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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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From Mahopac, New York, Silvaplana is a 2024 experimental black metal project that extends into dark ambient territory — named after the alpine Swiss lake, the band builds its sound around cold atmosphere and formal experimentation rather than conventional metal aggression.
Sacramento's Silvara have been fusing death, black, and thrash metal since 2012, crafting a three-way hybrid that takes the California death scene's heaviness, layered it with black metal darkness, and sharpened the whole thing with thrash's instinct for the riff.
Novosibirsk's Silver Age explore progressive metal from Siberia's largest city since 2013. Named for the Russian cultural period, their literary-historical reference channels the creative ferment of early 20th-century Russia.
Columbus, Ohio's Silver Cave have been building progressive metal since 2020 with enough rock sensibility to keep their compositions accessible, threading instrumental ambition and dynamic range through a songwriting approach that values clarity alongside complexity.
Cincinnati's Silver Cypher have been fusing power metal's soaring ambitions with thrash metal's aggression since 2011, producing a sound that pairs high-octane riffing with melodic reach. The Ohio band occupies a compelling space where anthemic energy meets speed-driven intensity.
Silver Gallery has been dispensing thick sludge and stoner metal from the Marseille underground since 2013. Feeding off the gritty energy of France's Mediterranean port city, they craft riff-heavy jams soaked in fuzz and feedback.
Sacramento's Silver Hammer blend melodic folk textures with the visceral punch of death metal, drawing on earthy acoustic elements to offset their heavier attack. Formed in 2020, the California band carves out a niche where folk storytelling traditions collide with extreme metal extremity.
An American raw black metal project formed in 2020, Silver Knight operates in the stripped-down, lo-fi tradition that prizes atmosphere and primitive aggression over production polish. Rooted in the most uncompromising corner of the black metal underground, the project treats rawness as an artistic statement.
Emerging from Northern Georgia in 2022, Silver Ossuary traffics in atmospheric black metal that conjures desolate, sepulchral moods — the name itself evoking bones and cold silver light. Their approach leans into expansive, frost-bitten soundscapes rather than overt aggression.
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