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Irrational Pull (Deluxe) (2020)
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Rarities 1991 - 2001 (2024)
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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
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Chicago death metal project with fourteen releases since 2010. One of the Windy City's most prolific extreme acts, their catalog spans samplers, singles, and Lovecraftian-themed tracks like Black Goat of The Woods across a decade and a half.
West Covina black/melodic death metal hybrid blending dark atmospherics with melodic hooks, contributing to the San Gabriel Valley's underground metal output.
Raw black metal project from Minsk, Belarus, whose 2023 debut demo "Demo I" was recorded across spring and summer of that year and released as a free download. The five-track release features darkly evocative track titles—including "Thousands of Gleaming Candles" and "Endless Spiral Staircase to the Womb of Infinite Dungeons"—with the band describing themselves simply as "the rising dawn."
Aurora Ghost crafts symphonic metal from an undisclosed German location since 2011. Their spectral-aurora name suggests the shimmering, ethereal quality of their orchestrally enhanced compositions.
Fredericksburg, Virginia black metal act whose name means 'dawn of death,' channeling the region's Civil War battlefield history into atmospheric extremity.
Aurora Ortus is a black/doom metal duo from São Paulo, Brazil composed of Victor Alves (guitar, drums, bass, vocals) and Dhiego Joly Botogoske (vocals), whose name translates roughly as "dawn's ascension" — a metaphor for hope emerging from depression. Since forming in 2019, they have built a prolific discography including "Drought," "Sunless Life," "Ostara," and "Against Ourselves," exploring themes of depression, mortality, and nature through slow, suffocating riffs and bleak atmospheres.
Coventry's Aurora Snow blend black metal ferocity with punk-inflected energy, creating a raw, abrasive sound that refuses easy categorisation. Active since 2012, the project's unconventional approach reflects the DIY ethos of the UK underground scene.
Aurora Surrealis blends atmospheric black and death metal from Freiburg im Breisgau as of 2025. Their name, merging the northern lights with surrealism, captures the dreamlike quality of their Black Forest-born extreme metal.
Virginia Beach death metal band bringing unholy extremity to the Hampton Roads area, contributing to Tidewater Virginia's active heavy music community.
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