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Maple Grove, Minnesota DSBM-adjacent black metal project whose 2024 releases explore depression and loss through raw, emotional extremity. The split with Sober and the single Mentally Destroyed... wear their psychological wounds openly.
Billerica, Massachusetts atmospheric project with nine releases spanning 1996 to present. Colors Hidden Within The Gray and their extensive retrospective compilation trace nearly three decades of ethereal, darkly beautiful music — one of New England's longest-running atmospheric acts.
Autumn Twilight began as a gothic metal act in Budapest in 2010 before transitioning into gothic rock territory over the years. Their stylistic evolution mirrors the seasonal decay their name invokes, moving from metallic heaviness toward a more atmospheric, darkly melodic approach.
Yonkers black metal band from New York City's northern border, channeling the decay and transformation of the fall season into atmospheric extremity.
Autumn, Leaves, Scars channels post-black metal from Cluj-Napoca since 2014. Their poetically structured name — a sequence of seasonal images — drives atmospheric compositions from Transylvania's unofficial capital.
Autumnal was one of Madrid's most distinctive doom metal acts, incorporating cello into atmospheric gothic-doom compositions during an active run from 1998 to 2022. Their album "Grey Universe" and shared stages with acts like Draconian at Madrid is the Dark Fest cemented their status as one of Spain's premier doom bands.
Autumnal Cold crafts melodic death metal from Sokołów Podlaski in eastern Masovia since 2018. Their seasonal name captures the biting chill of Polish autumn, which their melodic compositions render in musical frost.
Autumnal Discord crafts atmospheric death and doom metal from Moscow since 2021. Their seasonal-conflict name drives compositions that explore the tension between beauty and decay in autumn's annual drama.
Autumnal Sorrow creates black metal and ambient from Carovigno in the Brindisi province of Puglia since 2017. Their seasonal-grief name drives atmospheric compositions from the olive-groved landscape of the Adriatic coast.
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