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Vikingstad's Sciatica channel depressive black metal from the small Ostergotland town since 2020. Named for the painful nerve condition, their medical-ailment name channels chronic physical suffering into compositions of atmospheric anguish.
Self Absence channel depressive black metal from an undisclosed Russian location since 2023. Their name of personal non-existence channels the void of selfhood into compositions of atmospheric, existential anguish.
California's Shadows of Depression arrived in 2025 with depressive black metal as their vehicle — long, suffocating compositions built around self-annihilation and emotional desolation. New to the scene but working within a well-mapped subgenre, their output leans hard into DSBM's characteristic minimalism and despair.
Shardar evolved from depressive black metal into a more straightforward black metal direction from the small Frisian town of Neukamperfehn. Their East Frisian coastal origins lend an isolated, windswept quality to their sound.
Shining is a Swedish depressive black metal band formed in Halmstad in 1996 by Niklas Kvarforth, who began the project at age twelve and released the EP Submit to Selfdestruction (1998) and debut album Within Deep Dark Chambers (2000) before fully assuming the vocalist role. The band's music combines raw, aggressive black metal with progressive elements and suicide-themed lyrical content, most notably on the album Halmstad (2007), and Kvarforth's confrontational live performances—including the infamous 2007 Diezel concert featuring Attila Csihar and Maniac—became notorious within extreme metal circles. The band has remained active and prolific into the 2020s, releasing their eleventh studio album in 2023.
San Diego's Shrieking, formed in 2025, operate in the atmospheric and depressive wing of black metal, crafting bleak, suffocating soundscapes that lean into introspection and emotional desolation over aggression.
Shroud of Distress blend depressive black metal with shoegaze from Saxony-Anhalt, creating a hazy, emotionally overwhelming hybrid that channels despair through walls of reverb-drenched guitar. Active since 2012, they've been pioneering the blackgaze crossover in eastern Germany.
Kursk's Shtandarth channel depressive black metal from the Black Earth region since 2022. Their name and origins at the site of WWII's largest tank battle channel historical weight into compositions of atmospheric anguish.
Cherepovets' Side of Despondency channel depressive black metal from the Vologda steel city since 2012. Their name of emotional collapse and industrial origins channel the despair of Russia's steel-smelting heartland into atmospheric compositions.
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