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Heosphoros is an archaic black metal band from Córdoba, Argentina, formed in 2022 and drawing comparisons to Greek acts like Rotting Christ, Varathron, and Necromantia. Their debut demo "Aster Obscuration" (January 3, 2022) — a four-track cassette release — was picked up for physical distribution by labels including Fallen Temple, Warhemic Productions, and Nuclear Winter Records.
Black metal band from Mainz, Germany, formed in 2022. Named after the seven-pointed occult symbol, they forge ritualistic black metal from the Rhineland-Palatinate capital.
Rising from Thessaloniki in Greece, this black metal outfit harnesses volatile power since 2016. Steeped in second-wave tradition, their work explores misanthropy and desolation.
Raw black metal project from Barcelona, Spain, formed in 2024. Their lo-fi, ritualistic approach channels occult black metal from the Catalan underground.
Herbarium is a post-black metal band from Kharkiv, Ukraine, formed in 2023. They push black metal into atmospheric, post-metal territory.
Solo project from Gratwein, Austria helmed by Daemon Herbae, pioneering an unlikely fusion of black metal and reggae dubbed 'Herbal Black Metal.' Their 2026 self-titled debut on Dale of Shadows features three instrumental tracks that somehow make this audacious genre hybrid work.
Herds is a black/death/doom metal band from Yorkshire, England, formed in 2009. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
Black metal project from North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, active since 2016. Their commanding sound channels fierce black metal intensity from the most populous German state.
Heredes is a black metal project from Lyon, France, active since 2009 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the France black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
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