Atrament

Atrament is an extreme metal band formed in Oakland, California, around 2014, featuring members from notable underground acts such as Necrot, Vastum, and Mortuous. Their music is a fierce combination of crust punk, d-beat, primal death metal, and raw black metal, heavily influenced by early heavy punk and extreme metal bands like Doom, Discharge, Amebix, and Napalm Death. They debuted with a raw two-song demo in 2015 and followed up with their full-length album *Eternal Downfall* in 2016, which was well-received for its aggressive and dark sound. Atrament's sonic approach is marked by crushing drums, bleak atmospheres, and relentless intensity, earning praise from publications like Metal Injection and Terrorizer Magazine. More recently, they released *Scum Sect*, continuing their assault on the underground metal scene.

(Note: There is a different band named Atramentum from Germany, specializing in blackened doom death metal, founded in 2018, but based on your mentioned releases—*Scum Sect* and *Eternal Downfall*—the Oakland-based Atrament is the correct match.)