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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Rochester's Dead Bitch smear black metal's corrosive atmosphere across a sludge metal backbone, producing something uglier and more dissonant than either genre achieves alone. Since 2016, they've been one of upstate New York's most confrontational live acts.
California's Inland Empire spawned Dead Chaplain, who combine black metal's ritualistic darkness with the raw, abrasive energy of crust punk — a pairing that sounds as sun-scorched and hostile as the region itself. No melody wasted on comfort.
Richmond, Virginia's Dead Charm emerged in 2022 to add another dark chapter to the city's rich underground metal history, crafting black metal that pairs cold, tremolo-driven malice with RVA's deep tradition of heavy music.
Dead Crown is a black metal/ambient project from Bayonne, France, active since 2009. They blend black metal's darkness with ambient textures from the Basque coast.
Citrus Heights, California's Dead Desolation arrived in 2024 with depressive raw black metal that strips the genre to its barest, most corroded essentials — lo-fi production, harrowing atmosphere, and zero concern for listenability.
Dead End Solution plays atmospheric and symphonic black metal, originally from Moscow before relocating to Minsk. Their cross-border journey mirrors a creative evolution from Russian atmospheric black metal toward the more orchestral extremes of the genre.
Colorado's Dead Flowers dissolve black metal's cold fury into expansive post-black atmospherics, shaped since 2013 by the high-altitude bleakness of the Rocky Mountain region. Their music is simultaneously punishing and hauntingly beautiful.
Dead Goat plays black metal from Sandnes near Stavanger, active since 2014 and channeling the sacrificial imagery of their name into raw, atmospheric compositions. Their deliberately crude name captures the anti-establishment spirit that has always fueled Norwegian black metal.
Kentucky's Dead Inside have been delivering old-school death metal with straightforward brutality since 2013, keeping the genre's core values alive in the Bluegrass State. No frills, no filler — just death metal done right.
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