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Slave to the Scalpel (2021)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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State Of Unrest (2023)
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Black 'n' roll band from Namur, active since 2012, fusing the raw energy of black metal with the swagger and groove of rock and roll. Their irreverent name and style reflect a playful, boundary-pushing approach to extreme music from Wallonia's capital city.
Sphere Eternal is a Salt Lake City atmospheric black metal band founded in 2016, crafting expansive, cold soundscapes that reflect the stark landscape of Utah's mountain west through tremolo-driven composition and ambient texture.
Spider Gates is a black metal act from Griswold, Connecticut, formed in 2018, taking its name from a famously eerie local cemetery and channeling that atmosphere into raw, ominous black metal.
Spider God weave together black metal's frigid tremolo work with melodic black metal atmospherics and metalcore breakdowns. This UK project launched in 2022, exploring the tensions between beauty and ferocity.
Spira is a raw black metal project from Santa Rosa, California, formed in 2023, embracing the primitive, lo-fi aesthetic of second-wave black metal with a harsh and deliberately unpolished sonic approach.
Spiral Jacobs channel the cold grandeur of atmospheric black metal from London, weaving elongated compositions that build from whispered tension to cathartic fury. They have been active since 2008, exploring vast sonic territories.
Spiral Staircase is a black metal outfit from Cleveland, Ohio, formed in 2022 under the name Spiral Staircase Coven, channeling raw misanthropic energy through orthodox black metal aesthetics.
Spirit of Iron is a black metal project from the Black Hills of South Dakota, formed in 2025, drawing on the stark and isolated landscape of the northern plains to inform a raw, atmospheric black metal sound.
Spirit of the Magus is a black metal and dungeon synth project from Omaha, Nebraska, formed in 2025, blending occult black metal aggression with the meditative, keyboard-driven textures of dungeon synth.
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