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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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Doom/death/black metal band from Lyon with remarkably early origins dating to 1968, making them one of the oldest extreme metal acts in France if not Europe. Their multi-genre approach merges three dark metal styles into a uniquely weighty sound.
Yaroslavl's metal underground has produced no shortage of heavy acts, and this black metal, death metal, and gothic metal unit is among them — wielding lush keyboard atmospherics layered over crushing rhythmic power. Uncompromising in their vision, they deliver exactly what their audience demands.
Raw black metal from the small Hudson Valley city of Port Jervis, New York, Karcinosin have been cultivating a corrosive, stripped-down approach to the genre since 2020. Their music carries the cold isolation of rural upstate New York in every crumbling, lo-fi riff.
Deathgrind outfit from Linz whose self-described sound is simply "filthy and grimy," with three releases spanning a decade from Fuck Sanity in 2015 to Severe Dysfunction in 2025. Their short, punishing tracks blend black and death metal intensity with grindcore brevity.
Black/death metal band from Kouvola representing the Karelian diaspora of southeastern Finland, active since 2005 with a name evoking their Karelian roots. Their two decades of extreme metal channel the warrior spirit of Finland's eastern borderland.
Solo post-black metal project led by V. Waydringer from the Austrian Alps, active since 2006 with a prolific catalog of over ten albums including Dornenvögel and Resignation. Known for blending atmospheric, introspective songwriting with harsh black metal and lyrics performed in Austrian dialect.
Black metal project from Kothen in Saxony-Anhalt, active since 2016 and forging cold, abrasive compositions from the eastern German lowlands. Their raw approach channels classic black metal's misanthropic spirit.
Black metal project from Turku with an evocative Finnish name meaning "the void of the bear guardian," formed in 2020. Their atmospheric compositions draw on Finnish nature mythology and the mystical power of the bear in Finnish folklore.
Black metal project from Nuremberg, formed in 2022 and contributing to the Franconian underground's growing extreme metal scene. Their sound draws on the atmospheric and aggressive traditions of European black metal.
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