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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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A black metal act from Las Cruces, New Mexico active in the 2000s, drawing on themes of nature, mythology, and dreams before disbanding.
A California-based black metal project formed in 2019, contributing the track In His Offertory to the 2021 compilation The Black Archive Volume I.
Danish black metal band from Næstved, formed in 2023. They channel demonic black metal from the southern Zealand town.
Baphometh were a black metal band from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, active in the early-to-mid 2010s before splitting up. Porto Alegre has produced a distinct strand of Brazilian black metal influenced by both the raw South American tradition and Northern European styles, and Baphometh operated within that underground, releasing material independently with occult and adversarial themes.
Baphometron is a Black Metal band from Manizales, Colombia, founded in 1998 and currently based in Pereira, Risaralda. They operate under Dark Circles Productions and released their debut demo "Baphomilenios" in September 2023, a two-track recording sung in Spanish.
Black metal project from Istanbul, emerging in 2022. Their compositions draw from the wellspring of second-wave Scandinavian tradition while filtering it through the cultural context of their Turkish origins.
Norwegian melodic black metal project active since 2024, tempering raw aggression with sweeping arrangements and harmonized guitar leads. Their approach balances the genre's inherent hostility with moments of dark grandeur.
Finnish black metal band from Ylöjärvi, formed in 2015. They channel ritualistic black metal from the Pirkanmaa region near Tampere.
A Florida black/death metal act formed in 2017, contributing the track Metal of Death to the 2018 Tribute to Beherit compilation while pursuing aggressively dark occult and transgressive themes.
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