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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Experimental/depressive black metal solo artist from Podolsk near Moscow, active since 2012. The project explores the intersection of experimental composition and depressive black metal's emotional extremes.
A Maryland depressive black metal and ambient project that emerged in 2025, Ravens Hike explores the bleaker end of the DSBM spectrum — isolation, atmosphere, and drone woven into slow-burning darkness. With their ambient influence, the project reaches beyond pure aggression into introspective, texturally rich territory.
Depressive black metal project from Kirov, Russia, active since 2017. Their Russian name channels the nihilistic anguish of depressive black metal from the Vyatka region.
Depressive black metal project from Ivanovo, Russia, active since 2013. Their German-influenced name accompanies anguished depressive black metal from the central Russian textile city.
Reach the Moon is a depressive black metal and experimental project from Nivala in central Finland, active since 2013. The project pushes the boundaries of depressive black metal with experimental elements from the rural Finnish heartland.
Ready is a Finnish depressive black metal project formed in 2018, exploring themes of despair and isolation through atmospheric, melancholic black metal. The project operates within Finland's deep tradition of depressive extreme music.
Red Forest is a depressive black metal and ambient project from Valencia, Spain, active since 2014. The project channels melancholic, atmospheric black metal from the Mediterranean coast of eastern Spain.
London-based depressive black metal project whose very name spells 'suffer' in reverse, exploring themes of misanthropy, death, suicide, and self-loathing. Their bleak sonic palette channels the most despondent corners of the black metal spectrum from England's capital.
Odesa depressive black metal project formed in 2021, channeling themes of despair and anguish through bleak sonic landscapes from the Black Sea port city. Their desolate approach mines the most emotionally raw corners of the genre.
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