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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
Featured Progressive Metal Album
Death Atlas (2019)
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Featured Death Metal Album
Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Raw black metal project from Belgium, active since 2014. They operate in the lo-fi, unvarnished tradition of raw black metal.
Progressive death metal outfit from Voronezh, formed in 2015. Their material navigates shifting tempos, unconventional song structures, and intricate instrumental interplay while maintaining the genre's essential aggression.
German avant-garde black metal band from Klingenthal in Saxony, formed in 2021. They push black metal into unconventional, experimental territory from the Erzgebirge mountains.
German black metal band from Berlin, formed in 2024. Named after the Italian word for darkness, they channel Mediterranean-tinged black metal from the capital.
Catania-based doom metal act active since 2013, crafting monolithic compositions built on slow-burning riffs and an atmosphere of pervasive heaviness. Their patient approach to songwriting lets each chord ring with crushing finality.
Danish raw black metal project formed in 2018. They deliver stripped-down, primitive black metal in its rawest form.
Death metal outfit from Hungary, formed in 2012. Their sound draws from the genre's foundational playbook of crushing riffs, blast beats, and growled vocals, executed with the conviction of dedicated extremists.
Kyiv-based melodic death metal act active since 2023, threading harmonized guitar leads and memorable hooks through aggressive, double-bass-driven arrangements. Their approach balances accessibility with genuine heaviness, drawing from the Gothenburg tradition.
Occupying the shadowed intersection of black metal and doom from Haarlem, active since 2025 crafts compositions that alternate between frozen blast sections and monolithic, slow-motion heaviness.
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