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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.
French black/thrash metal band from Versailles, formed in 2025. They deliver hammering black/thrash from the palace city near Paris.
Bergen black metal project founded in 2006, exploring cosmic themes through dissonant and atmospheric extremity. Their sound draws from Bergen's storied black metal legacy while reaching toward more experimental territory.
French black metal band active since 2006. They deliver dark, uncompromising black metal from the French underground.
German black metal band from Kamen, active since 2007. They have been a persistent presence in the Westphalian black metal underground for nearly two decades.
Black Invocation is a black metal band from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, with roots going back to a 2003 demo titled "The True Warriors of Black Metal." The band released a compilation, "Profane Rites in Worship to Satan (16 Years of Blasphemy)," collecting material from 2006 to 2013, and their debut full-length album "Chaos - Triumph - A New Beginning" in 2017 through Abrasax Distro & Records. Their sound centers on Satanism, anti-Christianity, and the rawer traditions of Brazilian black metal.
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