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Vault Of Horrors (2024)
Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Black metal act from Dortmund in Germany's industrial Ruhr Valley, channeling dark intensity since 2019. Their name, German for "unity," stands in stark contrast to the divisive, confrontational nature of their black metal sound.
Swedish black metal act, active since 1996 delivering venomous shrieks over walls of distortion. Rooted in Sweden's legendary metal infrastructure, the compositions unfold with ritualistic patience and venomous intent.
Sweden — black metal of the most uncompromising kind. Active since 1996, they deal in raw, lo-fi aggression channeled through kvlt aesthetics. Lo-fi authenticity lends their recordings a genuinely oppressive character.
A product of Poland's titan-grade death metal scene, this Gdańsk-based black metal act channels raw, lo-fi aggression channeled through kvlt aesthetics. Active since 2011, lo-fi authenticity lends their recordings a genuinely oppressive character.
A location-unknown black metal entity formed in 2021, Einmal operates in the shadows of the American underground with deliberate anonymity. The project's name — German for "once" — hints at an aesthetic of singular, uncompromising intent.
Black metal project from Lower Saxony, Germany, whose name means "loneliness" in German, active since 2013. Their solitary moniker reflects the isolated, introspective character of their atmospheric black metal compositions.
Atmospheric black/doom metal band from Saint Petersburg, Russia formed in 2021. Their German name — meaning "loneliness is darkness" — encapsulates their sound's blend of atmospheric bleakness, black metal hostility, and doom metal's crushing weight.
Active in Nitra since 2009, this Slovak act forges Black Metal built on corrosive riffing and misanthropic atmosphere. Frostbitten riffing and anti-cosmic lyrical themes define their output.
Atmospheric black metal solo project from Vienna by musician S.P. (known from Lebenssucht, Détresse, and ex-Svarta), blending depressive and soothing soundscapes with raw black metal intensity. Their 2024 self-titled debut explores mortality and the cycle of life and death across six immersive chapters.
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