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AMENRA "Vanuytsel 7"" (2021)
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Bloomington, Illinois black and folk metal project active since 2021, weaving organic, nature-bound imagery into a harsh black metal framework with melodic and acoustic folk elements threaded throughout. A distinctive presence in the Illinois underground.
Fort Smith, Arkansas depressive black metal project active since 2019, specializing in the suffocating, introspective strain of black metal where despair and atmosphere overwhelm technique. Isolated in the Ozarks, their music carries the weight of genuine regional solitude.
Tremendum conjure black metal from an undisclosed German location, their Latin name — meaning 'that which inspires awe and dread' — capturing the numinous terror at the heart of their sound since 2018. Their anonymous approach heightens the mysterious, overwhelming atmosphere of their compositions.
Bestial war metal from West Texas. Demo released through Nuclear War Now! Productions, debut full-length on Transcending Obscurity Records.
World War Metal from Austin featuring members of Imprecation and Morbosidad. Debut full-length Commandoccult released 2022 on Godz Ov War Productions.
Austin's Trenchant deal in blackened death metal of the uncompromising variety — dense, caustic, and unrelenting since their 2018 formation. Their approach fuses the atmospherics of raw black metal with the brute physicality of death metal, making them a notable presence on the Texas extreme underground scene.
Trencheard represent Liepāja's nascent extreme metal scene, unleashing blackened death metal since 2024 from Latvia's western coast. As one of the newest entries in the Baltic death metal landscape, they bring an unpolished ferocity to a region where metal is still finding its footing.
Detroit's Trespass arrived in 2022 with a violent conflation of black metal, death metal, and grindcore — the kind of short, caustic eruptions that prioritize kinetic damage over nuance. In a city with deep roots in extreme music, they fit naturally into a lineage of no-mercy heaviness.
Trest channel black metal from somewhere in Germany under a name derived from Slavic languages meaning 'comfort' or 'consolation,' an ironic banner for their hostile sound since 2019. Their anonymous, location-hidden approach embodies the isolationist tradition of the genre.
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