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Gnostic-themed duo of Ryan Wilson (The Howling Void, Intestinal Disgorge) and drummer Shane Elwell. Released on Nuclear War Now! and Everlasting Spew Records.
Plauen's Poems of the Elder crafts atmospheric black metal steeped in ancient Vogtland mysticism since 2019. Their Saxony base in the Ore Mountains borderlands feeds a sound rich with nature worship and the weight of centuries-old folk memory.
Doom, black metal, and ambient project from Madrid, Spain, formed in 2010, shrouding listeners in misty atmospheres of despair and darkness. Their layered approach blends crushing doom with ethereal ambient textures.
Belgian raw black metal project formed in 2018, operating in the underground reaches of the country's extreme metal scene. Their releases include the full-length Maanlicht and a split with Cultor Noctis.
Progressive black metal band from Krosno, Poland, formed in 2025, whose name means 'contempt' in Polish. They bring ambitious progressive black metal to the Subcarpathian underground.
Black metal project from Finland, formed in 2025, whose name means 'bottomlessness' in Finnish. They plumb the infinite depths of despair through raw Finnish black metal.
Poison Blood is a black metal project formed in Chapel Hill, North Carolina in 2017, a collaboration between Jenks Miller (Horseback) and Neill Jameson (Krieg), developed remotely without the two musicians ever having met in person. Their self-titled debut EP (2017) drew explicit inspiration from Beherit's Drawing Down the Moon, channeling raw early black metal through textures that also incorporated deathrock, dungeon synth, and occult imagery. The project represents a concise but pointed statement from two of American underground black metal's more distinctive voices.
Denver's Poisonous Wind emerged from the Colorado Rockies in 2020 with a black metal aesthetic shaped by isolation and altitude, channeling the raw, misanthropic tradition of Scandinavian second-wave black metal through a distinctly American lens. Cold, atmospheric, and unrelenting, their sound carries the chill of high plains winters.
Black metal and crust punk band from Grenoble, France, formed in 2024, whose name is French slang for 'bad luck.' They merge the raw fury of black metal with crust punk's urgency from the Alpine city.
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