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Actin' Up (2023)
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The Mountain Of Gold (2018)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Succumbence is a black metal and folk project from the Black Hills of South Dakota, formed in 2024, interweaving raw black metal aggression with folk and ambient textures inspired by the rugged landscapes of the Northern Plains.
Raw black metal project from Dendermonde in East Flanders, active since 2021, named after the cloth said to have covered Christ's face in the tomb. Their lo-fi, stripped-down approach embraces the most primal aspects of black metal.
Suebian Knot is a raw black metal and dark ambient project from the United States, formed in 2020, taking its name from the ancient Germanic hairstyle and weaving primitive black metal with cold, atmospheric undertones.
Suel practice black metal from Wiesbaden, channeling the genre's dark intensity from the Hessian state capital. Formed in 2023, they add another voice to the growing Wiesbaden black metal contingent.
Suffer is a black metal band from New Orleans, Louisiana, formed in 1993, operating in the underground of a city better known for sludge and doom but contributing a rawer, more orthodox black metal voice to the Southern metal landscape.
Suffer in Black is a blackened doom and post-metal band from Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, formed in 2016, merging the slow, despairing weight of doom metal with raw black metal atmosphere and post-metal dynamics.
Suffer the Gestalt is a depressive black metal project from San Jose, California, formed in 2020, channeling introspective despair and psychological bleakness into the DSBM tradition of slow, anguished compositions.
Indiana brutal death metal and slam act formed in 2017, merging the pummeling groove of slam death metal with hardcore aggression for a particularly visceral form of extreme music.
North Carolina project formed in 2020 that combines atmospheric black metal and doom with elements of grindcore, creating a jarring and unconventional blend of introspective bleakness and violent sonic bursts.
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