelia near Finland, formed in 2023. Cotard Delusion — named after the psychological condition of believing oneself dead — channels dark themes from northwestern Russia.
Detroit's Couloir operate in the atmospheric and post-black metal space, crafting expansive, textured compositions that move between glacial beauty and blasting ferocity. Their music reflects the industrial isolation and sprawl of their city.
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