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Necromanteum (2023)
Featured Black Metal Album
Vertigo (Sunbather: 10th Anniversary Remix / Remaster) (2023)
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Featured Power Metal Album
We Three Kings (Metal Holiday) (2015)
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Sacramento black metal act named controversially, channeling provocative intent into raw, unfiltered extremity from California's capital city.
Arcata, California atmospheric black metal project whose misty, forested Northern California surroundings deeply inform their expansive, nature-inspired sound — one of USBM's most acclaimed acts.
Los Angeles black metal project with ten releases since 2014. One of LA's most prolific black metal acts, their catalog — from Black Curse EP to Decayed — builds an extensive body of work that traces a decade of atmospheric evolution.
Los Angeles black/melodic death metal hybrid exploring ancient Near Eastern mythology through extreme metal, reflecting L.A.'s multicultural influence on its underground music.
Los Angeles black metal act drawing from Tolkien's dark mythology, channeling the shadow of Mordor through SoCal's diverse extreme metal underground.
Black metal project split between Kansas City and Los Angeles, blending heartland bleakness with West Coast extremity in a bicoastal assault on the senses.
Central California black metal project that moved from Santa Cruz to Los Osos. Five releases since 2011 including the pointedly titled Anhedonia deliver atmospheric black metal informed by the Central Coast's moody fog-shrouded landscapes.
Los Angeles black metal project whose EPs Remember and Hiraeth — the Welsh word for an untranslatable longing for home — channel exile and nostalgia through atmospheric extremity since 2023.
Mission Viejo, California black metal project whose 2018 debut En Trance plays on the double meaning of entrance and entrancement. Atmospheric black metal from Orange County's suburban sprawl.
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