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The Fear (2022)
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Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland! / Stoßtrupp 1917 (2018)
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Featured Metalcore Album
Dial Tone (2022)
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Varaždin-based black metal/hardcore act active since 2019, fusing the atmospheric hostility of black metal with hardcore punk's physical aggression and directness. Their compositions channel both traditions with equal conviction.
Stavanger-based black metal act active since 2019, channeling the genre's core tenets of tremolo-driven riffing and blast-beat fury through a Norwegian lens. Their recordings maintain a commitment to the raw, unvarnished aesthetic that defines underground black metal.
Black metal project from Bath, formed in 2021. Their debut Triumphant Decay delivers three tracks of dark, introspective black metal exploring themes of obscurity and finality.
Black metal band from the Altnau/Frauenfeld area of Switzerland, active since 2022. They bring cold, aggressive black metal from the Thurgau canton.
Athens-based avant-garde black metal project active since 2024, pushing the genre's boundaries through unconventional structures, dissonant harmonies, and unexpected instrumental choices. Their restless creativity defies easy categorization within the broader black metal spectrum.
Spanish black metal band from Madrid, formed in 2020. They deliver demonic black metal from the heart of Spain.
Black metal project from Buckingham, active since 2020. Their tracks spanning titles like Okkult and Sinner explore occult and spiritual themes through raw, uncompromising black metal.
Beelzeebuth was a death/black metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, that formed and dissolved within the 2020s as an unsigned underground act. Distinct from the similarly-named Beelzeebubth from Salvador, this São Paulo project operated in the raw, extreme end of Brazilian death-black metal — a tradition with deep roots in the city's prolific underground scene — before splitting up after a brief run.
Black metal project from Gelderland, emerging in 2022. Their compositions draw from the wellspring of second-wave Scandinavian tradition while filtering it through the cultural context of their Dutch origins.
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