Cloak

A riff-forward and groove-laden extreme metal crew from America's Deep South, Cloak emerged in 2015 with an aggressive sound that draws on elements of gothic, sludge, doom, and classic blackened Scandinavian death metal. Based out of Atlanta, they issued the hard-hitting full-length To Venomous Depths in 2017, with the inventive and incendiary Burning Dawn arriving in 2019. Cloak dug deep into their DNA for 2023's Black Flame Eternal album, adding the raw power of Motörhead and the dark grooves of Danzig to their blackened death metal attack.