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From the Pinzgau region of Salzburg province, Scapegod released their debut full-length "Dystopia" in August 2021, describing their style as black-influenced death/dark metal spanning everything from melodic, driving songs to misanthropic hate anthems with screaming guitars and fast double-bass drumming. The band pairs deep, guttural vocals with screaming delivery, giving their compositions a wide dynamic span.
Scaphandre (French for "Diving Suit") channel depressive black metal from Paris, exploring deep-sea isolation through their submerged aesthetic. Active since 2011, they bring diving-bell desolation to the French DSBM scene.
Scar Tissue have been channeling depressive black metal from an undisclosed Swedish location since 1996. Three decades under their wound-healing name have produced one of Scandinavia's longest-running depressive black metal projects.
Scarabreed forge blackened death metal from Bremgarten, with releases like "Throne of the Dark Ages" drawing on medieval darkness and crushing extremity. Their sound marries the ferocity of death metal with the atmospheric malevolence of black metal.
Scargzlot is a Chilean black metal solo project founded in 2016 by the musician known as Verwelkt, who handles all instruments and vocals. The project released its debut demo, From the Darkest Abyss of Solitude, in 2018 followed by the Wolf's Atonement album in 2019, both distributed in ultra-limited physical editions through Corpse Torture Records. Themes across the recordings center on death, depression, and poetry.
A melodic black/death metal band from Mondsee, Upper Austria, Scarlet Curse were active from 2006 to 2010 and released their material independently. Their sound occupied the intersection of melodic black and death metal, drawing on the atmospheric traditions of both subgenres within the compact timeframe of their activity.
Brazilian solo project conceived and executed entirely by Alexandre Bischof, who composes, performs, and produces all material under the banner of black metal crossed with post-punk and occult rock. The self-titled debut album appeared on September 21, 2018, and was followed by Gemini (2019), A Shadowy Lesson (2021), and Crossroads (2022).
Formed in 2025 in Knoxville, Tennessee, Scars like Reminders take atmospheric black metal's interplay of beauty and bleakness and root it in the moody, mountainous landscape of East Tennessee — a natural fit for a genre built on longing, isolation, and vast sonic space. Brand new to the underground, their atmospheric approach promises expansive, emotionally charged black metal from an underrepresented corner of the American South.
Black metal solo project based in Salvador, Bahia, operated by Lunatic, who also serves as drummer for Ad Baculum. The project released the full-length ...Knives, Candles and Darkness... to an 8/10 review in Roadie Crew, with all compositions, recording, mixing, and mastering handled by Lunatic alone, followed by the full-length Deep Vortex Beyond the Stars in 2025.
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