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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
Featured Doom Metal Album
De Doorn (2022)
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Halo (2017)
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Russian/Finnish atmospheric black metal project originating in Saint Petersburg and now based in Helsinki, formed in 2024. Their cross-border identity channels the atmospheric traditions of both Nordic and Russian black metal.
Ukrainian blackened death metal band from Irpin, merging volcanic intensity with extreme metal since 2021. Their elemental name captures the molten, subterranean fury of their blackened death approach.
Portuguese death/black metal band from Porto, merging death metal brutality with blackened atmosphere since 2020. Their epidemiological name channels the spreading, infectious character of their extreme metal.
Texas black metal project Lay Down and Rot embodies their name fully — unornamented, suffocating darkness delivered with the kind of bleak conviction that the lone star state's underground does best.
Louisville's Lay Your Ghost to Rest craft atmospheric black metal that feels shaped by the Ohio River Valley's murky atmosphere — sweeping, melancholic, and haunted since 2023.
Tucson's Lazer Throne occupy an unusual space between dungeon synth's fantasy-drenched atmospherics and atmospheric black metal's desolate intensity — an otherworldly project born in 2022 from the Arizona desert.
Dutch raw black metal/noise project from Amsterdam, formed in 2018 and merging lo-fi hostility with harsh noise. Their vowel-stripped name adds cryptic aggression to their abrasive hybrid sound.
French black metal project from Lille, formed in 2023 and channeling dark intensity. Their name, meaning 'The Paupers' Square,' evokes imagery of death and forgotten souls.
French avant-garde/psychedelic black metal project from Toulouse, formed in 2024 and pushing black metal into experimental, mind-expanding territory. Their approach blends psychedelic textures with avant-garde structures and black metal ferocity.
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