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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Cetus is a Ventura, California band merging black and death metal extremity into a ferocious, uncompromising sound drawing on both genres' most aggressive elements. Their work captures the raw, underground energy of the California extreme metal scene.
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Dutch black metal project formed in 2014. Cexyst channels enigmatic black metal atmospheres.
Chaahk is a black metal band from Riverside, California, drawing thematic inspiration from Mesoamerican mythology — specifically the Maya rain and storm deity for whom they are named. Their sound channels raw aggression through a lens of ancient, pre-Columbian darkness.
Melodic black-death metal band from Munich, Germany, formed in 2015. They weave melodic elements through blackened death metal from the Bavarian capital.
Black metal band from Agrinio in western Greece, formed in 2019. They deliver atmospheric black metal from the Aetolia-Acarnania region.
Black metal band from Zaragoza, Spain, formed in 2019. They channel dark, atmospheric black metal from the Aragonese capital.
Black metal project from Novosibirsk, formed in 2020. Chaigidiel channels dark, occult black metal from the Siberian capital.
Multi-genre extreme metal band from Piraeus/Athens, Greece, active since 2011. They weave together black metal, death metal, doom, and melodic elements into a despairing, ambitious sound.
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