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The Mountain Of Gold (2018)
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Subjugated Black Death Immolation are a black metal duo from Santiago, Chile, formed in 2018 by members L. (guitars, vocals) and V. (drums, vocals). The band deal in darkness, blasphemy, and gore across a prolific string of releases including two 2018 demos, the 2020 EP Mass Suicide of Fallen Angels — issued on cassette by Skaventhrone and on CDR by Algol Records — and the 2022 EP The Unreal Basin.
Black metal band from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, formed in 2014, carving out a presence in the Midwest underground with orthodox black metal fury and atmosphere.
Huntington Beach, California thrash metal band formed in 2017, rooted in the Southern California scene's tradition of high-energy, riff-driven aggression.
Filthy Raw Black Metal out of Texas.
Black metal band from New Hampshire, formed in 2025, part of a new wave of American black metal acts pursuing a raw, unadorned approach to the genre.
Black metal band from Salt Lake City, Utah, formed in 2019, inhabiting a city with a surprisingly active extreme metal underground with a focused black metal approach.
Subversion is a raw black metal project from Vermont, formed in 2011, crafting primitive, lo-fi black metal with an uncompromising underground aesthetic.
Succorbenoth is an atmospheric black/death metal band from Cincinnati, Ohio, formed in 2012, weaving cavernous death metal heaviness together with sweeping, dissonant black metal atmosphere across their Bandcamp catalog.
Succubus is an Atlanta, Georgia band formed in 2017 that moves between ambient black metal and brutal death metal/deathcore, creating a jarring contrast between oppressive atmosphere and outright sonic violence.
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