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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
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Evidence (2023)
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Black metal project from Lugo, Galicia, Spain that emerged in 2024. They bring raw black metal fury from one of the oldest cities in northwestern Spain.
Melodic death/black metal act from the ancient Viking town of Ribe, Denmark, blending harmonic richness with extreme metal aggression since 2018. Their approach merges Scandinavian melodic traditions with the ferocity of black and death metal.
Black metal band from Portugal active since 2015. Their Latin name — meaning "invert the sign" — signals an adversarial, anti-establishment approach to black metal.
Philadelphia's Everwinter has been delivering raw, frost-bitten black metal since 2019, drawing on Philly's historically fierce underground scene while positioning themselves within the genre's most uncompromising traditions. Their name perfectly captures a black metal worldview where winter is not a season but a permanent spiritual condition.
One of the newest projects on this list, Cleveland, Tennessee's Every Sword Unsheathed formed in 2025 with a black/doom metal combination that suits the drama of their name. The Appalachian foothills of eastern Tennessee carry a weight of history and fatalism that resonates naturally with a sound built on slow, oppressive riffs and black metal ferocity.
Depressive/post-black metal project from the university town of Ilmenau in Thuringia, Germany, formed in 2024. Their nihilistic name drives a sound that merges depressive black metal's emotional extremity with the textural breadth of post-black metal.
A product of the Netherlands' punishingly heavy metal scene, this black metal act channels raw, lo-fi aggression channeled through kvlt aesthetics. Active since 2026, lo-fi authenticity lends their recordings a genuinely oppressive character.
Black metal project from Serres in northern Greece, active since 2011. Their Swedish name meaning 'Eternal Sorrow' reflects their bleak black metal vision from the Macedonian hinterland.
The Italian city of Vicenza serves as headquarters for this black metal operation, whose arsenal includes second-wave ferocity filtered through modern production sensibilities. Their recordings conjure desolation through sheets of tremolo-picked guitar.
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