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Straddling the line between black metal and folk metal, this Swedish actfrom Borlänge fuses regional folk traditions amplified through distortion and blast beats into a cohesive whole. They've been at it since 2014, and their sound resists easy categorization, blending influences into something distinctly their own.
Melodic black/doom metal project from the Engadin valley in the Swiss Alps, merging the bleakness of black metal with doom's crushing weight since 2010. Their Alpine setting infuses their sound with the isolation and grandeur of Switzerland's most dramatic mountain landscapes.
Black metal project from France active since 2016. They channel diabolic themes through raw black metal intensity.
Practitioners of black metal, this Russian outfit has been refining their craft since 2011. Their sound hinges on second-wave ferocity filtered through modern production sensibilities, delivered with raw determination.
Melodic black metal band from Tarbes in the French Pyrenees, active since 2016. They blend melody with black metal ferocity from the foothills of the mountains.
Underground to the core, this black metal and death metal act from Poland traffics in tremolo-picked fury and blast-beat savagery. Since 2015, they've built a catalog that reflects Poland's relentlessly productive underground.
A black metal project out of Coppell, Texas, Evcharist has been working in the Texas black metal underground since 2021 with a name that fuses devotional imagery with darkness. The DFW Metroplex's burgeoning extreme scene provides the backdrop for their cold, corrosive approach to the genre.
Huntsville, Alabama's Evelyna traffics in atmospheric and post-black metal since forming in 2021, blending the ferocity of black metal with expansive, emotionally resonant textures that push against the genre's more rigid constraints. Their existence in the Deep South adds a particular isolation and intensity to their sound.
Black and gothic metal act from Lappeenranta, Finland formed in autumn 1996 by Tomi Mykkanen and vocalist Jarno Taskula. They have shared stages with Anathema, Samael, Lacuna Coil, and Vader, with a discography spanning from In Thine Majesty to III.
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