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Viribus Unitis (2025)
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Existential Void Guardian (2018)
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Obnoxious (2022)
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Streams of Blood channel black metal from the Franconian Main Valley town of Erlenbach, exploring themes of bloodshed and darkness. Active since 2009, they bring sanguine intensity to the Bavarian black metal landscape.
Chicago, Illinois blackened heavy metal and punk band formed in 2015, fusing the raw aggression of black metal with classic heavy metal's riff-based drive and a gritty punk undercurrent drawn from the city's DIY underground.
New York post-black metal and shoegaze band formed in 2020, combining the abrasive tremolo-picked intensity of black metal with the ethereal, heavily reverbed textures of shoegaze to create immersive, emotionally layered soundscapes.
Strife practice black metal from Barcelona, channeling the genre's confrontational fury from the Catalan capital. Active since 2015, they bring Mediterranean strife to the Spanish black metal underground.
Black metal act from Groveport, Ohio, formed in 2023, delivering raw and uncompromising black metal rooted in the genre's second-wave traditions of harshness, darkness, and aggressive minimalism.
Strigiform deliver avant-garde black and death metal from an undisclosed Italian location since 2009. Named for the owl order, their nocturnal-predator identity suits compositions of hunting, calculated extremity.
Raw black metal project from Framingham, Massachusetts, formed in 2022, channeling the lo-fi, abrasive aesthetic of the genre's underground roots. The band takes its name from the Romanian vampire myth, reflecting a dark, primitive sensibility.
Black metal project based in Hamilton, Ohio, active since 2015, operating within the stripped-down, atmospheric tradition of American underground black metal. The Roman numeral in the name suggests an esoteric or occult orientation consistent with the genre.
Strigon channel black metal from the Asturian city of Gijon, drawing their name from Romanian vampire folklore. Active since 2018, they bring Cantabrian darkness to the northern Spanish black metal scene.
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