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Black Kiabeth is a black metal band from Mexico City, active since 2016 with a renewed lineup from 2019 onward. The band self-identifies as melodic black metal, balancing harsh black metal aesthetics with melodic songwriting, as heard on their 2020 debut full-length Times of Dark Dreams. That album features six tracks exploring themes of darkness, memory, and the demonic.
French atmospheric black metal band from Lille, formed in 2016. They craft vampire-themed atmospheric black metal from the capital of northern France.
Trento-based black metal act active since 2001, channeling the genre's core tenets of tremolo-driven riffing and blast-beat fury through a Italian lens. Their recordings maintain a commitment to the raw, unvarnished aesthetic that defines underground black metal.
French black metal band from Le Mans, formed in 2021. They channel a new era of dark black metal from the Sarthe region.
Filth-encrusted raw black metal from Samara, forged in 2022. Intentionally abrasive production values serve as a weapon, wrapping venomous riffs and shrieked vocals in a blanket of corrosive static.
German atmospheric black/death metal and deathcore band from Nuremberg, formed in 2021. They fuse atmospheric extremity with deathcore's crushing breakdowns for a layered, intense sound.
Black Lord is a black metal band from Zacatecas, Mexico, founded in 2010 as a one-man project by Marko Garcia before expanding into a full band by 2014. The group has released two full-lengths — Black Ritual Forest (2015) and Ritual Under the Fullmoon (2018) — along with splits and a demo, exploring themes of Satanism, occultism, and pagan ritual. Black Lord is one of the few active black metal acts from the Zacatecas underground.
Black metal and punk project from Belgium, formed in 2026. A brand-new act fusing the rawness of black metal with punk's rebellious energy.
Leikanger-based speed/thrash metal outfit active since 2014, channeling the breakneck velocity of early speed metal through a modern thrash lens. Their riff-first approach delivers the kind of neck-wrecking momentum that defined the genre's golden age.
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