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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
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Evidence (2023)
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Raw black metal and ambient project from Germany, merging the genre's most primitive aggression with ethereal, atmospheric layers since 2014. Their approach creates a stark contrast between lo-fi black metal fury and contemplative ambient passages.
Sandhem, Sweden — black metal of the most uncompromising kind. Active since 2018, they deal in raw, lo-fi aggression channeled through kvlt aesthetics. Lo-fi authenticity lends their recordings a genuinely oppressive character.
Black metal project from Lappeenranta, Finland launched in 2018. They channel cold northern black metal from Finland's southeastern border.
Sweden — black metal of the most uncompromising kind. Active since 2016, they deal in raw, lo-fi aggression channeled through kvlt aesthetics. Lo-fi authenticity lends their recordings a genuinely oppressive character.
The Russian city of Yekaterinburg serves as headquarters for this atmospheric black metal and black metal operation, whose arsenal includes second-wave ferocity filtered through modern production sensibilities. Their recordings conjure desolation through sheets of tremolo-picked guitar.
Practitioners of black metal, this Russian outfit from Chernyakhovsk has been refining their craft since 2018. Their sound hinges on corrosive riffing and misanthropic atmosphere, delivered with unshakable resolve.
Draper, Utah's Elderwood draws on atmospheric folk and black metal traditions to evoke the ancient forests and wide landscapes that sit just beyond the Wasatch Front. Active since 2016, the band channels a pastoral, deeply rooted mysticism.
Atmospheric black metal act from Copenhagen, Denmark, channeling Norse mythology through immersive, textured compositions since 2010. Named after the hall of the dead in Norse cosmology, their sound carries the weight of Viking-age darkness.
When Eldprov emerged in 2020 from Gällivare, they brought with them a sound rooted in black metal, death metal, and thrash metal — all frigid atmospherics and razor-wire guitar tone. Blast beats and shrieked vocals create an impenetrable wall of darkness.
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