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Vault Of Horrors (2024)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Based in Sicily, this black/death metal project has been a fixture of Italy's underground since 2022. Their approach balances melodic undertones with the genre's most aggressive impulses.
Thrash metal act from Belfast in Northern Ireland, active since 2020. Their retaliatory name suits aggressive thrash compositions forged across the Irish Sea.
Furious black metal project from Komen, carving a path through Slovenia's underground since 2014. Rooted in orthodox black metal, their work channels darkness with unwavering conviction.
German extreme metal project formed in 2023, evolving from black metal origins into death metal territory. Their stylistic shift demonstrates a deepening aggression in their approach to extreme music.
Human Void is a black/death/industrial metal band from Arco (Trento), Italy, formed in 2010. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
Rising from Santo Tirso in Portugal, this black/death metal (early); black metal (later) outfit harnesses blistering power since 2000. Rooted in orthodox black metal, their work channels darkness with unwavering conviction.
New Jersey's Humanicide blend black metal's cold fury with the d-beat pulse and social rage of crust punk, forging something that sounds like civilization finally getting what it deserves. A project as hostile to comfort as the name implies.
Black metal band from Leipzig, Germany, active since 2016. Their name meaning 'Humanity Is An Error,' they channel misanthropic black metal philosophy from the Saxon cultural capital.
Filthy Black Metal from Dripping Springs.
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