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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
Featured Thrash Metal Album
Obnoxious Demos (2014)
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Featured Grindcore Album
Mentally Murdered (2019)
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Mad Blaze is a depressive black metal band from France, formed in 2025. They channel bleak, emotionally devastating black metal from the depths of despair.
Malverne is a raw and depressive black metal band from Birmingham, England, formed in 2023. They channel bleak, lo-fi depressive black metal from the West Midlands.
Mararah is a gothic, doom, symphonic metal, and depressive black metal band from France, formed in 2025. They blend multiple dark metal traditions into brooding, emotionally devastating compositions.
Margaret Read is a depressive black metal project from Norfolk, England, formed in 2020. They channel bleak, emotionally devastating DSBM from rural East Anglia.
A metalcore act from the central Hungarian city of Székesfehérvár, Bulls from Hell has been delivering aggressive compositions since 2014. The band channels the ancient coronation city's spirit into confrontational metalcore.
A depressive black metal project from Mons, Belgium, dealing in DSBM hallmarks of slow tempos, raw production, and themes of despair. Their releases include the demo 'Sadness' Veins', delivered with abrasive guitars and anguished vocals in the tradition of the subgenre.
Memories of Ashes is a depressive black metal band from Ukraine, formed in 2022. They channel bleak, emotionally devastating black metal from the depths of despair.
Memory of Rose is a raw depressive black metal band from Cornwall, England, formed in 2023. They channel bleak, lo-fi DSBM from the far southwest of England.
MetaThrone is a symphonic/depressive black metal project from Germany, active since 2019. Their sound combines the orchestral grandeur of symphonic black metal with the anguished emotional intensity of depressive black metal.
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