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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
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Turkish raw black metal project from Zonguldak, formed in 2024 and channeling lo-fi hostility. Their approach brings raw black metal's unpolished fury to the Turkish underground.
Hungarian black metal project formed in 2011, channeling demonic themes through raw intensity. Their name references a Mesopotamian demon, reflecting the ancient, occult character of their black metal.
Richmond, Virginia's Lair descend into funeral doom and sludge territory so low and slow it feels geological, pressing listeners into the earth one agonizing riff at a time. Formed in 2019, they've become one of the South's most crushing doom acts.
Scottish black metal band from Glasgow, formed in 2019 and named after a mountain pass in the Cairngorms. Their sound channels the wild, exposed character of the Scottish Highlands through raw black metal intensity.
Philadelphia's Lake of Bile emerged in 2025 with raw black metal corroded by noise, trading atmosphere for corrosion and melody for abrasion. They represent the most caustic end of Philly's burgeoning underground black metal scene.
Spanish avant-garde black metal project from Seville, pushing black metal's boundaries through experimental, unconventional approaches since 2020. Their sound challenges genre conventions with adventurous compositions rooted in Andalusian creativity.
Italian black metal project formed in 2018, channeling ancient Mesopotamian demonic themes through raw intensity. Named after the demon Lamashtu, their sound bridges archaic mythology with blackened aggression.
Bosnian black metal project emerging in 2018, conjuring evil atmosphere through dungeon synth-tinged ambient black metal performed entirely with real instruments. Their prolific output spans numerous releases of dark, ritualistic aggression.
Lammashta is a death/black metal band from Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil, active since the early 2000s on the Sociedade dos Mortos label. The band cites influences including Immolation, Grave Miasma, and Deicide, and released the full-length "The Pandemonium Begins Here" in 2017 followed by "Anonymous: The Curse of Lammashta" in 2018. Both albums were recorded at DBS Sound Studio in Maceió and showcase the band's blasting, war-metal-adjacent approach to the genre.
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