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Actin' Up (2023)
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The Mountain Of Gold (2018)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Necronoir is a black metal project from the Brest Region of Belarus, emerging in 2025. The project's name fuses death and darkness, signaling a bleak approach to black metal from western Belarus.
Płock black metal project formed in 2022, channeling raw darkness from the Masovian city on the Vistula River. Their uncompromising approach draws from the genre's deepest underground traditions.
Kungsängen death/black metal act formed in 2010, merging both genres' extreme qualities from the Stockholm suburbs. Their fusion channels darkness and brutality in equal measure.
Necrophorium is a black metal project from Geneva, Switzerland, formed in 2021. Named after the genus of burying beetles, the project channels decomposition themes through cold black metal from francophone Switzerland.
Köping black metal act formed in 2011, channeling atmospheric darkness from the Västmanland region of central Sweden. Their sustained output speaks to black metal's enduring appeal.
Kryvyi Rih melodic black/death metal act formed in 2021, weaving melodic sophistication through extreme metal frameworks from Ukraine's elongated industrial city. Their fusion channels the emotive range of both genres.
Necropolaris is a black metal project from Kozmodemyansk in Mari El, Russia, active since 2018. They bring polar darkness from this small Volga River town deep in the Russian heartland.
Necropolitan is an experimental/progressive black metal band from England, active since 2015. Their sound pushes black metal into progressive and experimental territory.
Necropota is a grindcore, black metal, and brutal death metal band from Madrid, active since 2011. The band delivers a chaotic fusion of extreme subgenres from the Spanish capital.
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