The DSBM Thread

Whilst I find a lot of Depressive / Suicidal Black Metal to be self-absorbent and, frankly, amateurish, one of my recent favourites in the sub-genre is Déhà, the Belgian behind the bands Imber Luminis and Slow (amongst a shedload of others). He has released nine albums in 2020 so far, including three in his A fleur de peau series. These three albums are some of the best DSBM I've heard, Déhà having a gift for expressing the inner emotions of the psychologically troubled without sounding like a self-absorbed idiot. Despite his profusion of releases this year, the quality has not been compromised at all.With guest appearances from artists like Kim Carlsson of Hypothermia, Natalie Koskinen of Shape of Despair and Nils Courbaron from Sirenia Déhà is pushing the envelope as far as DSBM goes.