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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Stosstruppen is a raw black metal band from Sacramento, California, formed in 2022, practicing an unpolished, lo-fi approach to black metal rooted in the most primitive and corrosive end of the genre.
Stockholm's Strapats pair blackened heavy metal from the Swedish capital since 2023. Their Swedish name meaning "hardship" or "ordeal" channels the endurance of suffering into compositions that merge traditional metal with black metal darkness.
Pagan black metal band from Eagle, Colorado, formed in 2018, combining the harsh atmospherics and raw intensity of black metal with the folk and nature-worshipping themes of the pagan metal tradition.
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.
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