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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Vancouver, WA's Cloak of Displacement inhabit the slow, suffocating intersection of black metal and drone, constructing vast, formless pieces built on dissonance and sustained tension. Their work is meditative and unsettling in equal measure.
Nashville's Cloaked produce raw, primitive black metal with a deep commitment to the genre's most unadorned and hostile traditions. Their recordings are deliberately lo-fi and confrontational, rejecting any polish in favor of pure darkness.
A one-man black metal project from Roslyn, New York, Clocktower of Hiraeth was conceived by the entity known as Myghûl the Drowned in 2018. Built around themes of history, addiction, and anti-religion, the project carved out a bleak atmospheric sound before going quiet.
Black-thrash metal band from Derby, England, formed in 2022. They fuse black metal darkness with thrash aggression from the East Midlands.
Black-doom act from Kristiansand, southern Norway, formed in 2019. Cloth weaves bleak, atmospheric heaviness from the country's southern coast.
Indianapolis's Cloud of Souls, the studio project of Chris Latta and Tucker Thomasson, brew classic black, doom, and epic heavy metal into a sound that evokes Bathory's Blood Fire Death meeting Saint Vitus. Their albums A Fate Decided and A Constant State of Flux demonstrate a consistently ambitious vision within the blackened doom space.
Swedish black metal project launched in 2024, channeling atmospheric darkness through raw, uncompromising sonic visions. Their approach draws from the primal foundations of the genre's underground traditions.
Oakland's Cloudstone operate at the intersection of black metal and doom, crafting a sound rooted in the Bay Area's rich tradition of heavy underground music. Their music leans into atmosphere and darkness without sacrificing weight.
Blackened death metal act from Dublin, active since 2018. Clunaculum fuses black and death metal textures into a dense, punishing sound.
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