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The Age Of Entitlement (2019)
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rosemary (2023)
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L'Envol (2024)
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Black metal project from Uelzen in Lower Saxony, Germany, active since 2011. Named 'Heathen Forest,' their atmospheric sound evokes the ancient woodlands of northern Germany through raw black metal.
Black metal project from Karlsruhe, Germany, formed in 2021. Their name translating to 'Heathen Rage,' they channel fierce, uncompromising black metal from the Baden region.
Pagan/black metal project from Wadrill, Germany, formed in 2024. Their sound celebrates Germanic pagan heritage through blackened metal fury from the wooded hills of the Saarland.
Austrian black metal project from Seewalchen, active since 2016, drawing on epic folk and pagan black metal traditions. Their releases incorporate Slavic mythology, Balkan geography, and occultist themes, channeling influences from Bathory, Falkenbach, and early Behemoth.
Belgian black metal act from Eeklo, formed in 2019. Their sound channels the second wave of black metal through a modern European lens, delivering cold, uncompromising extremity from the Flemish underground.
Heift is a black metal project from Hveragerði, Iceland, active since 2018 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Iceland black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Heights of Despair is a depressive black metal band from Pontremoli (Massa-Carrara), Italy, formed in 2013. They channel bleak, emotionally devastating black metal from the depths of despair.
Los Angeles outfit Heil drags black metal into the sweat-soaked chaos of hardcore, fusing scathing tremolo aggression with the blunt physicality of the pit. Since 2012 they have weaponized both traditions into something confrontational and hard to classify.
Heilige Sonne is a black metal project from Grand Est / Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, active since 2024 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the France black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
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