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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
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Evidence (2023)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Black metal and punk hybrid from Minsk, Belarus, formed in 2018, merging the raw fury of black metal with the stripped-down urgency of punk rock. They represent the Belarusian underground's willingness to blur genre boundaries.
Blackened death metal horde featuring former members of Thornspawn, Hod, and Burial Shroud. Filthy, bestial sound in the vein of Blasphemy and Necrovore.
Named after one of Bulgaria's most iconic mountain ranges, Pirin channels the cold grandeur of the Balkan wilderness into atmospheric black metal. Active since 2015 out of Stara Zagora, their sound evokes windswept peaks and ancient Thracian landscapes.
Black metal band from Saint Petersburg, Russia, formed in 2024, bringing freshly baked black metal fury from Russia's cultural capital. They join the newest generation of Petersburg black metal.
Named for the southern constellation that swallows the river Eridanus, Tupelo, Mississippi's Piscis Austrinus pours raw, unadorned black metal into the deep American South — a strange and fitting vessel.
Melodic black metal band from Porto Cheli, Greece, formed in 2022, evoking the dark waters of the Argolic Gulf through atmospheric black metal. They bring coastal darkness to the Peloponnese metal scene.
Allendorf's Pitfall has been laying sonic traps with black metal since 2012, operating from the Hessian countryside for over a decade. Their Marburg-Biedenkopf district setting provides the rural solitude that feeds their atmospheric, nature-influenced compositions.
Progressive post-black metal band from Riga, Latvia, formed in 2020, exploring the depths of progressive composition through a post-black metal lens. They bring adventurous musicianship to the Latvian metal scene.
Black metal band from Olsztyn, Poland, formed in 2013, whose name means 'plague' in Polish. They deliver pestilent black metal from the Warmian-Masurian region of northeastern Poland.
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