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Dog Pack (2024)
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The Bestiary (2025)
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Ode to Brinn (2024)
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New York black metal project whose 2019 debut Silence Under The Sun pairs nihilistic philosophy with atmospheric black metal. The name's compressed formatting and the album's cosmic bleakness suggest a modern, post-industrial approach to the genre.
Black metal project that migrated from San Francisco to Brooklyn. Their Silent Hill-inspired EP and follow-up single Equivalent Exchange draw from video game aesthetics and alchemical philosophy, filtering pop-culture references through atmospheric black metal.
Brooklyn black metal project with a remarkable seven releases since 2024, including the full-length Albedo and cinematically titled singles. The punctuation-mark name signals a minimalist aesthetic that contrasts with their prolific creative output.
New York black metal act painting bleak sonic landscapes with tremolo-picked atmospherics, emerging from the state's sprawling and diverse extreme metal community.
Long Island, New York power metal project whose 2015 EP Of Anger, Death & Serenity channels epic melodicism from the New York suburbs. Named after the demon prince from Michael Moorcock's Elric saga.
Brooklyn black metal project whose 2018 debut Scavengers delivers atmospheric extremity with a Latin-inflected name meaning 'ancient art.' A contribution to New York City's ever-expanding black metal underground.
Fayetteville, New York black metal act drawing from medieval and Arthurian themes, channeling dark romanticism through tremolo-picked fury from upstate New York.
New York black metal project with seven releases since 2015. Their catalog — including a Best Of compilation and ongoing EPs — reveals a band treating black metal as an evolving artistic practice, the simple name stripping away pretension.
Utica, New York black metal act channeling the economic decay and harsh winters of upstate New York into bleak, atmospheric extremity.
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