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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Buffalo, Minnesota's Sheogorath — named for the Daedric Prince of Madness — blends thrash metal's velocity with the icy venom of black metal, creating a chaotic and unpredictable sonic identity since 2017.
Atlanta's Shepherds ov the Veil emerged in 2023 with a raw black metal approach steeped in occult atmosphere, adding to Georgia's growing underground black metal presence with a sense of ceremonial menace.
Belgian black metal/punk hybrid formed in 2023, fusing the raw ferocity of black metal with punk's confrontational energy. Their crossover approach reflects the growing intersection between extreme metal and punk subcultures in Belgium's underground.
California's Shield Roar operates in the shadowed space where black metal meets ambient texture, using cold riffs and expansive soundscapes to create an atmospheric and isolating listening experience since 2020.
Yekaterinburg's Shigir craft atmospheric black metal from the Ural capital since 2024. Named for the ancient Shigir Idol, the world's oldest wooden sculpture, they channel 11,000 years of heritage into atmospheric compositions.
Shigrath channel raw black metal from Cologne, embracing the lo-fi, unpolished aesthetic that defines the rawer end of the genre. Active since 2017, they bring a deliberately primitive sound to the Rhineland underground.
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Tyumen's Shine My Boregarden merge black, doom, and funeral doom from the Western Siberian oil capital since 2026. Their paradoxical name of illuminating tedium channels the monotony of the Siberian steppe into compositions of glacial extremity.
Lexington, Kentucky's Shinigami has been channeling raw black metal with a long-running underground devotion since 2000, bringing a lo-fi, unpolished conviction to the American black metal fringe.
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