Metaphorical of the Vindictive is one of the most extreme, relentless, and hyperâprolific depressive/atmospheric blackâmetal projects to emerge from Poland in recent years. Formed in 2022 in Jarocin, the project is the sole creation of Lunar, a musician who channels an overwhelming torrent of melancholy, pain, misanthropy, and psychological suffering into a vast body of work that grows at a staggering pace.
Where most DSBM projects release sparingly, Metaphorical of the Vindictive operates like an open woundâconstant, raw, and unfiltered. The music is defined by cold, sorrowâdrenched tremolo lines, distant screams, minimalist production, and an atmosphere of emotional collapse. Lunar’s output reads like a diary of despair, each release a snapshot of a mind wrestling with darkness.
The project’s sound is rooted in:
The atmosphere is claustrophobic and deeply personalâmusic that feels like it was created in moments of crisis, without polish or restraint. Lunar’s approach is raw expression over refinement, immediacy over perfection.
A solitary creator whose work is defined by:
Lunar’s output suggests a project driven by compulsionâeach release a cathartic purge of emotional weight.
Metaphorical of the Vindictive’s discography is enormous, especially for such a young project. Beginning with the debut album Thanatophobia in 2023, Lunar has released dozens of works across multiple formatsâfullâlengths, EPs, singles, and compilations.
2024 marks an explosion of creativity:
multiple singles, EPs, and several fullâlength albums, including:
These releases explore every facet of depressive and atmospheric black metalânihilism, selfâdestruction, misanthropy, existential collapse, and emotional numbness.
Metaphorical of the Vindictive is built on:
The project’s aesthetic is stark, unpolished, and deeply personalâless about performance, more about emotional exorcism.
Even in its early years, Metaphorical of the Vindictive stands out as:
Still active and expanding at a relentless pace, Metaphorical of the Vindictive continues to carve out a unique place in the depressive and atmospheric blackâmetal undergroundâan overwhelming, everâgrowing archive of anguish and shadow.
| Lunar | All instruments, Vocals (2022-present) |
| Thanatophobia | Full-length | 2023 | Â |
| The Last Breath of Life | EP | 2023 | Â |
| Cold Blooded Slow Agony | EP | 2023 | Â |
| The Fragility of Poor Existence | EP | 2024 | Â |
| Where Shadows Crawl Lonely | Compilation | 2024 | Â |
| Dementia | Single | 2024 | Â |
| Suicide's Serenade | Single | 2024 | Â |
| Death Is the Only Way | Single | 2024 | Â |
| Release Me from the Cage of Madness | EP | 2024 | Â |
| Jak zapalniczka pĆonie | Single | 2024 | Â |
| Depressive Lullaby of Suicidal Despair | Single | 2024 | Â |
| The Vanity of My Life | Single | 2024 | Â |
| Szept | Single | 2024 | Â |
| The Raven's Cry | Single | 2024 | Â |
| PlujÄ na twĂłj grĂłb | Single | 2024 | Â |
| UdrÄka | Single | 2024 | Â |
| Echoes of Solace in the Abyss | Single | 2024 | Â |
| Fading Light | Single | 2024 | Â |
| In the Darkest Abyss I Lose Myself | EP | 2024 | Â |
| ăăăăżăŻç§ăźăȘăăăă§ă (Suffering Is My Solace) | Single | 2024 |  |
| Ostatni oddech | Single | 2024 | Â |
| In the Embrace of Despair | Full-length | 2024 | Â |
| The Shadow's Embrace | Single | 2024 | Â |
| DĂždens Sorg | Single | 2024 | Â |
| Eternal Void | Single | 2024 | Â |
| Embrace of the Ancient Darkness | Single | 2024 | Â |
| Death Is Beautiful | Full-length | 2024 | Â |
| To Dust You Return from Dust You Shall Rise | Full-length | 2024 | Â |
| Teaser | Single | 2024 | Â |
| Unnamed | Full-length | 2024 | Â |
| CieĆ zapomnienia | Single | 2024 | Â |
| Disdain upon the Wretched | Single | 2024 | Â |
| Ostatni taniec | Single | 2024 | Â |
| Between Silence and Emptiness | EP | 2024 | Â |
| In the Abyss of Eternal Melancholy Where Hope Fades Away | EP | 2024 | Â |
| Suffering and Torment | EP | 2024 | Â |
| Existential Disease | EP | 2024 | Â |
| Terrified Horror in Weakly Min | Full-length | 2024 | Â |
| GnijÄ cy Ćwit codziennoĆci | Single | 2024 | Â |
| Desecration of the Holy Birth | Single | 2024 | Â |
| Self-Destruction | Split | 2025 | Â |