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Macuarro is a post-black metal project from Mexico City, Mexico. The band released their debut album "Un lugar frio, chiquito y culero" in October 2019, a seven-track lo-fi black metal recording described by the band as spontaneous and composed largely from first takes. They have remained active as an independent act.
Macáes is a one-man post-black metal and shoegaze project by Fernando, based in Puerto Deseado, Santa Cruz province — one of the southernmost metal acts in Argentina. The project released the split Pureza y Caos alongside Chilean atmospheric act Lapageria Rosea in January 2013, contributing three tracks composed in July 2012: "Símbolo de Mutación," "Decadence," and "Condenados A Nuestra Iniquidad." The project blends black metal intensity with shoegaze texture in an ambient, atmospheric style.
A one-man project by Élcio Junior, who also performs in Tocaia and the death metal duo All I Hate, Malsagrado channels the anguish and frustrations of modern life through a tormented blend of doom-laden riffs and post-black metal atmosphere. The 2023 debut EP 'Trauma Calma Karma' presents three Portuguese-language compositions that shift from raw, impure black metal passages into heavier, suffocating doom, with guest vocals from Helder Ribeiro on the track 'Calma.'
Aurora, Colorado's Marsh of Swans operate in the atmospheric post-black metal space, trading raw aggression for expansive, emotionally saturated soundscapes built on high-altitude bleakness. Since 2017 the project has embodied the introspective strain of the black metal tradition.
San Francisco's Martikor arrived in 2023 at the intersection of atmospheric sludge and post-black metal, a combination that suits the Bay Area's tradition of genre-bending heaviness. Dense, fog-laden, and built for patience.
Philadelphia's Mode of Egress work at the intersection of black metal and post-black metal, balancing raw, tremolo-driven aggression with moments of dissonant, open-space atmosphere. Formed in 2020, they reflect Philadelphia's long-running engagement with experimental extremity across the hardcore and metal divide.
Moon Pillar is an Illinois post-black metal project formed in 2019, working in the melodic and expansive mode of a genre that has moved far from its rawer roots. Their music prioritizes texture and emotional arc over harshness, with clean production and a sense of space that sets them apart from more orthodox black metal.
Moon Summoner is a Des Moines, Iowa project formed in 2023 fusing post-black metal's melodic expansiveness with progressive metal's structural complexity and hardcore's raw intensity. The combination makes for an ambitious sound that refuses easy categorization within any single extreme metal camp.
Los Angeles post-black metal and shoegaze act Morari have been crafting dense, layered compositions since 2017, blending black metal's tremolo intensity with the hazy, introspective textures of shoegaze in the Southern California sprawl.
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