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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
Featured Doom Metal Album
De Doorn (2022)
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Halo (2017)
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Pagan black/folk metal band from Nantes, France active since 2010. Their sound weaves French pagan traditions through black and folk metal from the Loire-Atlantique capital.
I.C.H.S. is a melodic black metal act from Ål, Norway, active since 2017 and channeling melodic sensibilities through the atmospheric intensity of black metal. The project delivers sweeping, emotionally resonant extreme metal.
Black metal band from Newcastle upon Tyne in northeastern England, active since 2013. Their abbreviated name channels black metal from the Tyne.
I.S.S. is a black metal project from Uppsala, Sweden, active since 2015 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Sweden black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
I4896 is a atmospheric black metal, ambient, trance act from Moscow, Russia, active since 2015 and crafting immersive, expansive compositions that push beyond conventional black metal boundaries. The project blends atmospheric textures with the intensity of extreme metal.
IAD is a black metal band from Osnabruck, Germany, active since 2008, forging atmospheric black metal from the lowlands of Lower Saxony. The band has spent over fifteen years building a body of work in the German black metal underground.
Industrial grindcore/black metal and noise project from the Centre-Val de Loire region, formed in 2021. Their Gnostic deity name channels chaotic, genre-crossing extremity from central France.
Ianoda is a black metal project from Timișoara, Romania, active since 2015 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Romania black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Experimental black/doom metal band from Toulouse in southwestern France, launched in 2025. Their sound pushes black and doom metal into experimental territory from the Occitan capital.
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