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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
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Evidence (2023)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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San Francisco's Kerasphorus are steeped in the most blasphemous traditions of black/death metal, channeling a chaotic, bestial energy since 2016 that puts them squarely in the lineage of war metal extremity.
Black/pagan metal band from Bad Segeberg in Schleswig-Holstein, active since 2005 and drawing on Norse and Germanic pagan themes. Their two decades of output have established them as a fixture of the northern German pagan metal underground.
Swedish black metal project active since 2018, contributing to Sweden's deep well of black metal artistry. The project delivers cold, aggressive black metal in the Scandinavian tradition.
Raw black metal project from Lahti in southern Finland, formed in 2024 and delivering lo-fi, stripped-back compositions. Their name combining "dungeon" and "angel" imagery captures the paradox of beauty within rawness.
Black metal project from Ubach-Palenberg near the Dutch border in western Germany, active since 2014 and channeling cold, aggressive compositions. Their Germanic-named project draws from the raw traditions of European black metal.
Linköping, Sweden — black metal and pagan metal of the most uncompromising kind. Active since 2014, they deal in ancestral invocations amplified through black metal's sonic template. The combination of influences yields something more interesting than any single genre label implies.
Lecce's metal underground has produced no shortage of heavy acts, and this black metal unit is among them — wielding dissonant chord progressions shrouded in reverb-drenched malice. Atmosphere and hostility share equal billing in their work.
Oregon black/death metal outfit Kesselschlacht arrived in 2024 with a militaristic edge baked into their very name — their music carries the same sense of brutal, overwhelming force.
Underground to the core, this avant-garde metal and black metal act from Pordenone traffics in icy tremolo lines cascading over relentless percussion. Since 2017, they've built a catalog that reflects Italy's underrated but thriving metal community.
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