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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
Featured Progressive Metal Album
Death Atlas (2019)
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Featured Death Metal Album
Hands of Eternity (2024)
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California's Swine Infection blends black metal and crust punk into a raw, anarchic sound, active since 2012 and rooted in the lo-fi, DIY tradition common to both genres.
Swine Soul is a raw black metal and noise project with roots in the American Deep South, active since 2013, trafficking in primitive, lo-fi hostility and minimal production.
Knoxville, Tennessee's Swine Suicide have played black metal with ambient underpinnings since 2011, crafting cold, desolate soundscapes out of the Southern Appalachian underground.
Black metal outfit from Massachusetts formed in 2022, channeling raw atmospheric intensity with a sound rooted in the grim traditions of the genre.
Frigid Black Metal out of Texas.
Gothenburg's Swordmaster have evolved from black metal to melodic death/thrash metal since their early years. Their weapon-wielder name and origins in the melodic death metal capital have produced compositions spanning the aggressive spectrum of Swedish extreme metal.
Vranov nad Toplou's Swordokult practice black metal from the eastern Slovak town since 2014. Their blade-cult name and Zemplin origins channel the worship of edged weaponry into over a decade of atmospheric compositions from the Ondava valley.
Sycomore evolved from blackened sludge metal into sludge metal with noise rock elements in Amiens, active since 2016. Their stylistic journey reflects a restless creative spirit that pushes against genre boundaries while maintaining core heaviness.
Sycronomica craft melodic black metal from Munich, blending harmonic sophistication with the atmospheric intensity of black metal. Formed in 2019, they bring temporal-themed darkness to the Bavarian capital.
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