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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Black Celebration is a black metal band from Colatina, Espírito Santo, Brazil, formed in 2014. The band operates within the underground scene with lyrical themes centered on anti-Christianity, blasphemy, and war.
Black Ceremonial Kult emerged from Santiago in 2014 playing occult death/black metal rooted in chaos magic and Kabbalistic symbolism, releasing their first demo "Aberah KeDabar MMXIV" in 2015 and a split with Kratherion that same year. Their debut full-length "Communion of the Ancient Gods" appeared in December 2016 on Madrid-based Deathrune Records, compiling 15 tracks of ritualistic black and death metal recorded at the Order Temple of the Dead Studios in Santiago.
Russian black metal act active since 2024, channeling the genre's core tenets of tremolo-driven riffing and blast-beat fury through a Russian lens. Their recordings maintain a commitment to the raw, unvarnished aesthetic that defines underground black metal.
Enigmatic Portuguese one-man raw black metal project active since 2009, producing some of the most uncompromising lo-fi extremity in contemporary black metal. Across six studio albums and numerous demos, the anonymous sole member has built a monolithic body of work that defines and defies the modern raw black metal idiom, earning unlikely crossover recognition.
Progressive death metal outfit from Sweden, formed in 2026. Their material navigates shifting tempos, unconventional song structures, and intricate instrumental interplay while maintaining the genre's essential aggression.
Spanish black metal band from Zaragoza, formed in 2014. They channel black metal darkness from the arid Aragonese capital.
Black Communion was a black metal band from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, formed in 2016 and later split up. The band operated as an independent act with themes rooted in Satanism and the occult, releasing a self-titled recording available on Bandcamp.
Blackened drone/doom metal project from the UK, active since 2014. Their work merges the suffocating weight of drone and doom with blackened atmospherics.
Finnish black metal and gothic/doom metal band from Rovaniemi, active since 1991. With over three decades of history, they are one of Finland's earliest and most enduring black metal projects, originating from the Arctic Circle.
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