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Moshkinstein (2019)
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Architects Of A New Weave (Deluxe Album) (2026)
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Necromanteum (2023)
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Drawing from the contemplative side of black metal, this Italian project channels their homeland's spirit into sweeping, atmosphere-laden compositions. Since 2024, their recordings balance raw aggression with passages of fragile, melancholic beauty.
French pagan black metal band from Beaurains, active since 1996. With three decades of Celtic and Gallic pagan black metal, they are one of France's most venerable pagan metal acts.
Atmospheric black metal entity from Tromsø, formed in 2020. Their sound envelops the listener in walls of reverb-drenched tremolo picking and shimmering ambient passages that dissolve the boundary between beauty and ferocity.
German black metal band from Wallerstein in Bavaria, formed in 2020. They channel demonic black metal intensity named after a prince of Hell.
Drawing from the contemplative side of black metal, this Russian project channels Samara's spirit into sweeping, atmosphere-laden compositions. Since 2015, their recordings balance raw aggression with passages of fragile, melancholic beauty.
Thrash metal outfit from Sarpsborg, formed in 2023. Their compositions hit with the urgent intensity that defines the genre at its best: fast, tight, and unapologetically aggressive.
Spanish black/death metal and grindcore band from Cantabria, formed in 2017. They merge extreme metal's darkest currents with grindcore's explosive intensity from northern Spain.
Finnish black metal band active since 2004. With over two decades of frosty output, they channel Finnish black metal's characteristic coldness and atmosphere.
Black metal project from Sofia, Bulgaria, active since 2014. Named after the literary sorcerer, they forge dark, atmospheric black metal from the Bulgarian capital.
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