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Syracuse's Plague Mask has been cultivating a blackened doom sludge pestilence since 2012 — slow, harrowing, and suffused with the kind of upstate New York despair that only January in that city can produce.
Black and death metal band from Turin, Italy, formed in 2018, evoking the plague-era religious orders through pestilent extreme metal. They bring medieval darkness to the Piedmontese metal scene.
Helsinki's Paara has been forging atmospheric black metal since 2012, contributing to the Finnish capital's remarkably diverse extreme metal output. Their sound carries the weight of the boreal landscape that defines Finland's relationship with black metal.
Avant-garde black and death metal project from Velky Osek, Czech Republic, established in 2008, blending experimental noise elements with extreme metal. Their two releases, Taste the Fetus and Make a Wish and Don't Let Them Breathe, showcase a nihilistic and boundary-pushing approach.
Haunted black'n'roll band from Huy, Belgium, formed in 2018, fusing black metal with crust punk energy. Their lyrics explore old school horror imagery alongside themes of humanity's failures and blindness, as showcased on their 2020 album The Tower.
Pittsburgh's Plague Witch arrived in 2020 with a melodic black/death metal sound that balances scorching ferocity with sharp, memorable songcraft — dark and relentless without sacrificing hooks.
A 2024 German black-death metal project, Plagueblade wields the two genres like twin weapons — one atmospheric, one bludgeoning. Their nascent output promises the kind of pestilent ferocity their name demands.
Dresden's Plaguecaster arrived in 2025 channeling black-death metal from the Baroque splendor of Saxony's capital. The tension between the city's architectural beauty and the project's sonic ugliness creates a compelling artistic contradiction.
A 2024 German black metal project, Plaguehound hunts through the genre's most feral territory with lean, predatory compositions. Their emergence adds another voice to the country's ever-expanding network of underground black metal.
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