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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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Lisbon black metal project active since 2014, with a Latin name referencing dark moonlight. Their approach channels the nocturnal, mystical side of black metal from Portugal's luminous but shadow-haunted capital.
Cypriot black/death metal act from Nicosia formed in 2022, representing the small but fierce Mediterranean island's extreme metal underground. Their fusion of blackened atmospherics with death metal's rhythmic brutality draws from both Greek and Northern European influences.
Cypriot black metal band from Nicosia, active since 2017 and representing the island's underground extreme scene. Their funeral-themed name channels the mournful, death-focused character of their black metal.
German post-black metal band from Cologne, blending atmospheric beauty with blackened intensity since 2016. Their sharp, cutting name channels the precision of their post-black metal approach.
San Diego's Obsidian Rite began in doom before gravitating toward black metal's harsher cold, and the tension between those two impulses gives their music its distinctive, brooding character. Formed in 2023, they're already building something that feels genuinely ominous.
Leipzig black metal/punk hybrid formed in 2024, welding blackened ferocity to punk's confrontational energy. Saxony's capital has long nurtured crossover acts that blur genre boundaries, and this project continues that lineage.
Ruthless Melodic Death Metal from Fort Worth.
Symphonic black/death metal band from Italy's Friuli-Venezia Giulia region, with roots dating to 1999. Over two decades of orchestral extreme metal from the northeastern Italian borderlands.
Atmospheric and post-black metal project from Albi in southern France's Occitanie region. The project channels contemplative, expansive post-black metal from the historic Cathar city.
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