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Murder Inn is a thrash/black/death metal band from Norrköping, Sweden, formed in 2017. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
Portland, Oregon's Murderess have been fusing black metal's cold atmosphere with crust punk's raw, anarchic energy since 2009, building a sound that's as politically charged as it is sonically corrosive. One of the longer-running acts in Portland's vibrant extreme underground, they've stayed true to the abrasive intersection of those two worlds.
Murdermass is a black metal project from the small Puglian town of Spinazzola, active since 2006. The project delivers raw black metal from one of southern Italy's most unlikely metal outposts.
Murdrum is a atmospheric black metal band from Rome, Italy, formed in 2017. They craft expansive, atmospheric black metal compositions with textural depth.
A black metal project from the Karelian city of Petrozavodsk, Mureh has been crafting dark compositions since 2023. The project channels the boreal forests and northern lakes of Karelia into atmospheric black metal.
Murgang is a Swiss black/death metal project whose self-described "obscure monolithic death" aesthetic signals a crushing, oppressive approach to extreme metal. Their discography includes the "Demo I" and "End of All," both channeling dense, impenetrable heaviness.
Baywood-Los Osos is a foggy coastal community on California's central coast, and Murk Rider's black metal reflects that remote, mist-shrouded geography — cold, isolationist, and atmospheric without falling into post-black sentimentality. Active since 2019, this solo or small-ensemble project captures the bleakness of the Pacific coastline.
East Hampton, Connecticut's Murked arrived in 2023 with an atmospheric black metal approach that draws on New England's grey skies and dense forests for its oppressive, enveloping sound. The project inhabits the more expansive, textural wing of black metal, favoring mood over pure aggression.
Little Rock, Arkansas black metal act Murkryth have been conjuring cold, misanthropic atmospheres since 2019, operating in the raw, orthodox end of the genre with minimal concern for accessibility. Arkansas black metal is a small but stubbornly surviving scene, and Murkryth are one of its more committed participants.
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