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Mararah is a gothic, doom, symphonic metal, and depressive black metal band from France, formed in 2025. They blend multiple dark metal traditions into brooding, emotionally devastating compositions.
Margaret Read is a depressive black metal project from Norfolk, England, formed in 2020. They channel bleak, emotionally devastating DSBM from rural East Anglia.
Portland's Master Burial conjures suffocating walls of raw, atmospheric black metal soaked in despair and Pacific Northwest bleakness. Formed in 2021, the project channels depressive DSBM traditions through a lo-fi haze that feels genuinely harrowing.
A metalcore act from the central Hungarian city of Székesfehérvár, Bulls from Hell has been delivering aggressive compositions since 2014. The band channels the ancient coronation city's spirit into confrontational metalcore.
A depressive black metal project from Mons, Belgium, dealing in DSBM hallmarks of slow tempos, raw production, and themes of despair. Their releases include the demo 'Sadness' Veins', delivered with abrasive guitars and anguished vocals in the tradition of the subgenre.
Melanthropy emerged from Curitiba's underground with their debut album "Happiness Remains Shattered" (February 2023), a DSBM record written by multi-instrumentalist Lucas 'Raaski' Rafalski and vocalist Gabriel Henrique that maps the interior landscape of hopelessness through slow-burning, oppressive black metal. The project sits comfortably within the tradition of atmospheric DSBM without straying far from stripped-down, emotionally suffocating song structures.
Memories of Ashes is a depressive black metal band from Ukraine, formed in 2022. They channel bleak, emotionally devastating black metal from the depths of despair.
Memory of Rose is a raw depressive black metal band from Cornwall, England, formed in 2023. They channel bleak, lo-fi DSBM from the far southwest of England.
A Brazilian atmospheric and depressive black metal project that released its debut EP The Philosophy of Death in July 2024, a four-track, roughly thirteen-minute statement combining raw black metal with ambient textures and unexpected melodic passages that drift into near-Oriental tonalities. Norwegian-language track titles and an overarching fixation on darkness and existential despair place the project squarely within the DSBM tradition while hinting at a broader sonic ambition for future releases.
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