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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Serpent & Spirit (2021)
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Maine's Commuted operate in the space where black metal's cold fury meets death metal's brutality, carving out something harsh and unforgiving from the remote New England wilderness. Their sound has the isolation of the state baked into it.
Black metal project from Lisbon, formed in 2018. Como o Breu — Portuguese for 'like pitch' — crafts darkness-themed black metal from the Portuguese capital.
Compassion Fatigue grind through a corrosive intersection of black metal, death metal, and grindcore, channeling relentless hostility into short, caustic blasts of extreme noise.
Holyoke, Massachusetts one-piece Compress delivers oppressive black metal steeped in cold dissonance and suffocating density, an unrelenting solo project built for maximum atmospheric punishment.
Gothenburg black metal project formed in 2017, adding atmospheric darkness to a city better known for melodic death metal. Their sound channels the intensity of black metal from an unexpected Swedish stronghold.
Post-metal black metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2020. They blend black metal with post-metal dynamics and atmospheric expansiveness.
Pleasant Hill, California's Concealed meld groove metal's mid-tempo swagger with nu metal's heavy atmosphere and occasional thrash bite, landing in the aggressive pocket of late-90s Bay Area heaviness.
Norwegian black metal project active since 2011, channeling raw aggression and darkness through an uncompromising sonic vision. Their output carries the primal ferocity associated with Scandinavia's extreme metal lineage.
Progressive black-death metal band from London, active since 2010. They blend progressive complexity with extreme metal darkness from the English capital.
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