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Spokane's He Who Walks Behind the Rows lift their name from Stephen King's rural horror mythology and apply it to a black/death metal sound steeped in malevolence and ritual menace. Formed in 2021, they belong to the Pacific Northwest's tradition of atmospheric, darkly literary extreme metal.
Black/Doom Metal outfit rooted in Stockholm, channeling menacing underground intensity since 2013. Their sound channels tremolo-driven fury and blasting percussion through walls of distortion.
Death metal outfit from Warrington in Cheshire, active since 2018. Their malevolent name matches dark, crushing compositions emerging from the northwest English underground.
Cleveland black/thrash outfit Headless Rats channel the rabid, scabrous energy of first-wave black metal and Motorhead-indebted punk thrash into a sound that's filthy and fast in equal measure. Since 2014 they've been a reliable source of dangerous, unpolished extremity from the Rust Belt.
Emerging from Athens's underground, this progressive death/black metal act has forged cold sonic fury since 2024. Their approach balances melodic undertones with the genre's most aggressive impulses.
Heart of the Serpent is a shadowy, location-unknown American black metal entity that has operated in deliberate obscurity since 2017, letting the music speak without geographic or biographical context. Their approach is cold, primordial, and unmistakably focused on black metal in its most unadorned form.
Blackened doom/sludge metal act from Schleswig, Germany, formed in 2024. Named after the Norse frost giant's heart, they forge crushing, atmosphere-laden metal that evokes the frozen landscapes of Nordic mythology.
Houston's Hearth Companion bring a warmth and atmospheric depth to post-black metal that reflects both the genre's introspective heritage and Texas's emotional vastness. Formed in 2019, they craft post-black metal that's less ice-cold cathedral and more smoldering midnight fire.
Georgia's Heartless have been practicing a stripped-down, unadorned black metal since 2008, operating with the uncompromising conviction of an act that has no interest in mainstream accessibility. Their sound is lean and cold, indifferent to trends.
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