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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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Tampa's Othalan take the ancient rune at their core seriously, fusing pagan metal's folk-infused grandeur with the raw cold of black metal in a city better known for death metal extremity. Since 2013, they've stood apart from Florida's scene with a distinctly Northern spiritual character.
Dijon's Otium Adei inhabits the desolate intersection of depressive black metal and funeral doom, crafting glacially paced compositions drenched in melancholy. Their suffocating atmosphere and anguished vocals create an immersive experience of profound bleakness.
Atmospheric black metal project from Iisalmi, a small town in Finland's Savo region, active since 2020. The project channels the vast Finnish lakeland landscapes into sweeping atmospheric black metal.
Poznan black/death metal act with hardcore elements, formed in 2023. Their Polish name -- meaning 'stupor' or 'numbness' -- suits a style that batters the listener into submission through relentless aggression from multiple extreme genres.
Cornwall's Oubliette channels the isolation of England's southwestern tip into claustrophobic black metal that feels genuinely remote and forsaken. Their atmospheric approach evokes the desolate moorlands and rugged coastline of their home region.
Formed in Fresno, California in 2021, Our Ascending Kingdom deal in the collision of black and death metal — blastbeats and tremolo riffing shot through with death metal's visceral brutality. The Central Valley heat seems to fuel a relentless, caustic intensity that sets them apart from the coastal scene. A young act with a vicious early ambition.
Warrington's Our Great Adversary delivers fierce black metal with a confrontational edge, combining blast-driven aggression with darker, more atmospheric passages. Their compositions balance relentless intensity with moments of brooding menace.
Bordeaux's Ouranos delivers fierce French black metal rooted in the second-wave tradition, with tremolo-picked melodies cutting through dense blast-beat storms. Their raw but purposeful production aesthetic preserves the genre's essential hostility while allowing melodic nuance to emerge.
Black metal band from Nowy Sącz in southern Poland, with roots dating to 2001. Nearly a quarter century of black metal from the Lesser Poland region represents exceptional underground dedication.
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