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De Doorn (2022)
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American Sun (Reimagined) (2021)
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Black metal project from the Limburg towns of Grevenbicht and Sittard, active since 2009. Corpusculum channels atmospheric black metal from the Netherlands' deep south.
New York raw black metal project stripping the genre down to its most primitive and corrosive essentials, favoring lo-fi hostility over polish. Their sound sits firmly in the underground tradition of American black metal at its most uncompromising.
Madison, Wisconsin band weaving black metal harshness together with post-metal's expansive, atmospheric qualities to build something both abrasive and meditative. The contrast between destruction and reflection runs through everything they create.
Black-thrash metal band from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2018. They fuse the icy darkness of black metal with the speed-driven aggression of thrash.
Kansas City, Kansas band drawing on black metal, death metal, and thrash in equal measure, building a crossover assault that refuses to settle into any one subgenre. The Midwest grit in their delivery is unmistakable.
Black-thrash metal band from Vigo, Spain, formed in 2019. They fuse black metal darkness with thrash aggression from the Galician Atlantic coast.
Corubo is a black metal and ambient band from Ji-Paraná, Rondônia, Brazil, who describe their sound as "Indigenous Black Metal," weaving atmospheric black metal with indigenous Brazilian folk influences, field recordings, and lyrics in languages including Guaraní, Nheengatu, Tupi, and Portuguese. Their music explores the history and resistance of Brazil's indigenous peoples, drawing on themes of colonisation and the Amazon's First Nations cultures. Their 2021 album Ajuricaba is centered on the Manaus people's wars of resistance against Portuguese enslavement in the early 18th century, named after their leader Ajuricaba.
Seattle black and symphonic metal band that layers orchestral grandeur over black metal's icy ferocity. Their sound is cinematic in scope, drawing on the gloom and grandeur of the Pacific Northwest.
Black-death metal band from Anglesey, Wales, formed in 2019. They fuse extreme metal darkness from the Welsh island off the northwest coast.
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