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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
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De Doorn (2022)
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Halo (2017)
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Florida's Earthmother, around since 2015, inhabits the space where post-black metal's atmospheric sprawl meets hardcore's immediate, physical intensity — an emotionally raw combination that doesn't soften either influence.
Black metal project from Hinckley, England formed in 2017. They channel dark intensity from the Leicestershire town.
War-torn black metal band from Ipswich, England active since 2007, signed to Cacophonous and Candlelight Records. Their 2016 album EmpirE features a collaboration with Dani Filth of Cradle of Filth on the track Crimson Mourn.
Black metal, doom, and stoner metal band from Glasgow, Scotland active since 2013. They deliver a hazy blend of blackened doom and stoner heaviness from Scotland's largest city.
Founded in 2024, Easy Way is a depressive atmospheric black metal project with roots in American DSBM tradition — cold, interior, and built from the kind of suffering that doesn't announce itself loudly.
Chicago's Eat Their Own fuses black and death metal into something antagonistic and unapologetic, a product of a city with a long tradition of underground extremity that dates back to their 2015 formation.
Formed in 2023, this Black Metal and Depressive Black Metal outfit delivers tremolo-picked fury and blast-beat savagery. Their place within Italy's underrated but thriving metal community speaks to the depth of the region's heavy music culture.
Utrecht's metal underground has produced no shortage of heavy acts, and this atmospheric black metal and black metal unit is among them — wielding venomous shrieks over walls of distortion. The compositions unfold with ritualistic patience and venomous intent.
Santa Barbara, California's Eating Fear blends black and death metal into a coastal darkness, active since 2012 and operating outside the typical scenes that tend to define both genres.
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