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Black metal project from Lausanne, Switzerland, active since 2012. Named after the ancient Palmyrene sky god, they channel dark spiritual themes through Swiss black metal.
Austrian melodic death/black metal project channeling heathen rituals and environmental crisis themes through heavy riffage and sinister melodies. Their debut album Lighttaker pairs atmospheric textures with aggressive instrumentation.
Kraków-based gothic black metal act active since 2025, threading dark romantic atmospheres and melancholic melody through a foundation of black metal aggression. Their compositions balance ethereal beauty with raw extremity.
Atmospheric raw black metal project from Todmorden in West Yorkshire, emerging in 2026. Releases like Yn Turas Doal and Finis Meus Certus employ cryptic Latin and Celtic language alongside wintry, decayed imagery, wrapped in an intentionally enigmatic and minimal presentation.
Forged in 2016 from Amersfoort, this black metal entity delivers uncompromising extremity built on icy tremolo riffs and relentless percussion. Their work carries the cold, misanthropic spirit that defines the genre's most devoted practitioners.
A prolific black metal entity out of Milwaukee, Baazlvaat has released a string of albums including Ridiculed by the Common Soldiery, An Old Forgotten Text, The Higher Power, and Guitar Exotic, demonstrating an unusual creative restlessness within the raw black metal framework.
Blackened speed metal outfit from the Tyrol region of Austria, active since 2015. They fuse the raw velocity of speed metal with black metal's cold, venomous edge.
Death metal outfit from Mantua, formed in 2024. Their sound draws from the genre's foundational playbook of crushing riffs, blast beats, and growled vocals, executed with the conviction of dedicated extremists.
Hulekvill-based black metal and ambient project active since 2011, dissolving the boundaries between extreme metal and dark electronic soundscaping. Their work oscillates between passages of black metal fury and extended ambient meditations.
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