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Manual Manic Procedures (2024)
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Stoergeroisch channel depressive black metal from Bavaria, exploring the genre's most anguished emotional territory. Emerging in 2025, they represent the newest wave of Bavarian depressive black metal.
Arvada, Colorado black and doom metal band formed in 2011, merging the glacial heaviness of doom with the bleakness of black metal in the high-elevation atmosphere of the Front Range.
Denton, Texas black metal band formed in 2020, contributing to the North Texas extreme metal scene with cold, abrasive compositions in the American black metal tradition.
Stone Healer is a progressive black metal band from Mansfield, Connecticut, formed in 2015, blending the technical ambition of progressive metal with the raw, dissonant energy of black metal.
Stone of Erech forge folk and black metal from Madrid, drawing their name from Tolkien's Middle-earth mythology. Active since 2015, they bring literary fantasy depth to the Spanish folk/black metal crossover.
Stone of Scone is a black metal act from Kentucky, formed in 2024, named after the ancient Scottish coronation stone, suggesting a project steeped in historical and mythological darkness.
Stonehaven is a folk/black metal band from Kansas City, Kansas, formed in 2016, weaving traditional folk instrumentation and melody into a foundation of raw, atmospheric black metal.
Storm and Urge is a black metal project from Knoxville, Tennessee, formed in 2024, blending raw black metal with dungeon synth atmospherics into a cold and introspective sound.
Storm of Darkness is a black metal band founded in 2008 by guitarist and vocalist Blackthrasher in Bogotá, Colombia, delivering what the band calls "Unholy Black Metal of Death" with anti-religious, war, and existentialist themes. Signed to Blasphemous Attack Productions, the band has released three full-lengths — including "Anti-Abrahamic Pest Propaganda" (2018) and "Inevitable" (2023) — alongside numerous demos, splits, and EPs spanning over fifteen years of activity.
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