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A black metal act from the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Mortnoir has been crafting dark compositions since 2013. The band channels the vast Siberian taiga into atmospheric black metal.
Seattle's Morto-Naught, formed in 2021, push blackened death metal into unconventional territory through experimental composition and unorthodox structures, drawing on the Pacific Northwest's tradition of avant-garde extremity to carve out genuinely strange sonic ground.
A black metal project from Rovigo in the Veneto, Mortorium emerged in 2025 with a death-chamber atmosphere. The project delivers cold, oppressive black metal from the Po Valley flatlands.
Mortsafe is a black metal and punk band from Newcastle upon Tyne, England, formed in 2020. Named after the Victorian grave protection device, they fuse black metal with punk energy.
MortU is a melodic black/death metal band from Slovenia, formed in 2025. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
Jacksonville, Arkansas duo Mortua Sordes deal in blackened doom metal since their 2023 formation, pairing the bleak, dragging weight of doom with the corrosive venom of black metal — a particularly desolate sound for a relatively young Southern act.
Mortuaire is a French black metal project formed in 2020, with a name meaning 'mortuary.' The project delivers funereal black metal.
Mortualia is a depressive black metal project from Tampere, Finland, formed in 2011. They craft deeply bleak, emotionally devastating depressive black metal compositions.
Mortualium is a melodic black metal band from Albufeira, Portugal, formed in 2021. They craft atmospheric melodic black metal with sweeping melodies and emotional depth.
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