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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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Santa Barbara, California's Seventh Circle occupy a darkly syncretic extreme metal space, weaving together the bleakness of black metal, the heaviness of death metal, and the grinding weight of doom into a single suffocating whole. Active since 2008, they've developed a reputation for uncompromising, multi-dimensional heaviness that refuses easy categorization.
Multi-genre extreme metal band from Tielt in West Flanders, active since 2008, blending black metal, death metal, grindcore, and crust punk into a volatile sonic cocktail. Their stylistic range reflects an uncompromising approach to extreme music that refuses genre boundaries.
Severed Boy is a Boston, Massachusetts project formed in 2021 that dissolves the lines between black metal, death metal, and funeral-paced doom. Their Bandcamp presence reflects an underground one-person or small-band aesthetic, channeling bleakness through a dense, multi-genre lens.
Severed Soul is a black metal act from Dothan, Alabama, formed in 2023 and operating in one of the more unlikely corners of the American South for the genre. Their recent emergence places them in the growing wave of Southern underground black metal, bringing raw atmospheric darkness to a region better known for doom and sludge.
Active since 2009 in Brest, Seviss has spent over a decade cultivating a harsh, frigid black metal sound shaped by Brittany's Atlantic storms and grey skies. Their catalog reflects the solitary, windblown character of France's westernmost peninsula.
Scorching Speed / Black Metal from Austin.
Sexlucifer forge black/thrash metal from the Finnish underground, combining blasphemous provocation with dual-genre aggression. Active since 2016, they bring infernal intensity to the Nordic black/thrash scene.
Sexorcism blast through speed metal, black metal, and punk from Baden-Wurttemberg, combining three of heavy music's most aggressive strains with tongue-in-cheek provocative imagery. Their genre-defying approach channels the chaotic spirit of early extreme metal crossovers.
Sexrex play black 'n' roll from Offenbach, fusing black metal's harsh aesthetics with the swaggering groove of rock 'n' roll. Their Frankfurt-adjacent base and irreverent name position them on the fun, riff-focused end of the black metal spectrum.
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