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Actin' Up (2023)
Featured Stoner Metal Album
The Mountain Of Gold (2018)
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Featured Progressive Metal Album
Death Atlas (2019)
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Finnish raw black metal and shoegaze project formed in 2018. They blend raw black metal's intensity with shoegaze's ethereal textures for an atmospheric, genre-defying sound.
German black metal project formed in 2024. They represent a new entry into the German black metal underground.
Tolyatti-based avant-garde black metal project active since 2019, 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.
Melodic black metal act from Wetteren, Belgium, active since 2014. They temper black metal's cold fury with sweeping melodic passages and atmospheric depth.
Melodic black metal outfit from Kraków, formed in 2022. Layers of orchestration and twin-guitar harmonies elevate their compositions beyond standard black metal into more expansive territory.
Melodic black metal outfit from Likavka (early); Ružomberok/Poprad (later), formed in 2022. Layers of orchestration and twin-guitar harmonies elevate their compositions beyond standard black metal into more expansive territory.
Black metal project from Umeå, emerging in 2025. Their compositions draw from the wellspring of second-wave Scandinavian tradition while filtering it through the cultural context of their Swedish origins.
German black metal band from Köthen in Saxony-Anhalt, formed in 2018. They deliver cold, atmospheric black metal from the heart of central Germany.
Warsaw-based melodic black metal project active since 2020, tempering raw aggression with sweeping arrangements and harmonized guitar leads. Their approach balances the genre's inherent hostility with moments of dark grandeur.
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