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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Bavarian experimental gothic/black metal act active since 2006, blending depressive black metal with hard rock elements across releases like 'Ebola.' Their German-language material explores dark themes through an unconventional fusion of gothic atmosphere and extreme metal aggression.
German black/death metal duo from the Nuremberg/Arzberg area, delivering raw extremity since 2014. Their name, translating roughly to 'corpse desecrator,' signals the uncompromising brutality of their blackened death metal assault.
German black metal project from Paderborn active since 2016, channeling raw hostility through atmospheric blackened soundscapes. Their name, meaning 'corpse forest,' reflects the morbid, nature-tinged darkness of their sound.
German black metal project from Zwickau, emerging in 2025 with a fresh take on the genre's raw traditions. Their name, meaning 'funeral procession,' captures the bleak, ritualistic character of their black metal approach.
German black metal project active since 2019, channeling anguish and suffering through raw black metal intensity. Their name, meaning 'suffering' in German, distills the emotional core of their sound into a single word.
German death/black metal act from Uelzen, formed in 2024 and blending death metal's crushing heaviness with black metal's atmospheric hostility. Their name, meaning 'suffering,' reflects the punishing character of their extreme metal fusion.
Hungarian raw black metal project from Zalaegerszeg, active since 2012 and channeling lo-fi hostility. Their sound embraces the unpolished, primitive character of raw black metal.
Named for one of the world's most venomous scorpions, Melbourne, Florida's Leiurus inject progressive ambition into their blackened death metal, taking the genre into longer, more compositionally complex territory since forming in 2022. The venom is just as potent for being patient.
Lembrando os Mortos is a black metal project from Chuí, a border town between Brazil and Uruguay, formed in 2013. Their debut demo Ritual de Despedida was released the same year, subsequently issued on CD by Metalthrone Productions and on professional tape by the German label SchattenKult Productionen in 2014. The project has since released additional material including Cerimonias ao Abismo and Na imensa negridão da alma, continuing to explore cold, lo-fi black metal from one of Brazil's southernmost cities.
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