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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
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De Doorn (2022)
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Halo (2017)
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Symptoms of Sickness, originating in Sweden before relocating to Portland, have been crafting ambient black/doom metal since 2013. Over a decade of channeling the clinical manifestation of disease into compositions of atmospheric, glacially paced darkness across two continents.
Black metal project from New Jersey, formed in 2013, operating in the raw and atmospheric end of the genre with a decidedly underground approach.
SYND practice black metal from an undisclosed Russian location since 2020. Their Scandinavian-derived name meaning "sin" channels Nordic transgression into compositions of anonymous atmospheric darkness.
Blackened death metal and deathcore band from Sale Creek, Tennessee, formed in 2013, fusing the darkness of black metal with death metal aggression and the structural intensity of deathcore.
Synode channels black metal from the Aquitaine corridor between Bordeaux and Hendaye, active since 2012. Their name, meaning 'synod,' borrows religious assembly terminology to frame black metal steeped in anti-clerical and occult themes.
Atmospheric black metal band from Tulsa, Oklahoma, formed in 2017, crafting vast, celestial soundscapes that evoke cosmic desolation through layered tremolo guitars and sweeping ambient textures.
Synrah is an industrial symphonic death/black metal band from Norco, California, formed in 2013, blending orchestral grandeur with mechanized heaviness and extreme metal aggression into a densely layered sound.
Synthema Occvlta is a black/death metal project from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, formed in 2025, drawing on occult imagery and the raw brutality shared by both extreme metal traditions.
Synthre channel avant-garde black metal from the Finnish underground, pushing beyond conventional black metal into synthetic, experimental territories. Emerging in 2025, they bring artificial darkness to the Finnish avant-garde scene.
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