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Stormfront is a black/thrash metal band from Corona, California, formed in 2017, combining the stripped-down ferocity of black metal with thrash metal's aggressive forward drive.
Stormheim is a black metal band from Wildwood, Missouri, formed in 2021, cultivating a cold and windswept atmosphere rooted in European black metal traditions.
Stormheit forge folk and black metal from the Tampere suburb of Ylojarvi, combining folk traditions with black metal's atmospheric intensity. Formed in 2023, they bring stormy paganism to the Pirkanmaa underground.
Stormkeep is a Denver, Colorado melodic black metal band formed in 2021 that blends the grandeur and sweep of Scandinavian melodic black metal with dungeon synth-influenced keyboards, having garnered significant underground attention for their debut EP.
Stormknight is a black metal band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 2025, newly established and operating in the raw and harsh end of the black metal spectrum.
Austrian black metal project active since 2000, self-described as purveyors of "deadly hymns of supreme magickal Black Metal," with four full-length albums spanning "Funeral Apocalypse" (2003) through "Omega Therion" (2014). Their occult-themed output maintains a consistent devotion to ritualistic, atmospheric black metal.
Stormruler is a melodic black metal band from St. Louis, Missouri, formed in 2021, known for sweeping guitar harmonies and a cinematic approach to the genre influenced by classic Scandinavian melodic black metal.
Stortregn have built an impressive catalog of technical melodic black/death metal from Geneva since 2005, with albums like "Finitude" and "Impermanence" demonstrating their evolution from Nordic-influenced black metal into a more distinctive technical style. Their charging riffs and blast beats are balanced by genuine compositional sophistication, earning them recognition as one of Switzerland's premier extreme metal exports.
Story of the Eye is a blackened sludge/doom metal band from Fayetteville, Arkansas, formed in 2019, named after the transgressive Georges Bataille novella and combining the suffocating weight of sludge with black metal's darkness and malice.
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