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Fenece is a post-black metal project from Buenos Aires that self-records and self-produces, drawing on the blackgaze of Altar of Plagues, Deafheaven, and Celeste to explore themes of consciousness, death, and institutional dogma. The project released its self-titled debut in May 2018, followed by the EP "Distracción, Anclaje" in October 2020, the full-length "Inercia. Abandono. Renuncia." in May 2023, and "Hacia la oscuridad eterna" in April 2025.
Formed in the bleak flatlands of Minot, North Dakota, Ghost Bath emerged in 2013 as one of the most emotionally raw voices in depressive post-black metal. Their shimmering, tear-soaked tremolo lines and tortured shrieking vocals frame a sound that sits somewhere between suicidal black metal and transcendent beauty.
Bergenfield, New Jersey's Granuloma pursue the atmospheric and post-black metal strains of the genre with textural density and emotional weight. Since 2018 they've constructed a sound that festers slowly, like the tissue condition they're named after.
Portland's Grieven arrived in 2024 with a sound that bridges atmospheric post-black metal and hardcore's confrontational energy — introspective one moment and violently direct the next. It's a tension that feels native to the city and to the band.
New Paltz, New York's Harrower have carved a space in post-black metal since 2015, threading atmospheric passages through black metal's abrasive core with a sophistication that feels native to Hudson Valley's thoughtful underground scene. Their music rewards close attention.
Houston's Hearth Companion bring a warmth and atmospheric depth to post-black metal that reflects both the genre's introspective heritage and Texas's emotional vastness. Formed in 2019, they craft post-black metal that's less ice-cold cathedral and more smoldering midnight fire.
Homunculi was a post-black metal and post-rock project from Curitiba, Brazil, that released a self-titled album featuring three tracks including "Crows," "Viver Fim," and "Depois de falarem os dominantes, falarão os dominados." The band operated as an independent act and channeled themes of anti-fascism, anarchism, and social critique into their music before splitting up.
Brisbane atmospheric black metal band Hope Drone formed in 2011 and established themselves with a 2013 self-titled EP that drew immediate critical attention for its dense, layered post-black metal approach. Their Relapse Records debut Cloak of Ash (2015) placed them among the leading acts in contemporary atmospheric black metal internationally, with subsequent albums Void Lustre (2019) and Husk (2021) deepening a sound built on nihilistic themes and slow-burning, wall-of-sound arrangements. The band's geographic isolation from major metal scenes has done little to diminish their international profile.
Huszar is a one-man progressive post-black metal and ambient project from San Antonio de Padua, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, formed in 2015. The project released the full-length "Los Nuevos Absolutos De Todos Los Días Quemados" in October 2016 and its sequel "Los Nuevos Absolutos: Acto Segundo" in February 2017, and also contributed to a split release with Youth Against Christ in 2017.
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