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Infinite Terror (2024)
Featured Doom Metal Album
With Fang and Claw (2025)
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Featured Metalcore Album
Drowned in my Loneliness (2008)
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Atmospheric black-sludge act from Olsztyn, northeastern Poland, formed in 2018. C2N2 — a chemical formula for cyanogen — blends atmospheric black metal with sludge weight.
Atmospheric black metal band from Southampton, England, formed in 2014. They craft vast, immersive atmospheres within a black metal framework from the English south coast.
Atmospheric black metal project from Halle (Saale), Germany, formed in 2024. They craft dense, layered black metal atmospheres inspired by nature and introspection.
Atmospheric black metal band from Auxerre in Burgundy, France, formed in 2022. They craft vast, immersive atmospheres within a raw black metal framework.
One-man atmospheric black metal project from Vienna, founded in 2024 by the artist known as Oblivion. Their debut EP 'Fall of Dying Lights' explores cosmic isolation and celestial themes, blending icy black metal with vast, space-inspired atmospheres.
Atmospheric gothic doom-black metal band from Patras, Greece, formed in 2015. They weave dark, melancholic atmospheres through a fusion of doom, black, and gothic metal from the Peloponnese.
Atmospheric black metal band from Paris, France, formed in 2014. Cepheide craft vast, immersive atmospheric black metal that has earned recognition in the French and international underground.
Atmospheric black metal project from the seaside town of Katwijk aan Zee, South Holland, active since 2012. Cepheus — named after the celestial constellation — channels cosmic atmospheres through expansive black metal.
Atmospheric black metal band from Brittany, France, formed in 2023. Their name meaning circle of the oak, they craft nature-inspired atmospheric black metal from the Celtic region.
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