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Lyset

Galicia, ES · 2016–present · active
Galician atmospheric black metal and dark ambient project from northwest Spain, crafting immersive soundscapes since 2016. Their approach blends black metal's intensity with meditative ambient passages rooted in the moody Galician landscape.
Atmospheric Black MetalBlack Metal

Lysis

Menifee, CA, US · 2008–present · active
Southern California's Lysis have been merging the crawl of doom with death metal's rot since 2008, crafting music from the Inland Empire that sounds like decomposition set to a slow, inevitable tempo. Grief rendered in distortion.
Death DoomDeath MetalDoom Metal

Lysogenic Cycle

Nijmegen, NL · 2007–present · active
Dutch melodic groove/death metal band from Nijmegen, blending harmonic sophistication with rhythmic aggression since 2007. Named after a viral replication process, their scientific approach brings precision to their melodic metal.
Death MetalGroove Metal

Lyssavirus

Fondi, IT · 2022–present · active
Italian raw black metal and harsh noise project from Fondi near Latina, formed in 2022. Named after the rabies virus, their approach merges lo-fi black metal hostility with abrasive noise elements.
Black MetalRaw Black Metal

Lyssophobia

Athens, GR · 2020–present · active
Greek grindcore/raw black metal band from Athens, formed in 2020 and merging grinding brevity with blackened hostility. Their name, meaning fear of rabies, signals the feral, uncontrolled aggression of their sound.
Black MetalGrindcoreRaw Black Metal

Lysura

Indianapolis, IN, US · 2012–present · active
Indianapolis melodic black/death outfit Lysura balance knife-sharp riffing against a melodic sensibility that keeps the music from collapsing into pure brutality, a tension they've been refining since 2012. Cold but never static.
Black MetalDeath MetalMelodic Black Metal

Lythronax

Bend, OR, US · 2014–present · active
Named for a prehistoric predator, Bend's Lythronax bring an appropriately crushing blend of death metal and deathcore to Oregon's high desert, calibrating their breakdowns and blast beats with the precision of something built to hunt. Active since 2014.
Death MetalDeathcore

LØLØ

Toronto, ON, CA · 2018–present · active
LØLØ is the stage name of Toronto singer-songwriter Lauren Mandel, whose music brings pop punk, emo pop, and alternative rock into a sharp, confessional format. Emerging in the late 2010s, she built an audience with songs that pair polished hooks with breakup bitterness, self-mockery, and guitar-driven urgency. LØLØ fits accepted scope through modern pop punk and punk-adjacent alternative rock, even when her production sits closer to contemporary pop than old basement punk. Her songs often use clean, punchy arrangements: guitars hit hard enough to give the choruses lift, drums snap with radio-ready force, and the vocals carry both sarcasm and vulnerability. Collaborations and releases connected to the wider pop-punk revival have placed her beside artists who treat the genre as an emotional language rather than a fixed sound from one decade. What makes LØLØ effective is the directness of the writing. She can turn resentment, embarrassment, obsession, and romantic exhaustion into songs that feel immediate without becoming vague. The music is bright, but not weightless, and her best tracks show how pop punk can still make room for personality, theatrical phrasing, and messy feeling inside compact, hook-centered songwriting.
alternative rockemo poppop punk

LØV

Fleurus, BE · 2013–present · active
Sludge metal and hardcore outfit from Fleurus, Belgium, grinding out abrasive, punishing heaviness since 2013. Their sound fuses sludge metal's suffocating weight with hardcore's confrontational energy and urgency.
Sludge Metal

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