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Hailing from the rural plains of Farmersville, Texas, Selchidh has been crafting immersive atmospheric black metal since 2015, weaving vast, desolate soundscapes that feel native to the wide open skies of North Texas. Their music favors expansive, textured compositions that trade speed for mood, layering tremolo-driven riffs beneath cold, windswept ambience. They remain one of the quieter but more distinctive voices in the American atmospheric black metal underground.
Selenim have been practicing black metal from the Grand Est region since 1977, making them potentially one of the earliest black metal-aligned projects in France. Their nearly five decades of activity represent extraordinary historical significance.
Austrian funeral doom metal project from the rural village of Sankt Koloman, crafting glacially slow, crushing compositions since 2013. Their sound embraces the genre's characteristic monolithic riffs and suffocating atmospheres, drawing on themes of isolation mirrored by their remote alpine origins.
Moscow's Selenseas deliver power metal from the Russian capital since 2016. Their lunar-ocean name channels the seas of the moon into uplifting compositions from Europe's largest city.
Self Absence channel depressive black metal from an undisclosed Russian location since 2023. Their name of personal non-existence channels the void of selfhood into compositions of atmospheric, existential anguish.
Melodic death metal and metalcore band from Joinville, Santa Catarina, active from 2014 until splitting up. They released the four-track EP Beyond Human Existence in April 2014, their only documented release.
Stockholm-based Self Deception have been delivering their explosive fusion of anthemic modern metal and powerful melodic rock since founders Andreas Clark and Erik Eklund formed the band in 2005. Their viral 2022 hit 'Fight Fire With Gasoline' propelled them to millions of streams, and a deal with Napalm Records for their upcoming album 'One Of Us' marks a major milestone. Sharing stages with Electric Callboy, Danko Jones, and Adept, Self Deception's high-impact live shows have cemented their reputation as one of Sweden's most exciting rock acts.
Death/doom metal band from Sofia, active since 2022, whose name encapsulates the fatalistic atmosphere of their music. Their fusion of death metal aggression with doom's crushing tempos creates a sound steeped in existential dread.
Self Exploited Whore deal in death metal and grindcore from the Burgundy village of Varzy, channeling extreme aggression from rural France. Formed in 2023, they bring provocatively named brutality to the Nievre countryside.
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