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An Ohio atmospheric black metal project active since 2018, Luring builds suffocating walls of textured tremolo and cavernous ambience that feel less composed than conjured. The result is disorienting and immersive in equal measure.
Finnish death/doom/sludge metal band from Tampere, merging three strains of heaviness since 2018. Their sound combines death metal's brutality, doom's crushing pace, and sludge's toxic abrasiveness.
Lexington's Lurking drag black metal into sludge and drone territory, piling glacial riffs on top of one another until the weight becomes its own kind of violence. Since 2016 they've made suffocation feel ceremonial.
German black metal act from Saxony-Anhalt active since 2004, with their 2004 cassette 'Remnants' originally limited to just 25 copies. Their raw, buzzsaw guitar tone and lo-fi production channel the spirit of classic Darkthrone and Burzum, incorporating unexpected elements like piano arrangements.
Portuguese black metal band from Aveiro, active since 2011 and channeling raw darkness. Their name, a Portuguese rendering of 'Luzbel' (Lucifer), reflects the Satanic foundation of their black metal.
Lusferus is a black metal band from Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil, active since the mid-2000s and currently signed to Eternal Hatred Records. Their 2013 album Black Seeds ov Obscure Arts, written and recorded between March and October 2012, draws on Satanic and occult themes and showcases the band's dense, atmospheric approach to the genre.
Russian industrial black metal project formed in 2020, merging mechanical rhythms with blackened aggression. Their name captures the dual obsessions of desire and damnation in their industrial black metal.
Rising out of Missoula in 2023, Lust Hag deal in raw black metal that sounds like it was recorded inside a Montana winter — primitive, corrosive, and unfiltered. A solo project that refuses to polish away the ugliness.
Russian thrash metal band from Saint Petersburg, newly formed in 2025 and delivering relentless speed. Their provocative name signals the aggressive, confrontational character of their Petersburgian thrash.
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