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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Vaxjo's Sleeping Majesty merge symphonic death, black, and gothic metal from the Smaland capital since 2018. Their dormant-royalty name channels the slumbering grandeur of unconscious sovereignty into ornate, multi-genre compositions.
Atmospheric black metal project from Nome, Alaska — one of the most geographically remote cities in the United States — formed in 2016, translating the isolation and brutal winters of Arctic Alaska directly into their cold, expansive sound. Sleepless carry an authenticity of place that few bands can claim, their music as desolate and uncompromising as the landscape surrounding them.
Brooklyn's Sleepwalker weave black metal's raw, abrasive energy together with the expansive textures of post-rock, creating music that alternates between blasting fury and atmospheric drift. Active since 2011, they are part of a New York scene that has long been comfortable blurring genre lines.
Eugene, Oregon's Sleff operate in the bleakest corner of black metal, channeling the isolation and despair of the depressive subgenre since 2012. Their music is defined by raw, minimal production and an atmosphere of complete desolation, making them a notable presence in the Pacific Northwest's darker underground.
Dublin's Slidhr channel black metal with the atmospheric intensity that has made them one of Ireland's most respected extreme acts since 2015. Their sound balances raw aggression with immersive, layered atmospheres.
Baton Rouge's Slime in the Current have been working raw, unadorned black metal since 2008, bringing the genre's coldest tendencies into Louisiana's characteristically humid underground. Their long tenure marks them as a persistent presence in the Deep South's more extreme and unconventional corners.
Washington State's Slimer blend black and death metal with avant-garde ambition, pursuing a deliberately disorienting sound that resists easy categorization since 2015. Their experimental impulses push them beyond genre convention into territory where atmosphere and abstraction carry equal weight with aggression.
Gassaway, West Virginia's Slith bring black metal's cold, unforgiving sound from one of the more remote corners of the American underground, operating in isolation since their 2023 formation. Their music fits the tradition of raw black metal built in small towns far from any established scene infrastructure.
SLM craft melodic and post-black metal from Cologne, blending atmospheric textures with melodic black metal's harmonic complexity. Active since 2018, they represent the more cerebral, experimental side of the Rhineland black metal scene.
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