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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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Huorn is a black metal/ambient project from Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom, active since 2022 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the United Kingdom black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Black metal project from Erfurt, Germany, formed in 2024. Their unconventionally named project delivers dark black metal from the Thuringian capital.
Bedroom black metal and death drone project. Merges early 90s black metal with Broken Flag-style industrial and Lustmord-esque dark ambient.
Huttetu is a black metal project from Stavanger, Norway, active since 2014 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Norway black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Forged in Ingelstad's metal community, this black metal act channels punishing aggression since 2018. Their sound channels tremolo-driven fury and blasting percussion through walls of distortion.
Melodic black/folk metal band from Gadebusch, Germany, formed in 2018. Named after the Norse mythological wellspring, they weave folk melodies into melodic black metal from the Mecklenburg countryside.
Austrian black metal project formed in 2018, named after Hvergelmir, the primordial wellspring of Norse mythology. Their atmospheric approach channels the cold desolation of Nordic landscapes through raw, unrelenting black metal.
Grim black metal from Sweden, contributing to the national scene since 2025. Cold atmospheres and venomous vocals define their particular approach to the genre.
Hvorost is a epic black/folk metal band from Vladivostok, Russia, formed in 2014. They weave folk traditions into heavy metal compositions.
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