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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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AMENRA "Vanuytsel 7"" (2021)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Symphonic black metal project from Leuven, Belgium, formed in 2024. They blend orchestral grandeur with the ferocity of black metal, adding to the rich tradition of Belgian symphonic extremity.
Black and death metal band from Salt Lake City, Utah operating within a regional scene long shaped by the tension between religious culture and underground extremity. The band contributes a blackened death metal perspective to a Utah metal community that has steadily grown in visibility.
Raw black metal act from Tallahassee, Florida committed to the lo-fi, primitive tradition of the genre's most abrasive underground wing. The band operates well outside Florida's more celebrated death metal legacy, carving out space in the state's smaller black metal underground.
Black and gothic metal band from Herne in the Ruhr, Germany, formed in 2014. They weave gothic darkness through a black metal framework.
Gainesville, Florida's Crystal Balls fuse black metal fury with crushing doom tempos, creating a suffocating atmosphere unique to the Sunshine State underground. Their music is cold and unrelenting.
Melodic blackened death metal act from Chernihiv in northern Ukraine, formed in 2021. Crystal Sword delivers melody-driven extreme metal from the ancient city near the Belarusian border.
Boston, Massachusetts black metal project Crystalarium channels the raw, cold aggression of the genre through a dense sonic lens shaped by New England's isolation. Their music is uncompromising and atmospheric.
New Hampshire atmospheric black metal project Crystalgazing weaves sweeping, frost-bitten soundscapes around tremolo-heavy guitar work and blasting percussion. The band conjures a deeply introspective and icy atmosphere from the Northeast wilderness.
Black metal band from Lyon, France, formed in 2016. They craft intense black metal from France's second city.
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