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"Mirror" Mixtape (2022)
Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
05/08 @ Underground Arts, Philadelphia
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Newington, Connecticut death metal project whose 2025 EP Rise from Detritus promises rebirth from decay. New England extremity finding growth in destruction.
Autumn Nostalgie crafts post-black metal and ambient from Šamorín near Bratislava since 2020. Their seasonal-longing name drives atmospheric compositions of autumnal melancholy from the Danubian lowlands.
Humble, Texas NWOTHM act from the Houston suburbs, bringing classic heavy metal revival to the Gulf Coast with anthemic riffs and soaring energy.
San Diego black/death metal act blending seasonal melancholy with extreme metal aggression, contributing to Southern California's diverse underground with atmospheric intensity.
Gothic metal band from Minsk, Belarus, founded in 2002 by Sergey Volk under the name VOLK before rebranding as Autumn Sphere in 2017. Their 2020 debut album "God Has No God," recorded at Quadro Studio in Minsk, describes the band as a "Belarusian-American gothic metal band with a touch of new age," blending symphonic harmonies with esoteric lyrical themes.
Autumn Spirits is a heavy metal band with folk influences from the Wetteraukreis district of Hesse, Germany, formed in 2014, blending traditional heavy metal with folk-inspired elements. The band draws on the pastoral landscape of the Wetterau region to inform their folk-tinged approach to heavy metal.
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.
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