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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
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Obnoxious Demos (2014)
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Mentally Murdered (2019)
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Depressive black metal and ambient project from Rouen, France with roots stretching back to 1992. Weltanschauung, meaning "worldview" in German, channels over three decades of bleak introspection through atmospheric DSBM from Normandy.
Austrian depressive black metal act from Vöcklabruck exploring themes of transcendence and metaphysical darkness through German-language compositions. Their releases Transzendenz Schatten Romantik and Schöpfung channel bleak introspection into atmospheric black metal with a philosophical bent.
Depressive black metal project from Zoelmond, Netherlands active since 2011. Willoos channels the flat, grey Dutch landscape into introspective depressive black metal.
Depressive black metal project from Finland formed in 2023. Wingloug explores the bleakest emotional depths through DSBM steeped in the melancholy of the Finnish psyche.
Depressive black metal project from Piedmont, Italy active since 2015. Winter Martyrivm channels the bleakest emotional depths through DSBM from the Alpine foothills of northwestern Italy.
Depressive black metal project from Barcelona, Spain formed in 2022. Wonderfulight explores the paradox of its name through bleak, introspective depressive black metal from the Mediterranean coast.
Xylia is a solo depressive black metal (DSBM) project from the United Kingdom, started in 2024. The project channels melancholic and atmospheric compositions through releases like "Ritualistic Suicide" and "Permafrost," embracing the raw isolation and emotional extremity characteristic of the DSBM subgenre.
Depressive black metal project from Mykolaiv, Ukraine, formed in 2014 with a deeply introspective and melancholic approach. The project releases material in both Ukrainian and English, with album titles like "Doubts," "Introversion," and "Prison" reflecting the isolation and emotional weight characteristic of the depressive black metal tradition.
Zmierzch is a depressive black metal band from Warsaw, Poland. Their name, meaning "twilight" in Polish, reflects the melancholic, despairing atmosphere that pervades their music.
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