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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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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.
Parma's Strikehammer pair black and speed metal from the Emilian food capital since 2023. Their name of percussive violence channels hammerblows of blackened aggression through compositions of relentless force.
Cavizzana's Strion practice black metal from a tiny Trentino village in the Val di Sole since 2020. Their extreme Alpine isolation naturally informs a sound shaped by mountain cold and solitude.
Belluno's Strix channel black metal named for the mythological owl-vampire from the Dolomite foothills since 2008. Nearly two decades of Venetian-Alpine black metal have produced a body of distinctly atmospheric work.
Raw black metal project from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, formed in 2021, embracing the genre's most stripped-down and abrasive aesthetics. The name blends Latin owl imagery with a Greek term for austere spiritual discipline, suggesting a practice-oriented, ascetic approach to the music.
Death-doom band from Newtown, Pennsylvania, formed in 2013, merging the crushing low-end of death metal with the glacial tempo and suffocating atmosphere of doom. Their name — the scientific name for the barred owl — lends a naturalistic, nocturnal quality to their sound.
Black metal band from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, formed in 2013, unrelated to the Pennsylvania death-doom act of the same name, operating in the raw and atmospheric traditions of American underground black metal.
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