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Moshkinstein (2019)
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Architects Of A New Weave (Deluxe Album) (2026)
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Featured Death Metal Album
Necromanteum (2023)
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Albanian melodic black/death metal act from Tirana, formed in 2021, striving to bring a distinctly Albanian character to extreme metal. Their demo material blends tremolo-picked melodies with death metal aggression.
Finnish epic/melodic black metal band from Tuusula, formed in 2024. They channel valkyrie-themed epic black metal from the historic lakeside town.
German thrash/death/black metal band from Leipzig, formed in 2010. They draw from three extreme metal traditions for a wide-ranging, vengeance-fueled assault.
French atmospheric black metal band from Aubenas in the Ardèche, formed in 2016. They craft visionary atmospheric black metal from the volcanic landscape of southern France.
German black/death metal band from Munich, formed in 2010. They forge blackened death metal warfare from Bavaria's capital city.
Black metal project from Kumla, emerging in 2013. Their compositions draw from the wellspring of second-wave Scandinavian tradition while filtering it through the cultural context of their Swedish origins.
German hardcore punk and black metal band from the Wetterau-Offenbach area, formed in 2022. They fuse hardcore punk's confrontational energy with black metal's dark intensity.
Punk-infused black metal from Gothenburg, formed in 2024. Their short, violent compositions marry crust punk's directness with black metal's atmospheric menace.
German black 'n' roll band from Rosenheim in Upper Bavaria, formed in 2023. They merge black metal's darkness with rock and roll swagger for a Bavarian-flavored blackened groove.
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