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Vault Of Horrors (2024)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Black metal project from northern Germany, channeling cold, raw darkness since 2017. Their Old Norse-influenced name connects their sound to the ancient Germanic traditions that inspire their atmospheric black metal.
Underground to the core, this black metal act from Netherlands traffics in icy tremolo lines cascading over relentless percussion. Since 2015, they've built a catalog that reflects Holland's dense concentration of metal talent.
Black/death metal project from Weilheim in Upper Bavaria, Germany, channeling dark, solitary extremity since 2015. Their name reflects the isolated, self-focused nature of their uncompromising approach to extreme metal.
Blackened progressive metal band originally from Stockholm, Sweden active since 2016. Their sound fuses black metal's darkness with progressive metal's structural complexity.
Black metal project from France, active since 2018. They deliver raw black metal from the French underground.
Atmospheric black metal band from Moscow, Russia formed in 2023. Their sound channels expansive atmospheric black metal from the Russian capital.
Rising from Wrocław's metal underground, this Polish act forges Black Metal and Gothic Metal built on dark, theatrical compositions balancing heaviness with elegance. Each release demonstrates a commitment to artistic evolution.
Part of Poland's relentlessly productive underground, this act channels black metal and doom metal with a focus on icy tremolo lines cascading over relentless percussion. Formed in 2018, based in Wrocław, their sound honors the second wave while forging its own path.
Named for the Aztec wind god, Bay Area's Ehecatl channels atmospheric black metal with a conceptual depth that matches the name's mythological weight — cold, expansive, and active since 2015 in California's rich underground.
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