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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
Featured Progressive Metal Album
Death Atlas (2019)
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Featured Death Metal Album
Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Black doom act from Rotterdam, active since 2014. CandleGoat merges occult black metal atmospheres with plodding doom pacing.
New Hampshire raw black metal project that emerged in 2025, embracing lo-fi abrasion and unpolished intensity as core aesthetic values.
Symphonic black metal project from Vienna, formed in 2019 by vocalist Prabhin Velankanny with composers Jurgen Klier and Hannes Sandrini. Their debut 'Candelabia' weaves horror stories and gothic narratives through orchestral arrangements layered over aggressive extreme metal.
Black metal project from Treviso, Italy, formed in 2023. Candleshadow conjures atmospheric darkness from the Veneto region.
Fargo, North Dakota black metal act operating since 2018 in the cold northern reaches of the underground scene.
Avant-garde black metal band from Tampere, Finland, formed in 2017. They push black metal into unconventional territory through experimental and avant-garde approaches.
Black metal project that moved from Florida to Portland, Oregon, maintaining an active presence in the underground since 2017.
Black metal project from Plymouth, Minnesota exploring themes of nature, death, and anti-Christianity with a raw, misanthropic edge.
San Diego raw black metal solo project formed in 2015, channeling misanthropy and ritual philosophy through the grey wolf as metaphor.
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