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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
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De Doorn (2022)
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Halo (2017)
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Sweeping and desolate, Oaken Palace craft atmospheric black metal that conjures the grey skies and frozen stillness of the upper Midwest. Their sound trades brutality for texture — cavernous, layered, and haunted by a deep sense of place.
Geneva-based death/black metal act forged in 2020, merging the rhythmic precision of death metal with the tonal hostility of black metal. Switzerland's French-speaking underground has long punched above its weight in extreme metal, and this project continues that tradition.
Symphonic/black metal band from Hyvinkää, Finland, with roots dating to 1999. Over two decades they have blended orchestral grandeur with the ferocity of Finnish black metal.
Belgian black metal project from Brussels, formed in 2021 and channeling raw hostility. Their name fuses concepts of oath and protection, signaling the guarded, ritualistic character of their black metal.
Black metal project from Kuopio, Finland, active since 2018. The project channels cold, hostile black metal from the heart of Finland's eastern lakeland.
El Paso black/thrash veterans active since 1992. Named after the Bathory track. Prolific catalog of war-themed filth spanning three decades.
Malmo melodic black/death metal act active since 2014, blending the two styles from southern Sweden's largest city. Their approach draws naturally from the region's deep well of both melodic death metal and black metal traditions.
Spanish black metal project formed in 2024, among the newest entries in the Iberian black metal underground. With a name meaning 'promise' in Polish, the project hints at Eastern European influences alongside its Spanish roots.
A solo endeavor by the artist known as Kaelreth, Oblique Silhouette operates in the overlap between raw black metal, depressive black metal, and ambient, producing everything in a bedroom setting. The project's debut, the three-track EP Through the Hate Forests (December 2022), established a tone of deep melancholy and isolation, followed by a second EP, Grimlands Under the Moon Spectre, that pushed further into atmospheric territory.
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