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Where Fear And Weapons Meet (2021)
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Hold Your Children Close and Pray for Oblivion (2016)
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Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland! / Stoßtrupp 1917 (2018)
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Spanish black metal band from Huesca in the Pyrenean foothills, formed in 2019. They deliver sacrilegious black metal from the mountainous border region of Aragon.
Stavropol-based black metal act active since 2017, 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.
Krasnoyarsk-based atmospheric black metal project active since 2013, layering ethereal textures and tremolo-picked melodies over blast-driven foundations. Their compositions explore vast emotional terrain through cascading guitars and immersive soundscapes.
German black metal band from Oldenburg in Lower Saxony, formed in 2016. They deliver cold, unrelenting black metal from the North German plains.
Blasphemous Black Metal / Dark Ambient from Indianapolis, Indiana (early); Spring, Texas (later).
Black Funeral was a black metal band from Avaré, São Paulo, Brazil, active in the mid-to-late 1990s. The band released the demo "Symbol of Power and Dignity" in 1997, an underground cassette featuring raw Satanic black metal in the style prevalent in Brazil at the time. They split up shortly after, leaving only demo recordings as their documented output.
Spanish death/black metal band from Sant Feliu de Guíxols on the Costa Brava, formed in 2017. They spew bestial death/black metal from the Catalan coastline.
Black Grail formed in Santiago in 2005 and play a style they call ultra hardcore black metal, drawing on occult and mystical themes delivered with bestial ferocity. They released their debut "Misticismo Regresivo" in 2015 through Tyrannus Records, followed by "Dinámicas Espirituales" (2021) and the mini-album "VIIII" (2022) on Iron Bonehead Productions, the latter a five-track, 26-minute release praised as one of the standout works from the Chilean black metal underground.
Forged in 2021 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.
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