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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Eretz-Nod is a death/black metal band from San Juan Teotihuacán, State of Mexico, formed in 2020. They released their debut album "Qayin" in May 2020, a six-track occult black/death metal record. The band is unsigned and active.
Melodic black/death metal band from Thessaloniki, Greece formed in 2022. They blend melody with extreme metal ferocity from the Macedonian capital.
Boise raw black metal project Ergaster — named for the hominid ancestor Homo ergaster — channels something primal and evolutionary, stripping the genre down to its most feral, unpolished essentials.
Black metal project from Toulouse, France active since 2014. They channel occult darkness from the Pink City of southern France.
Portland, Maine blackened doom metal act Ergi inhabit the bleak coastal winter of New England, drawing the name from Old Norse taboo and channeling that transgressive weight into slow, anguished heaviness.
Raw black metal project from France launched in 2022. They deliver lo-fi, uncompromising black metal in the rawest tradition.
Black metal project from France active since 2015. They bring cold, unrelenting black metal from the French underground.
Black metal project from County Meath, Ireland launched in 2026. They bring fresh black metal from the Irish midlands.
Melodic black/death metal act from Munich, Germany, named after one of the world's oldest Sumerian cities, active since 2019. Their ancient Mesopotamian namesake lends historical gravitas to their fusion of melodic richness and extreme metal aggression.
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