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Obnoxious (2022)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Doomsday Party (feat. Elize Ryd) (2023)
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Phoenix black metal act Barbaric Hatred channels themes of barbarism, war, and strength through a raw, uncompromising sound, contributing to a Darkthrone tribute compilation through Plague Demon Records in 2021.
A New Hampshire atmospheric black metal project, Barbarous Winds pursues the genre's most immersive and expansive tendencies, crafting vast, windswept soundscapes from a remote corner of the American underground.
German black metal band formed in 2018. They deliver ferocious black metal with a primitive, untamed energy.
German black metal band from Offenbach am Main, formed in 2025. They represent the newest wave of German black metal emerging from the Hessian underground.
Named after the mystical object in Grant Morrison's The Invisibles, Baltimore's Barbelith has been exploring consciousness, astral travel, and introspection through post-black metal since 2011.
German black/death metal band from Leipzig, formed in 2025. They forge a hostile union of black and death metal from one of eastern Germany's most vibrant metal cities.
An American black metal and dark ambient project whose name invokes a figure from Gnostic theology, pairing esoteric imagery with the bleak atmospheric territory shared by both genres.
Thrash metal outfit from Riga, formed in 2012. Their compositions hit with the urgent intensity that defines the genre at its best: fast, tight, and unapologetically aggressive.
Occupying the shadowed intersection of black metal and doom from Szentendre, active since 1999 crafts compositions that alternate between frozen blast sections and monolithic, slow-motion heaviness.
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