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Death Atlas (2019)
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Black metal project from the southwestern Bulgarian town of Sandanski, active since 2019. Their output channels the genre's atmospheric menace from the foothills of the Pirin Mountains near the Greek border.
Podolsk's Skyforest have been crafting atmospheric post-black metal from the Moscow suburbs since 2014. Their nature-ascendant name channels the canopy meeting the sky into compositions of immersive, upward-reaching beauty that have garnered significant attention in the atmospheric black metal community.
Skyggefolk ("Shadow People" in Danish) practice black metal from the Danish underground, channeling spectral darkness through atmospheric compositions. Active since 2017, they bring the paranormal intensity of shadow-being mythology to Scandinavian black metal.
Alingsas' Skymning have evolved from melodic power/death metal to industrial death/black metal since 2012. Their Swedish name meaning "twilight" and Vastergotland origins channel the liminal moment between day and night into compositions that have grown progressively darker.
Skáphe are a Philadelphia black metal outfit known for their dissonant, claustrophobic approach — dense walls of noise and feedback that feel more like an endurance test than a conventional album. Formed in 2014, they have built a devoted following in the underground for their uncompromising, atmospheric nihilism.
Skógr are a black metal project out of Walnut, Iowa, channeling the raw, wind-swept atmosphere associated with Nordic forest metal into the American heartland since 2009. Their sound leans into nature-driven mysticism and cold, minimal production.
Sköllgrim merge black and death metal from an undisclosed Dutch location since 2023. Their Norse-wolf name channels the mythological devourer's hunger into compositions of relentless, consuming extremity.
Skohsla practice black metal from the German underground, their unusual name adding an enigmatic quality to their dark compositions. Active since 2019, they channel the genre's atmospheric intensity.
Slag are a Florence, Kentucky black/doom metal project formed in 2024, pairing the glacial weight of doom with the cold, dissonant atmosphere of black metal for a sound that is simultaneously crushing and bleak. Their approach draws on the slower, more desolate end of both traditions.
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