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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
Featured Power Metal Album
No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Everything's Wrong (2018)
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French atmospheric black metal band from Nantes, formed in 2022 and crafting immersive, celestially-themed soundscapes. Their name evokes desolate lunar landscapes, reflecting the cold, vast atmosphere of their sound.
German atmospheric black metal project from Nuremberg, crafting immersive, darkly beautiful compositions since 2016. Their approach layers ethereal atmospherics over the raw foundation of black metal aggression.
An Ohio atmospheric black metal project active since 2018, Luring builds suffocating walls of textured tremolo and cavernous ambience that feel less composed than conjured. The result is disorienting and immersive in equal measure.
Galician atmospheric black metal and dark ambient project from northwest Spain, crafting immersive soundscapes since 2016. Their approach blends black metal's intensity with meditative ambient passages rooted in the moody Galician landscape.
Portuguese atmospheric black metal band from Barcelos, formed in 2020 and crafting immersive, emotive compositions. Their name, meaning 'pity' or 'shame,' captures the sorrowful character of their atmospheric approach.
Maeror is a post-metal band from Germany whose 2017 album "STATIC : FLOWS," mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege, delivers extended atmospheric compositions exploring existential and philosophical themes. Their instrumental-driven approach blends progressive rock structures with heavy, textured post-metal dynamics.
Before Dawn is a progressive death metal act from Budapest, active since 2007. The band channels technically ambitious, multi-layered compositions that push beyond the boundaries of conventional death metal.
Mal Etre is a one-person atmospheric black metal and ambient project from Lausanne, Switzerland, born in 2007 as a cathartic outlet for personal darkness. Operating from 'The Nocturnal Studio' since 2010, the project has released a string of recordings including 'The Grim Years,' 'Torment,' and 'Fractured,' channeling negative experience into layered, harrowing soundscapes.
Maléfice is an epic and atmospheric black metal band from Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France, formed in 2016. They craft grand, expansive black metal compositions steeped in dark mysticism and atmospheric depth.
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