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Actin' Up (2023)
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The Mountain Of Gold (2018)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Raw black metal project from the UK. They channel primitive aggression through lo-fi black metal.
Portland's Eternal Valley has dwelled in depressive black metal's most harrowing corners since 2013, building slow-burning walls of despair that feel as bleak and grey as the city's winters.
Pittsburgh's Eternal Winter has been carving raw, pagan black metal into the steel city's underground since 2021 — cold tremolo riffs and blastbeats that suit the grey Rust Belt sky.
Melodic black/death metal act from Zerbst in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, blending harmonic depth with extreme metal aggression since 2010. Their name suggests timeless knowledge, lending philosophical weight to their dual-genre approach.
A product of the birthplace of black metal, this atmospheric black metal and black metal act channels frigid atmospherics and razor-wire guitar tone. Active since 2022, blast beats and shrieked vocals create an impenetrable wall of darkness.
Black metal project from Wolverhampton, England active since 2013. They channel dark intensity from the West Midlands.
Straddling the line between black metal and raw black metal, this Polish actfrom Goleniów fuses dissonant chord progressions shrouded in reverb-drenched malice into a cohesive whole. They've been at it since 2015, and atmosphere and hostility share equal billing in their work.
St. Louis's Eternium has been fusing symphonic grandeur with black and death metal's harshest impulses since 2012 — orchestral sweep and ferocity in equal measure from the Gateway City.
Straddling the line between black metal and death metal, this Dutch actfrom Hillegom fuses dissonant chord progressions shrouded in reverb-drenched malice into a cohesive whole. They've been at it since 2025, and atmosphere and hostility share equal billing in their work.
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