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Atmospheric black metal entity from Tilburg, formed in 2023. Their sound envelops the listener in walls of reverb-drenched tremolo picking and shimmering ambient passages that dissolve the boundary between beauty and ferocity.
Danish black metal and powerviolence band from Copenhagen, formed in 2023. They fuse black metal's darkness with powerviolence's short, violent outbursts.
Czech atmospheric black metal trio from Prague, formed in 2024 and self-described as playing raw cosmic black metal. Their debut album Ignari features four expansive tracks exploring cosmic consciousness and existential themes through raw, ethereal black metal.
Finnish black metal project formed in 2022. They channel sorrowful black metal with a wailing, mournful intensity.
Umeå-based black/thrash/heavy metal act forging a potent brew of first-wave black metal attitude and classic heavy metal riffing. Their sound channels the raw spirit of Venom and early Bathory through a Swedish lens.
Bewitcher are a black metal and speed metal trio from Portland, Oregon, formed in 2013, whose sound combines the raw energy of first-wave black metal with the sleazy momentum of late-1970s speed metal and hard rock. Their self-titled debut appeared in 2016, followed by Under the Witching Cross, Cursed Be Thy Kingdom, and Spell Shock, with the band signing to Century Media Records as their reach expanded. Their music is deliberately lo-fi in spirit while retaining enough clarity to highlight the interplay between riff-based song structures and aggressive delivery.
German black metal band from Stuttgart, formed in 2009. Named after the Norwegian word for Hell, they channel Scandinavian-influenced black metal from southwestern Germany.
Poznań-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.
Vlaardingen-based depressive black metal project active since 2025, channeling anguish and isolation through raw, lo-fi compositions drenched in misery. Their sound wallows in slow-to-mid-tempo passages of bleak introspection punctuated by agonized shrieks.
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