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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Head Cage (2018)
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Romantik is a black metal project from Stockholm, Sweden, formed in 2017. The project channels dark atmospheric black metal from the Swedish capital, adding to Stockholm's diverse underground metal landscape.
Ronces is an atmospheric black metal project from France, active since 2013. Named after the French word for 'brambles,' the project channels nature-inspired atmospheric black metal.
Raw black metal project from Mikhaylovsk, Russia, active since 2017. Their forest-themed name accompanies lo-fi black metal from the Stavropol region.
Minnesota's Roosevelt has been operating in the harsh end of raw black metal since 2014, leaning fully into the stripped-down, abrasive aesthetic that defines the style at its most uncompromising. The project carries a distinctly solitary quality, the kind of cold-weather bleakness that feels native to the upper Midwest.
Atmospheric black metal project from Leeds, England, active since 2019. The project channels sweeping, nature-inspired atmospheric black metal from West Yorkshire.
Depressive/atmospheric black metal band from Katowice, Poland, formed in 2022. Their evocative name channels bleak, nature-inspired depressive black metal from the Silesian capital.
York, Nebraska's Ropewalker have been weaving together black metal, doom, and gothic metal since 2020, a combination that puts atmospheric desolation front and center. The gothic sensibility lends the project's doom and black metal a certain mournful elegance that's rare in either genre on its own.
Post-black metal/hardcore band from Oslo, Norway, formed in 2023. Their Norwegian name, meaning 'pink treachery,' accompanies a blend of post-black metal with hardcore energy.
Post-black metal project from Newcastle upon Tyne, active since 2011. Their botanical name — referencing the rose family — frames contemplative, atmospheric post-black metal from the Tyneside city.
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