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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
Featured Power Metal Album
No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Black Metal project from Finland, forging punishing compositions since 2017. Their compositions evoke desolate landscapes through raw, uncompromising aggression.
Black Metal outfit rooted in Besançon, channeling scorching underground intensity. Their sound channels tremolo-driven fury and blasting percussion through walls of distortion.
Black metal project from Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, active since 2010. Their cold, domineering sound channels atmospheric black metal from the northernmost reaches of Germany.
Death metal outfit from Lille in northern France, active since 2023. Their sound channels the industrial grit of France's Flemish-influenced northern metropolis into crushing death metal.
Hersir is a black metal project from Gothenburg, Sweden, active since 2021 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Sweden black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Black metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in 2020. Their name meaning 'Ruler' in Danish, they command dark, atmospheric black metal from the heart of Scandinavia.
Hertless is a depressive black metal, ambient band from Kelty, England, formed in 2017. They channel bleak, emotionally devastating black metal from the depths of despair.
Pagan Black Metal project from Finland, forging menacing compositions since 2021. Their compositions evoke desolate landscapes through raw, uncompromising aggression.
Heruka is a symphonic black metal band from Erice (Trapani), Italy, formed in 2019. They layer orchestral grandeur over fierce black metal foundations.
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