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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
Featured Groove Metal Album
Evidence (2023)
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Featured Heavy Metal Album
Agamemnon (2025)
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Symphonic black metal band from Alcala de Henares near Madrid, Spain, active since 2009. They blend orchestral grandeur with black metal intensity.
Portland black metal act adding to Oregon's deep well of raw, atmospheric extreme metal. Their approach favors cold, desolate textures that suit the perpetually grey Pacific Northwest skies.
Raw black metal project from the Marche region, formed in 2023. Crymson Abyss channels lo-fi, primitive black metal aggression.
Symphonic black metal band from Berlin, Germany, active since 1999. With over a quarter century of activity, Cryogenic blend orchestral grandeur with black metal intensity.
Black metal project from Kharkiv, formed in 2021. Cryonized Sun channels frozen, atmospheric black metal from eastern Ukraine.
Melodic black metal project from Hungary, formed in 2022. Cryonus delivers icy, melodic black metal with atmospheric undertones.
Atmospheric black metal project from Russia, formed in 2023. Cryophobia channels frigid, expansive black metal.
Blackened symphonic heavy metal project from Vienna, Austria, formed in 2017. They merge the grandeur of symphonic arrangements with the darkness of black metal and the power of traditional heavy metal into an ambitious, layered sound.
Boston's Cryostasium fuse black metal atmospherics with cold industrial textures, constructing bleak, machine-like soundscapes. Their recordings feel deliberately frozen and desolate, blending organic and synthetic elements into a single oppressive mass.
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