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AMENRA "Vanuytsel 7"" (2021)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Swedish black metal band from Jonkoping, formed in 2024 and named after the Czech village infamous for a WWII massacre. Their historically charged name signals the gravity and darkness of their black metal.
Norwegian black metal band from Bergen, formed in 2021 and channeling the city's storied black metal heritage. Their Old Norse name, meaning 'shield of protection,' connects them to Bergen's legendary black metal lineage.
Lied des Waldes — German for "Song of the Forest" — is an atmospheric black metal project from Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil. Their 2017 album "Withering Shades of Pale" is a seven-track release blending raw black metal with post-black metal elements and acoustic interludes, drawing on nature-themed lyrical imagery rooted in the German cultural heritage of the region.
French melodic black metal project formed in 2024, crafting harmonic darkness with pastoral, riverine imagery. Their approach blends nature-inspired contemplation with black metal's aggressive framework.
German melodic black/death metal band from Mainz, active since 2013 and blending harmonic richness with extreme metal aggression. Their sound channels melodic sensibility through the dual lens of black and death metal intensity.
Ukrainian raw black metal/crust band from Kharkiv, merging blackened hostility with punk rawness since 2016. Their nihilistic name channels the bleak, desperate energy of their volatile hybrid from Ukraine's embattled east.
Russian atmospheric black metal band from Nizhny Novgorod, crafting immersive, sorrowful compositions since 2013. Their descriptive name captures the enduring despair that permeates their atmospheric sound.
Atmospheric/depressive black metal and ambient project from Minsk, Belarus, performing entirely in Belarusian since 2021. Their work draws heavily on themes of nature, folklore, and national identity, wrapping historical struggle in layers of atmospheric black metal.
Swedish depressive black metal/post-punk band from Stockholm, formed in 2010 and blending DSBM's raw anguish with post-punk's angular atmospherics. Their oxymoronic name captures the paradoxical relationship between love and suffering in their sound.
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