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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
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De Doorn (2022)
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Halo (2017)
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Black metal project from Kharkiv, formed in 2020. Cyllell — Welsh for 'knife' — channels sharp, cutting black metal from eastern Ukraine.
Black metal project from Kamienna Góra in the Sudeten mountains, formed in 2020. Cymeris channels atmospheric black metal from the mountainous border region of Lower Silesia.
Austin, Texas black metal band operating in the cold, riff-forward tradition of raw black metal. Cymoril cultivates a grim and uncompromising sound from the Texas underground.
Raw black metal band from Northumberland, England, formed in 2024. Named after the Anglo-Saxon poet, Cynewulf channel ancient English themes through primitive black metal.
Temecula, California raw black metal project channeling the most primitive and hostile tradition of the genre. Cynicism CA operates in the underground with a deliberately stripped-down, lo-fi, and caustic black metal aesthetic.
Blackened death-doom act from Działdowo in northern Masuria, formed in 2021. Cyrograf — Polish for 'pact with the devil' — merges dark subgenres from the rural north.
Black metal project from the Wieliczka and Dobczyce area near Kraków, active since 2013. Cyrograph crafts atmospheric black metal from the Lesser Poland salt mine region.
Black metal band from England, formed in 2024. Their Welsh name meaning shadow, Cysgod craft dark black metal.
Boston black metal band steeped in atmospheric darkness and the raw, hostile tradition of American black metal. Cythraul draws from the Welsh word for the demonic to channel a sound built on cold, bleak, and unforgiving fury.
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