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Black metal project from Chambery in the French Alps, launched in 2023. They channel cold Alpine atmospheres through harsh black metal from the Savoie region.
Atmospheric black metal project from Centre-Val de Loire, France formed in 2022. They craft immersive black metal from the heart of the French countryside.
Part of Italy's underrated but thriving metal community, this act channels black metal and symphonic metal with a focus on orchestral grandeur married to heavy guitar-driven foundations. Formed in 1998, based in Rome, every recording pushes a little further into uncharted sonic territory.
Practitioners of black metal, this Italian outfit from Treviso has been refining their craft since 2020. Their sound hinges on corrosive riffing and misanthropic atmosphere, delivered with punishing consistency.
Eligos is a death/black metal band from Brasília, Brazil, drawing on lyrical themes of Satanism, the Goetia, Thelema, and occultism. The band has released material including the track "Beast's Millenium Devours the World" through Prometheus Records, pursuing an uncompromising extreme metal approach rooted in the Brazilian underground scene.
Black metal, doom, and sludge band from Reykjavik, Iceland formed in 2021. They channel the harsh volcanic landscapes through extreme metal.
Named after the occultist Éliphas Lévi, this Hazleton, Pennsylvania act fuses melodic black metal sweep with death metal's heaviest low-end, wrapping cold atmospheric passages around aggressive tremolo-driven assault.
Named after the tragic figure who died at the Cecil Hotel, this Los Angeles black metal project channels dread and unease into its music — atmosphere soaked in paranoia and the feeling of being watched in a dark corridor.
Atmospheric black metal project from France launched in 2024. They deliver layered, contemplative black metal atmospheres.
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