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The Blind Leading The Blind (2019)
Featured Stoner Metal Album
Blood Eagle (2017)
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Featured Progressive Metal Album
Architects Of A New Weave (Deluxe Album) (2026)
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Szczecin-based death metal act active since 2018, trafficking in the genre's essential currency of guttural vocals, down-tuned riffs, and relentless percussive punishment. Their compositions deliver uncompromising heaviness rooted in the old-school tradition.
Gothenburg-based black/thrash metal outfit active since 2013, fusing black metal's atmospheric venom with thrash's riff-driven velocity. Their high-energy sound channels the raw spirit of early Bathory, Sodom, and Destruction.
Trondheim-based black metal and ambient project active since 2010, dissolving the boundaries between extreme metal and dark electronic soundscaping. Their work oscillates between passages of black metal fury and extended ambient meditations.
French thrash/black metal band from Toulouse, formed in 2014. They merge thrash metal's aggression with black metal's darkness from the Occitan capital.
Cold, unrelenting black metal from Budapest / Zalaegerszeg, active since 2014. Their sound embodies the genre's core principles: razor-sharp tremolo picking, furious drumming, and an atmosphere thick with hostility and darkness.
Finnish black metal and punk band from Tornio, formed in 2016. They merge black metal's darkness with punk's raw energy from the Swedish-Finnish border.
Black Mausoleum was a black metal project from San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina, that released a self-titled Demo 2023 on Bandcamp in March of that year. The four-track demo showcased a raw, extreme black metal approach before the band dissolved shortly after its release.
Finnish death/black metal band from Lappeenranta, formed in 2025. They deliver miasmic death/black metal from the southeastern border region.
French atmospheric black metal band from Lyon, formed in 2025. They deliver mole-dark atmospheric black metal from France's second city.
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