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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Based in Skopje, this folk/black metal project has been a fixture of North Macedonia's underground since 2014. Steeped in second-wave tradition, their work explores misanthropy and desolation.
Los Angeles' Highland have been working a raw and confrontational strain of black metal since 2013, finding in the city's sprawl and contradictions a fitting backdrop for music this harsh and austere. The project operates at the margin of the local scene rather than its center.
From the small town of Wilmore, Kentucky, Highmass have cultivated a brand of black metal since 2012 that carries the weight of geographic isolation. Their sound is cold and deliberate, indifferent to the underground's shifting fashions.
Black metal project from Neuhaus am Rennweg/Sonneberg, Germany, formed in 2020. Their atmospheric black metal emerges from the remote forested highlands of the Thuringian Forest.
Hiidenhauta is a melodic black metal band from Pori, Finland, formed in 2013. They craft atmospheric melodic black metal with sweeping melodies and emotional depth.
Hiidenkulkija is a black metal project from Kuopio, Finland, active since 2018 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Finland black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Hiidensurma is a atmospheric black metal band from Finland, formed in 2017. They craft expansive, atmospheric black metal compositions with textural depth.
Tampa's Hiilessa — whose name derives from a Finnish word meaning to smolder — arrived in 2023 with black metal that lives up to the slow burn the name implies. Situated in Florida's historically fertile extreme metal environment, the project carves out a colder, more Nordic-flavored space.
Hiisi is a black metal project from Tampere, Finland, active since 2025 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Finland black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
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