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Where Fear And Weapons Meet (2021)
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Hold Your Children Close and Pray for Oblivion (2016)
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Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland! / Stoßtrupp 1917 (2018)
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Arizona black metal project Moriendum Omnibus formed in 2021, operating with a raw and unadorned approach to the genre that embraces lo-fi production values and the kind of misanthropic austerity common to American black metal's underground fringes.
Atlanta progressive metal outfit Morier have been crafting intricate, technically demanding music since 2014, reflecting Atlanta's emerging reputation for sophisticated extreme and progressive metal acts willing to push structural boundaries.
Southern California black metal project Morietur emerged in 2020 with a grimly atmospheric sound that leans into the isolation and misanthropy central to the genre, carrying the region's strong underground black metal tradition into the current decade.
Morild is an atmospheric black metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in 2017, named after the Danish word for bioluminescent plankton. Their releases explore dark, shimmering atmospheres through expansive black metal compositions, with appearances at major festivals like Copenhell.
Atlanta's Morionor have been a patient presence in the melodic black metal underground since 2005, building a catalog that rewards listeners willing to seek out Georgia's underexplored extreme metal history.
Moriorr is a death/black/thrash metal band from Prague, Czech Republic, formed in 2018. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
Oakland's Morir merge black metal's corrosive atmosphere with the grinding physicality of sludge metal and hardcore punk, formed in 2018 and operating in the Bay Area's restlessly genre-crossing underground heavy music community.
Morithum is a raw black metal project from the Kuyavia-Pomerania region, formed in 2025. The project delivers primitive, lo-fi black metal from rural northern Poland.
Formed in 2019 in Eibiswald in southern Styria, Morituri play blackened thrash metal with death-themed lyrics and an unrelenting forward momentum. Their debut album For Those About to Die, released through Kvlt und Kaos Productions, was praised for blending the raw menace of black metal with full-throttle thrash riffing and thunderous drumming.
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