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The Age Of Entitlement (2019)
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rosemary (2023)
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L'Envol (2024)
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Blackened death metal project from Moscow, formed in 2025. Crimson Crown channels dark aggression from the Russian capital.
Atmospheric black metal band from Southampton, England, active since 2003. With over two decades of activity, Crimson Darkness are veterans of the English atmospheric black metal scene.
Genre-crossing extreme metal band from Herford, Germany, formed in 2019. Crimson Glow blend black metal, death metal, melodic death metal, and thrash into a diverse, aggressive sound.
Queens, New York black and doom metal act weaving frigid, dissonant riffs together with suffocating, slow-moving passages in a sound that's as bleak as it is hypnotically heavy.
'The Luster of Pandemonium' (2005) is considered one of the most unrelentingly technical death metal albums ever recorded. Criminally obscure, the band dissolved shortly after.
Long-running atmospheric black metal project steeped in occult mysticism and ritualistic darkness, crafting dense, hypnotic compositions that blur the line between music and ceremony.
Symphonic melodic blackened death metal act from Jönköping, active since 2014. Crimson Moonlight delivers epic, multi-layered extreme metal from the Småland highlands.
Black metal band from England, formed in 2017. They deliver dark, intense black metal from the English underground.
Providence, Rhode Island black metal act rooted in the raw, misanthropic tradition of the genre — sparse production, corrosive riffs, and an unflinching embrace of the underground.
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