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The Age Of Entitlement (2019)
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rosemary (2023)
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L'Envol (2024)
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Grimstad-based avant-garde black metal project active since 1997, 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.
German black metal band from Jena, formed in 2025. They bring a fresh black metal invocation from Thuringia's university city.
Forged in 2025 from Athens, 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.
French black metal band from Toulouse, active since 2002. With over two decades of output, they are a seasoned presence in the Occitan black metal underground.
Czech black/speed metal band from Havířov, formed in 2014. They deliver a fierce combination of black metal rawness and speed metal velocity.
Bratislava-based progressive/post-metal act active since 2018, building dynamic compositions that traverse atmospherics and crushing heaviness through extended, narrative-driven structures. Their patient songwriting rewards the listener with cathartic builds.
Forged in 2015 from Apatin, 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.
Savage Black / Death Metal from Laredo.
Bestial 666 is a black metal band from Goiânia, Brazil, with Satanic lyrical themes. The band is listed on Encyclopaedia Metallum and has since split up, leaving a short-lived but documented presence in the Brazilian underground black metal scene.
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