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A relatively new project out of Worcester, Massachusetts, Self Inflicted Gunshot Wounds formed in 2021 and traffic in a raw, uncompromising hybrid of black and death metal that leans heavily on ugliness as an aesthetic virtue. Worcester has a long history of producing abrasive, extreme music, and this project fits that lineage well — dissonant, violent in tone, and deliberately difficult. Their Bandcamp presence suggests a lo-fi approach that favors atmosphere over polish.
Viennese atmospheric black metal project that emerged in 2020 with a self-titled three-track release spanning 22 minutes of immersive, layered compositions. Songs like "As I Am Falling From Inside" and the German-language closer "Das Ende" demonstrate a deeply introspective approach to the genre's expansive sonic palette.
A shadowy Midwestern entity that emerged in 2017, Self Slaughter blend black and death metal in the raw, no-frills manner common to the American underground that operates entirely outside of metropolitan scenes. Their deliberately anonymous presentation — no fixed city listed, a no-frills Bandcamp — reflects a project more interested in creating suffocating extreme metal than building a public profile. The combination of black metal's atmospheric menace with death metal's brutality gives their music an especially oppressive quality.
Selvsmord (Danish/Norwegian for "Suicide") practice black metal from the Loire Valley city of Angers, their Scandinavian-language name reflecting Nordic influences on their French black metal. Active since 2014, they bring imported darkness to the Maine-et-Loire underground.
Semai began as a black metal project in Jihlava before evolving into noise, drone, and ambient territory, tracing an arc from harsh extremity to abstract sound exploration. This restless transformation reflects an artistic vision that refuses to remain static within any single genre.
Semen Datura have been channeling black metal from the Ore Mountains since 2005, drawing their name from the hallucinogenic plant genus Datura. Their Saxon mountain base and psychoactive namesake suggest a black metal approach that explores altered states and botanical darkness.
Semihazah is a black metal project from Buenos Aires, Argentina, founded in July 2020 by Marbas (guitar and bass) and Zorath (drums), with Temptor Princnegsur on vocals. The band released their debut album "Toteleftaíokláma" on April 27, 2023, a five-track record that established the project in the city's extreme black metal underground.
Sempervivum (from the succulent plant genus meaning "always alive") forge death and black metal from the Lorraine towns of Blainville-sur-l'Eau and Damelevières. Active since 2015, they bring hardy, unkillable extremity to the eastern French scene.
Sempiternal Suffering formed in 2022 and practice raw black metal in the most stripped-down sense — minimal production, relentless atmosphere, and a deliberate rejection of anything approaching comfort or accessibility. The project's name telegraphs its entire aesthetic program: endless, grinding darkness rendered in buzzing, lo-fi black metal that owes more to the Scandinavian second wave's ugliest corners than to any modern polish. Anonymous by design, the music does all the speaking.
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