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A black metal project from Poznań, Mordhell has been crafting dark compositions since 2003. One of Greater Poland's veteran black metal projects, the band channels over two decades of misanthropic fury.
One of the longer-running black metal acts in Southern California, Santa Ana's Mordor have maintained their dark vision since 1994 — an impressive run for the Los Angeles area underground. Their name, drawn from Tolkien's realm of shadow, anchors them in the mythological and fantastical tradition of early European black metal.
Mordrake is a band from Bristol, England, formed in 2014, having evolved from melodic death and groove metal into melodic blackened death metal. Their stylistic deepening reflects an increasing embrace of black metal's atmospheric intensity.
Mordran is a depressive/raw atmospheric black metal/dark ambient band from Alingsås, Sweden, formed in 2021. They craft expansive, atmospheric black metal compositions with textural depth.
Mordrean is a one-woman black metal project by Demona, rooted in raw, winter-drenched atmospheres drawn from anti-Christian philosophy and dark paganism. The debut demo "Under the Black Frost" arrived in 2014, and the project has continued to grow, culminating in the 2023 full-length "In Memoriam Tenebris" released through Dominance of Darkness Records.
Mordrefek is a black metal project from an undisclosed UK location, formed in 2024. The project delivers raw, atmospheric black metal with the kind of deliberate anonymity that characterizes the genre's most secretive practitioners.
Mordstorm is a raw black metal project from Belarus, formed in 2025, affiliated with the Schwarzer Orden der Malum (Black Order of Evil). Their 2025 demo '...As the Pyre Devours the Black Sky' delivers seven tracks of unpolished, lo-fi black metal steeped in nihilistic atmosphere and ritualistic intensity.
A black metal act from the Bavarian city of Ingolstadt, Moredhel has been crafting dark compositions since 2003. One of the region's veteran black metal projects, the band channels over two decades of atmospheric extremity.
Moreld is a folk metal act with black metal influences from Bergen, active since 2019. The band channels Norwegian folk traditions into aggressive, nature-inspired compositions from the country's western capital.
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