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Raw black metal project from Pastavy, Belarus. Their stripped-down, lo-fi approach embraces the most primitive and unpolished currents of black metal from the Belarusian hinterlands.
Emerging from Saint-Dié-des-Vosges's underground, this black/death metal act has been forging vicious sonic fury since 2016. Their sound channels tremolo-driven fury and blasting percussion through walls of distortion.
Parisian black metal band Hell Militia formed in 1999 and released their debut album Canonisation of the Foul Spirit in 2005, drawing international attention with a sound that united old school necro aesthetics with the dissonant, ruptured approach characteristic of the French black metal underground. Jacob's Ladder (2013) solidified their position in the scene, while Hollow Void marked their return after nearly a decade of silence. Members have also participated in Arkhon Infaustus, Aosoth, and Temple of Baal, situating the band within France's tightly connected extreme metal network.
Black metal project from Mulhouse in Alsace near the Swiss and German borders, active since 2021. Their maleficent name channels dark sorcery into black metal informed by three converging European traditions.
Hell Poison is a one-man speed/black metal project from Teresina, Piauí, Brazil, created by the musician known as Deathhammer in 2015. The project draws heavily on Motörhead, Venom, Hellhammer, and Bathory, delivering raw and aggressive material across a prolific run of releases including Speed Metal Burns Your Mind (2017), Speedfreak Demons (2020), and Breathing for the Filth (2021). Hell Poison is distributed through Metal Scrap Records and has also appeared on a split with Brazilian band Thundertank.
Paris-based heavy metal and rock act active since 2013. Their French name meaning 'evil death' belies a sound that blends classic heavy metal with hard rock swagger from the French capital.
Sludge/Black Metal outfit rooted in Verona, channeling scorching underground intensity since 2024. Their compositions evoke desolate landscapes through raw, uncompromising aggression.
Hell Wehrwolf is a raw black metal project from Vilyuchinsk, Russia, active since 2021 and dealing in lo-fi, primitive black metal hostility stripped to its most essential and aggressive core. The project embraces the rawest traditions of the genre.
Blistering black/death/thrash metal emanating from Sopot, active since 2021 within Poland's metal scene. Steeped in second-wave tradition, their work explores misanthropy and desolation.
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