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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
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Evidence (2023)
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Black/death metal project with roots in Germany and later based in Tampa, Florida, active since 2015 and bridging European and American extreme metal traditions. Their transatlantic approach draws from both continents' distinct approaches to black and death metal.
Los Angeles raw black metal act Kavaldra strip the genre back to its most caustic, unpolished essentials, harnessing deliberate lo-fi abrasion and atmosphere in equal measure since 2020.
The Swedish city of Gothenburg serves as headquarters for this black metal and raw black metal operation, whose arsenal includes corrosive riffing and misanthropic atmosphere. Frostbitten riffing and anti-cosmic lyrical themes define their output.
Kavra is a doom/sludge and black metal band from Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico, formed in 2002 and still active. Their sound shifted from early doom and sludge toward black metal and experimental territory, documented across releases such as Extraños días de Pandra (2010) and the EP Nekuon Kataethneoton (2017).
Hammond, Louisiana's Kavyk have been perfecting their brand of blackened death metal since 2015, conjuring a suffocating atmosphere that feels unmistakably rooted in the damp heat of the Deep South.
Moravian black metal project formed in 2019, channeling the dark forests and rolling hills of the Czech countryside into atmospheric black metal. Their sound draws from the Eastern European black metal tradition with a distinctly Moravian character.
Andalusian black metal project formed in 2023, pairing the genre's cold aggression with an incongruously cute Japanese-inspired name. Their irreverent aesthetic masks genuinely dark, uncompromising black metal.
Pagan/black metal band from Athens, one of Greece's longest-running Hellenic pagan metal acts, with roots stretching back to the early 1990s and continuing into 2022. Their music draws deeply from ancient Greek mythology, religion, and philosophy, setting them apart within the broader black metal landscape.
French post-black metal project formed in 2025, building atmospheric, expansive compositions. Their name referencing a Turkic deity adds Central Asian mysticism to their French post-black metal vision.
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