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Actin' Up (2023)
Featured Stoner Metal Album
The Mountain Of Gold (2018)
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Featured Progressive Metal Album
Death Atlas (2019)
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Black metal band from Lisbon, active since 2000. Corpus Christii is one of Portugal's most established and prolific black metal acts, with over two decades of consistently dark, aggressive output.
Black-death metal band from Marseille, France, active since 2009. They channel diabolical darkness through a fusion of black and death metal from the Mediterranean port.
Pagan black metal band from Kothen in Anhalt, Germany, formed in 2015. They channel historical pagan themes through atmospheric black metal from the heart of Saxony-Anhalt.
Black metal band from Bonn, Germany, formed in 2021. They craft intense, atmospheric black metal from the former West German capital.
Black metal project from the Limburg towns of Grevenbicht and Sittard, active since 2009. Corpusculum channels atmospheric black metal from the Netherlands' deep south.
New York raw black metal project stripping the genre down to its most primitive and corrosive essentials, favoring lo-fi hostility over polish. Their sound sits firmly in the underground tradition of American black metal at its most uncompromising.
Madison, Wisconsin band weaving black metal harshness together with post-metal's expansive, atmospheric qualities to build something both abrasive and meditative. The contrast between destruction and reflection runs through everything they create.
Black-thrash metal band from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2018. They fuse the icy darkness of black metal with the speed-driven aggression of thrash.
Kansas City, Kansas band drawing on black metal, death metal, and thrash in equal measure, building a crossover assault that refuses to settle into any one subgenre. The Midwest grit in their delivery is unmistakable.
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