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New Jersey's Count Dirtbagulous take avant-garde black metal in strange and confrontational directions, subverting genre conventions with dark humor and genuine musical weirdness. The name says something about their approach — serious art wearing a ridiculous costume.
Symphonic black-doom metal band from England, formed in 2022. They weave symphonic grandeur through darkened doom-black metal.
Black metal band from Leiden, one of the longest-running acts in Dutch black metal with origins dating to 1993. Countess has spent over three decades as a stalwart of the Netherlands' black metal underground.
San Francisco black metal act Countess Erzsebet take their name from the infamous Hungarian noblewoman and channel that dark history into cold, bleak compositions. Their music sits in the raw and ritualistic end of the American black metal underground.
Austin's County Hell splice black metal fury with crust punk nihilism and death metal weight, playing music that sounds like it was made outdoors and after dark. They're part of Austin's active extreme underground and bring a raw, combative energy to every release.
Funeral doom act from Rivne in northwestern Ukraine, formed in 2023. Course of Sunrise crafts glacially slow, sorrowful doom infused with black metal atmospherics from the Volyn region.
Black metal band from Bradford, England, active since 2012. They deliver cold, intense black metal from West Yorkshire.
Portland blackened death metal band Coven Oath combine the cold atmosphere of black metal with the blunt force of death metal into a dense and ritualistic sound. The Pacific Northwest's isolation and grey skies are palpable throughout their work.
Cleveland's Coven of Dysphoria play raw, emotionally corrosive black metal that channels the despair implicit in their name. Their approach is minimal and intense, prioritizing atmosphere and psychological weight over technical complexity.
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