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Satanis Corpus is a depressive black metal project from Córdoba, Argentina, active since 2024 and connected to both Córdoba and Bariloche. The project released the six-track album ":SANGUIS:" on April 24, 2024, followed by the EP ":Essence:" in October 2024 — both self-released digitally through Bandcamp.
Moscow's Satanwraith channel depressive black metal from the Russian capital since 2019. Their infernal-ghost name channels spectral Satanism into compositions of atmospheric anguish and darkness.
Saxtorph channel depressive black metal from Copenhagen, exploring the genre's most anguished emotional territory from the Danish capital. Active since 2014, they bring introspective suffering to the Scandinavian black metal landscape.
Scaphandre (French for "Diving Suit") channel depressive black metal from Paris, exploring deep-sea isolation through their submerged aesthetic. Active since 2011, they bring diving-bell desolation to the French DSBM scene.
Scar Tissue have been channeling depressive black metal from an undisclosed Swedish location since 1996. Three decades under their wound-healing name have produced one of Scandinavia's longest-running depressive black metal projects.
Schattenfang evolved from raw, depressive black metal into a more atmospheric direction, tracing a trajectory from anguished lo-fi extremity toward expansive sonic landscapes. Based in Erfurt since 2011, they've been a defining voice in Thuringia's black metal scene.
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.
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