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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
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Evidence (2023)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Hailing from Ålesund in Norway, this black metal outfit channels aggressive energy since 2025. Their approach balances melodic undertones with the genre's most aggressive impulses.
Raw black metal project from Belgium, steadily building a body of work across four numbered demos since their formation in 2019. Each release strips the genre down to its most primal elements, favoring unpolished aggression over studio refinement.
Haunted Keep is a black metal project from Kraków, Poland, active since 2025 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Poland black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Chicago's Haunted Knight channel melodic black metal into a sound that balances scorching intensity with dark, sweeping atmosphere, carving out a presence in the Midwest underground since 2022.
Raw lo-fi black metal outfit from Vienna, Austria, formed in 2023. Featuring Lord Blackout and Count Necro on vocals, Frost Commander on guitar, and The Machine on drums, they channel the rawest traditions of the second wave into stripped-down, forest-themed black metal.
Haunted Visions is a melodic black/death metal band from Fosen, Norway, formed in 2022. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
An uncompromising black metal act from the romanian underground, active since 2018. Their approach balances melodic undertones with the genre's most aggressive impulses.
Critically acclaimed progressive black/death on Profound Lore Records. All members also play in the country band Calico Bonnet.
California's Haunter fuse black metal and punk into an abrasive and energetic hybrid, stripping both styles down to their most confrontational qualities and igniting them in the same short fuse.
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