Dark Ages

**Dark Ages** is a crust-infused black metal force hailing from Atlanta, Georgia, known for blending raw aggression with deep historical and socio-political commentary. Emerging in the early 2000s, the band channels anarcho-punk energy and black metal’s icy ferocity into concept-driven releases like *A Chronicle of the Plague* (2012) and *An Gorta Mor / Holodomor* (2020), which confront atrocities like the Irish Potato Famine and Soviet-engineered Ukrainian famine. Their work, including recent releases like *Twilight of Europe* and *Damn Nation*, often serves as a sonic indictment of authoritarianism, colonialism, and systemic oppression, delivered through blistering riffs and caustic vocals. With a DIY ethos and a penchant for unflinching lyrical themes—from witch-hunt treatises (*The Tractatus de Hereticis Et Sortilegiis*) to modern decay—Dark Ages remains a visceral voice for dissent in underground extreme music.

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