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Carnified is a death/black metal band from Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, originally formed in 1994 and revived around 2020–2021. The band builds its conceptual lyrics around a fictional world called Askardem, inhabited by gods who covet the human form. Their return yielded the single "Nocturna" featuring Sarah Jezebel Deva (Cradle of Filth, Therion) and the 2022 EP "Carnage for the Gods."
Blackened death-thrash outfit from Splitska, Croatia, formed in 2016. Carnilo delivers a volatile mix of blast beats, tremolo riffs, and thrash aggression.
Detroit black/death metal project fusing the cold, atmospheric qualities of black metal with the blunt force of death metal, reflecting the Midwest's tradition of unadorned extreme metal.
Savage Black Metal out of Texas.
Carnival in Coal formed in Amiens, France in 1995, conceived by vocalist Arno Strobl and multi-instrumentalist Axel Wursthorn as a collision of Mr. Bungle-style avant-garde absurdism and the brute force of death and black metal. The band signed to Season of Mist and later Earache's Elitist sublabel, releasing records including Viva La Vida (1999), French Cancan (1999), Fear Not Carnival in Coal, and Collection Prestige (2005). They disbanded in 2007 and briefly revived the project in 2014.
Belgrade symphonic black metal act formed in 2015, weaving orchestral grandeur through extreme metal ferocity from Serbia's capital. Their cinematic approach channels the drama and darkness of symphonic black metal's most ambitious expressions.
Centennial, Colorado melodic black/death metal act blending atmospheric sweep with genuine aggression since 2020, drawing on the melodic black metal tradition while keeping the extremity sharp.
A newly formed New Jersey black metal project with a name evoking the Protestant Reformation, suggesting a cerebral and historically minded approach to raw, atmospheric black metal.
Melodic black-death metal band from Murcia, Spain, formed in 2014. They weave melodic elements through blackened death metal from southeastern Spain.
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