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Grat Strigoi is a depressive black metal project from Glasgow, formed in 2019. Named after the Romanian undead creature, they channel Eastern European folklore through depressive black metal from Scotland's largest city.
Gulag is a Brazilian avant-garde and depressive black metal solo project based in São Paulo, with all instrumentation, vocals, and composition handled by Matheus Cornely. The project released Fantasia in 2023, described as a departure toward sober black metal and dungeon synth aesthetics, incorporating a cover of Nocturnal Depression's "Nostalgia." The project also released Death and Its Roses and the Black Flag single on Bandcamp.
Guthravir is a depressive black metal project from Lisbon, Portugal, channeling despair since 2016. Their bleak soundscapes draw from the melancholic tradition of DSBM.
Forged in Alessandria's metal community, this atmospheric/depressive black metal act channels fierce aggression since 2017. Steeped in second-wave tradition, their work explores misanthropy and desolation.
St. Petersburg, Florida's Hanashi explore the atmospheric and depressive ends of black metal, their dense, mournful sound a striking contrast to Florida's reputation as a death metal state. Active since 2015.
San Diego's Hanging Garden have cultivated a strain of depressive black metal since 2013 that leans heavily into isolation and despair, letting long, suffocating passages take root in the mind.
Hangvart is a depressive black/doom metal band from Toulouse, France, formed in 2013. They channel bleak, emotionally devastating black metal from the depths of despair.
Frigid Depressive Black Metal from Sarasota, Florida (early); San Antonio, Texas / France (later).
Depressive black metal project from Bremen, Germany, with origins tracing back to 1983 - making them one of the oldest extreme metal acts in the country. Their ironically named project delivers decades of sorrowful, emotionally devastating black metal.
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