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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
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Evidence (2023)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Black/Extreme Metal outfit from Sarpsborg, formed in 2018. Their sound channels the full spectrum of their genre influences into a cohesive body of work that speaks to dedicated followers of heavy music.
Trondheim-based black metal act active since 2019, channeling the genre's core tenets of tremolo-driven riffing and blast-beat fury through a Norwegian lens. Their recordings maintain a commitment to the raw, unvarnished aesthetic that defines underground black metal.
Death/thrash outfit from Corby, formed in 2013. Their sound channels the raw energy of 1980s thrash through death metal's heavier lens, pairing aggressive vocals with riff-centric compositions.
Greek raw black metal and dungeon synth project active since 2023, oscillating between caustic, lo-fi black metal hostility and fantastical synthesizer passages dripping with medieval atmosphere. Their dual-natured output bridges the gap between the genre's most primitive impulses and its escapist, RPG-influenced side.
County Durham-based black metal act active since 2015, channeling the genre's core tenets of tremolo-driven riffing and blast-beat fury through a British lens. Their recordings maintain a commitment to the raw, unvarnished aesthetic that defines underground black metal.
Heavy Blackened Death Metal from Houston.
Black/death metal band from Minsk, Belarus, active since 2019. They forge a savage hybrid of black and death metal extremity.
Finnish black/thrash metal and punk band from Oulu, formed in 2015. They deliver savage, bone-hunting black/thrash with punk energy from northern Finland.
Finnish raw black metal band from Kajaani, formed in 2018. Named after an ancient dawn deity, they channel primordial raw black metal from the forests of Kainuu.
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