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Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland! / Stoßtrupp 1917 (2018)
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Extreme Power Metal (2019)
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rosemary (2023)
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Black folk metal project from Barnaul in the Altai region, formed in 2021. Clactonian Haze blends pagan folk elements with black metal from the Siberian foothills.
US black/death/progressive metal act Clades construct dense, multi-layered compositions that resist easy genre categorization, blending extreme metal's harshness with progressive architecture. Their music is demanding and rewards close attention.
Melodic black metal band from Tampere, Finland, formed in 2016. They weave dark melodies through atmospheric black metal.
Sacramento's Clandestine Revelation fuse black and death metal into a hostile, atmospheric onslaught rooted in California's underground extreme scene. Cold tremolo riffing meets blasting percussion in compositions that favor atmosphere as much as brutality.
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Black, death, and gothic metal band from Tagewerben in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, formed in 2014. They weave together the darkness of black and death metal with gothic atmospheres.
Atmospheric black metal band from Rouen, France, formed in 2020. They craft vast, immersive atmospheres within a black metal framework from the Norman capital.
Colorado Springs trio Clarion Void inhabit a murky space between black metal, death metal, and sludge, where oppressive atmosphere and dissonant heaviness collide. Their music is dense and suffocating, shaped by the high-altitude bleakness of their Rocky Mountain surroundings.
Depressive black metal band from Paris, France, formed in 2017. They craft bleak, emotionally devastating black metal steeped in despair.
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