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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Newsflash (2023)
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Austin, Texas black metal band driving cold tremolo riffs and blastbeats through a raw, underground framework. Cyanide Winds adds a Texas edge to black metal's atmospheric darkness and corrosive fury.
Melodic black-heavy metal band from Barcelona, Spain, active since 2011. They weave melodic elements through blackened metal from the Catalan capital.
Bakersfield, California melodic black metal band blending the atmosphere of black metal with melodic death metal's harmonic sensibility. Cybil brings Central Valley underground intensity to a style rooted in darkness and melody.
Symphonic black metal act from the Greek port city of Volos, active since 2015. Cychaeon blends orchestral grandeur with tremolo-picked ferocity in a nod to Hellenic tradition.
San Francisco band fusing melodic death metal with black metal atmosphere and Bay Area extreme metal ferocity. Cyclaera builds its sound on twin-guitar melody and black metal coldness, tempered by death metal's brutal drive.
Black-death metal band from Aberdeen, Scotland, formed in 2020. They fuse extreme metal darkness from the Granite City.
Pittsburgh black metal and hardcore band fusing the raw intensity of black metal with the DIY directness of hardcore. Cydonia brings a confrontational, stripped-down edge to extreme metal from the Pittsburgh underground.
Shenandoah, Virginia black metal band operating in the raw, underground tradition of American black metal. Cydron cultivates a cold and desolate sound shaped by the Blue Ridge Mountains' isolation.
Denver black metal and crust punk band combining the rawness of crust with the menacing atmosphere of black metal. Cyffrous Indignus channels political fury and sonic chaos through a grimy, anarchic extreme metal framework.
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