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Necromanteum (2023)
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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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Spectral Woods is a raw black metal solo project from Eureka, California, formed in 2019, producing primitive, lo-fi black metal rooted in harsh production and misanthropic Northern California forest aesthetics.
Spektre is a California black metal and dark ambient project formed in 2022, weaving harsh black metal compositions with ambient atmospheric passages to create an unsettling and immersive sonic experience.
Spellcast is a symphonic black metal band from Lakewood, California, formed in 2012, layering orchestral arrangements and grandiose keyboard textures over black metal's raw aggression in the tradition of European symphonic black metal.
Spira is a raw black metal project from Santa Rosa, California, formed in 2023, embracing the primitive, lo-fi aesthetic of second-wave black metal with a harsh and deliberately unpolished sonic approach.
Spiritual Demise is a Los Angeles black metal band formed in 2009, delivering cold, misanthropic black metal that contrasts sharply with the city's sunlit surroundings through aggressive songwriting and raw production.
Spiritual Eclipse is a black/death metal band from Modesto, California, formed in 2002, blending the tremolo-picked aggression of black metal with the brutal, down-tuned heaviness of death metal.
Spirotin is a Los Angeles band formed in 2021 that merges black metal and metalcore, combining the atmospheric malice and tremolo aggression of black metal with the rhythmic heaviness and breakdowns of metalcore.
San Jose, California black/death metal band formed in 2022, Starve the Leech blends the tremolo aggression of black metal with the heaviness and technique of death metal.
Los Angeles band formed in 2025 fusing black metal's cold dissonance with the urgency and aggression of hardcore punk, operating at the raw intersection of both traditions.
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