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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Tired of Life from Cornwall deliver depressive black metal with the existential exhaustion their name demands since 2013. Over a decade of world-weary compositions from England's Celtic southwest has channeled the isolation of the Cornish landscape through anguished extremity.
Out of Asheville's mountain mist, To Dwell in Longing craft depressive black metal steeped in misery and solitude, their 2019-formed project leaning into the rawness and anguish that defines the subgenre's most desolate corners.
Togare from London craft depressive black metal under an enigmatic name since 2022. Their compositions channel profound despair through the anonymity of the British capital's vast underground.
Tom Gekas is an atmospheric death/doom metal project from Erkrath, Germany, formed in 2019 and evolving toward depressive black/death metal. The solo project explores the most melancholic territories of extreme metal.
Depressive black metal duo from Dois Vizinhos, Paraná, formed in 2008 and later split up, consisting of Behlial (vocals and drums) and Draugur (guitars and bass). Their discography includes the album Afterdeath... (December 30, 2019) and The Last Words of a Collapsing Mind (November 2020).
Toul en Ihuern from Brest evolved from dark ambient and experimental origins into depressive black metal and ambient, their Breton name — meaning 'all in hell' — channeling the damnation of Finistère since 2018. Their Land's End Breton setting provides an apt backdrop for their hellish soundscapes.
Fort Smith, Arkansas depressive black metal project active since 2019, specializing in the suffocating, introspective strain of black metal where despair and atmosphere overwhelm technique. Isolated in the Ozarks, their music carries the weight of genuine regional solitude.
Trist from Olomouc craft depressive black metal and ambient soundscapes that explore isolation and melancholy through glacial tempos and anguished atmospheres since 2020. Their dual approach — oscillating between harrowing DSBM and ethereal ambient passages — creates a stark emotional landscape.
Tristsanguis is a depressive black/doom metal project from Cornwall, formed in 2024. Their Latin-derived name, suggesting 'sad blood,' reflects the deeply sorrowful and oppressive nature of their blackened doom from England's remote southwest.
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