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Menacing atmospheric/psychedelic black metal project from Riga, carving a path through Latvia's underground since 2021. Steeped in second-wave tradition, their work explores misanthropy and desolation.
Atmospheric Black Metal project from Netherlands, forging fierce compositions since 2019. Their approach balances melodic undertones with the genre's most aggressive impulses.
Raw black metal project from an undisclosed French location, active since 2021. Their imperial name contrasts with the primitive approach of raw black metal they wield with conviction.
Heulend Horn is a one-man epic Viking/black metal project from Buenos Aires, with all instruments performed and composed by Friedrich Curwenius since 2003. The project's discography includes the debut "The Saga of the Draugr" (2003), the concept album "From the Caucasus to Gotland" (2006) released via Furias Records, and "Fragments from the 13th Century" (2013), all drawing on Viking mythology and medieval history.
Operating from Kolbotn, this raw black metal project has been shaping furious sound since 2018. Their compositions evoke desolate landscapes through raw, uncompromising aggression.
Born in the harsh underground of Oslo, this black metal act has delivered unflinching intensity since 2022. Their approach balances melodic undertones with the genre's most aggressive impulses.
Hevvn is a avant-garde black/death metal band from Kharkiv, Ukraine, formed in 2022. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
Seattle's Hewa arrived in 2018 with a stripped approach to black metal that suits the Pacific Northwest's damp and darkened character. Cold, deliberate, and unornamented, the project draws on the foundational grammar of the genre without borrowing its aesthetics wholesale.
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