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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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State Of Unrest (2023)
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Spektral Hatchery is a black metal band from Olympia, Washington, formed in 2016, crafting raw and abrasive black metal in a Pacific Northwest underground tradition that favors atmosphere and intensity over polish.
Spektralaeon is a death/black metal band from Wisconsin, formed in 2016, blending the technical brutality of death metal with the cold, dissonant aggression of black metal.
Spektre is a California black metal and dark ambient project formed in 2022, weaving harsh black metal compositions with ambient atmospheric passages to create an unsettling and immersive sonic experience.
Spell practice black metal from the Kassel area of Hesse, channeling occult themes and dark atmospheres through their compositions. Active since 2014, they bring hexed intensity to the North Hessian underground.
Spell of Torment craft melodic blackened death metal from the northern Finnish city of Oulu, weaving dark enchantments through extreme compositions. They bring hexed intensity to the Ostrobothnia extreme scene.
Spellcast is a symphonic black metal band from Lakewood, California, formed in 2012, layering orchestral arrangements and grandiose keyboard textures over black metal's raw aggression in the tradition of European symphonic black metal.
Spellcraft is a black metal band from Enterprise, Alabama, formed in 2002, one of the few black metal acts to emerge from the deep South, pursuing grim, lo-fi black metal in relative geographic isolation.
Spellslinger is an Indiana black metal and dungeon synth project formed in 2025, conjuring raw atmospheric textures that draw on both the abrasive traditions of black metal and the medieval fantasy mood of dungeon synth.
Spere channel black metal from the German underground, emerging in 2024 with atmospheric compositions that explore the genre's more contemplative side. Their output adds another voice to the diverse landscape of German black metal.
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