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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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French atmospheric black metal band from Metz, crafting immersive, expansive compositions since 2016. Their name evokes the lingering, reluctant quality of their atmospheric approach to black metal.
Swedish black/heavy metal band from Tranas with roots stretching back to 1989, making them one of the longest-running acts here. Their over three decades of metal span the full evolution of Scandinavian extreme and heavy metal.
French atmospheric black/doom metal band from Paris, blending mournful atmosphere with crushing heaviness since 2019. Their name evokes the tragic, sacrificial romance that permeates their melancholic sound.
Russian black metal band from Barnaul in Siberia, formed in 2023 and channeling raw darkness from the Altai region. Their paradoxical name channels the concept of love through black metal's hostile framework.
Spanish atmospheric black metal/shoegaze project from Barcelona, formed in 2022 and merging tremolo-picked fury with dreamy, reverb-soaked textures. Their name, meaning 'distant lights,' captures the ethereal, shimmering quality of their blackgaze sound.
Crushing Blackened Death Metal from Fort Worth.
Greek black metal band from Athens, releasing their debut 'The Wiccan' on Dark Essence Records in 2015. Their eight-track album delivers classic Hellenic black metal across 38 minutes, with connections to Greece's storied extreme metal lineage including Rotting Christ associations.
Luciferi was a black metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, whose sole verified release is the 1994 demo cassette Thy Fullmoon Rites, featuring five tracks including "Cold Shadows over Transylvanian Moon" and "In the Mystic Fire of Hades." The demo was recorded by a two-core lineup operating under the pseudonyms Lord of the Darkness and Beelzebuth Guardian. The band also appeared on the Teach Your Soul with Fire underground compilation tape before dissolving.
Portuguese black metal and dungeon synth project from Lisbon, formed in 2024 and blending blackened intensity with medieval synth atmospherics. Their name channels Luciferian musicality through the dual lens of extreme metal and retro-synthetic darkness.
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