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Vault Of Horrors (2024)
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Liars & Thieves (2024)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Raw black metal project from Utrecht, formed in 2021. Cer delivers stripped-down, lo-fi black metal from the Dutch heartland.
Quincy, Massachusetts atmospheric black metal act weaving cold, expansive textures into a raw black metal framework, drawing on the ambient and nature-oriented wing of the genre.
Cleveland, Ohio act spanning black metal, death metal, and thrash, drawing on all three traditions to create a raw and aggressive hybrid sound.
Atmospheric black metal band from Brittany, France, formed in 2023. Their name meaning circle of the oak, they craft nature-inspired atmospheric black metal from the Celtic region.
Black-doom act from Rybinsk in Yaroslavl Oblast, active since 2015. Cerebrium merges atmospheric black metal with doom pacing from the Volga River city.
Black metal act from Battle Ground, Washington, founded in 1996 by brothers Jake and Nick Superchi, blending symphonic orchestration and dark ambient textures into their "American Deathphonic Black Metal" style; their concept album Salem 1692 and releases on labels like Moribund Records brought them recognition in the American black metal underground.
Black metal band from Beckley, West Virginia, delivering raw and ritualistic black metal steeped in the genre's characteristic coldness and aggression.
Phoenix, Arizona black metal act channeling the genre's raw, occult atmosphere into a ritualistic and menacing sound rooted in underground black metal aesthetics.
Black metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2017. They deliver ritualistic, ceremonial black metal from the Greek capital.
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