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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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Melodic black metal act from the small town of Radoszyce in central Poland, active since 2006. Cherem has spent two decades crafting melody-driven black metal from the Świętokrzyskie region.
Minneapolis black metal project Cherished Wounds explores grief and internal darkness through raw, atmospheric compositions. Their music reflects the desolate extremes of Minnesota winters rendered in tremolo and shadow.
Black metal project from Barnaul in the Altai region of Siberia, active since 2015. Cherno — Russian for 'black' — crafts dark black metal from the foothills of the Altai mountains.
Black metal project from Reutov near Moscow, formed in 2022. Chernobog — named after the Slavic god of darkness — channels raw black metal.
Atmospheric black metal project from the Brest Region of Belarus, emerging in 2025. Their sound channels depressive and post-metal elements alongside raw black metal, as heard on the single My Last Tomorrow.
Depressive black metal project from Novorossiysk on the Black Sea coast, active since 2013. ChernoMor — a play on both 'Black Sea' and a character from Russian folklore — crafts melancholic black metal.
Black metal project from Izhevsk in the Udmurt Republic, formed in 2019. Chernota — Russian for 'blackness' — delivers raw black metal from the Ural region.
Black metal band from Bad Salzuflen, Germany, formed in 2021. Named after the ancient Germanic Cherusci tribe, they channel historical and pagan themes through raw black metal.
Black-grind project from Poland, formed in 2021. Chesslay fuses raw black metal with grinding blasts.
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