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Et Verbi Sathanus is a raw black metal band from Puerto Montt, Chile, playing a war-oriented style rooted in South American black and death metal traditions. Originally active as Gehinnon in 1997–1998, the band relaunched under their current name and released their debut full-length Satanae Pater Sanguinariv in 2013, recorded at Etagord Studios in Santiago. They followed it with a split 7" EP with Australian band Black Vul Destruktor on Sweden's Blood Harvest Records in 2014, limited to 300 copies.
Black metal project from Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France active since 2011. Named after one of the most luminous stars in the galaxy, they bring cosmic black metal from the French Riviera region.
Atmospheric black metal project from Nancy, France formed in 2022. They craft expansive, contemplative black metal from the Lorraine capital.
Kansas City's Etched Horizon defy easy categorization, weaving progressive structures, post-black atmospherics, and experimental death metal into something genuinely unsettling. Founded in 2023, they are one of the more adventurous acts to emerge from the Midwest's recent underground surge.
A product of Poland's titan-grade death metal scene, this Toruń-based black metal and death metal act channels frigid atmospherics and razor-wire guitar tone. Active since 2014, blast beats and shrieked vocals create an impenetrable wall of darkness.
Portland black metal project Eterna distills the grey, rain-soaked atmosphere of the Pacific Northwest into cold, atmospheric compositions. Formed in 2020, the band captures a sense of place as effectively as a sound.
Straddling the line between atmospheric black metal and black metal, this Italian actfrom Urbino fuses dissonant chord progressions shrouded in reverb-drenched malice into a cohesive whole. They've been at it since 2017, and atmosphere and hostility share equal billing in their work.
Black metal project from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2025, channeling ethereal darkness and void-like desolation. Their name captures the permanent, cosmic emptiness at the heart of their atmospheric black metal vision.
Black metal project from Germany, conjuring occult darkness through alchemical transformation since 2015. Their name merges the concepts of eternity and alchemy, reflecting a mystical approach to atmospheric black metal.
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