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Moonfire is a black metal and industrial project from Osnabrück, Germany, formed in 2019. They fuse the rawness of black metal with cold industrial textures and mechanical aggression.
Moonfog is a depressive black metal band from Veszprém, Hungary, active since 1991. As one of Hungary's longest-running black metal acts, they deliver bleak DSBM honed over more than three decades.
Moonforest is a black metal band from Finland, formed in 2019. They forge atmospheric black metal inspired by the dark, forested Finnish landscape.
Moonforest is a black metal band from Frutillar in Chile's Los Lagos region, formed in 2018. The project's thematic focus centers on pantheism and the ancient traditions of the Chilean south, drawing from the natural and cultural landscape of the lake district of Patagonia.
Moongate is a Providence, Rhode Island black metal band formed in 2023. Providence has a quietly active underground metal scene, and Moongate adds a new chapter to it — their sound rooted in black metal tradition with the focus and self-sufficiency of a solo or small-unit project.
Moongates Guardian is a epic/atmospheric black metal band from Kaliningrad, Russia, formed in 2013. They craft expansive, atmospheric black metal compositions with textural depth.
Moonglade is an atmospheric black metal project from Wood River, Illinois, active since 2016. Situated in the small-town Midwest, their music reaches outward through sweeping melodic textures and the expansive, nature-oriented sound that defines the atmospheric wing of the genre.
A Polish black metal project, Moonglare has been crafting atmospheric compositions since 2016. The project channels lunar light into contemplative, melody-driven black metal.
Moongoat is a Portuguese black metal project formed in 2023, channeling caprine lunar imagery into dark compositions. The project delivers atmospheric black metal.
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