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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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AMENRA "Vanuytsel 7"" (2021)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Reflet Crépusculaire is a raw black metal project from France, formed in 2022. Named 'Twilight Reflection' in French, the project channels cold, lo-fi black metal.
Refulgent Void is a black metal project from Oulainen in North Ostrobothnia, Finland, formed in 2024. The project channels atmospheric black metal from the rural Finnish countryside.
Regarde les Hommes Tomber is a sludge/post-black metal band from Nantes in western France, active since 2013. Named after the French phrase 'Watch Men Fall,' the band has become one of the most recognized acts in the French post-black metal scene.
Regent Death is a black metal project from Madrid, Spain, formed in 2023. The project delivers dark, atmospheric black metal from the Spanish capital's growing extreme metal community.
Regentvm is a black metal project from Schleswig-Holstein in northern Germany, formed in 2018. The project delivers atmospheric black metal from Germany's northernmost federal state, between the North and Baltic seas.
Black metal project from Drammen, Norway, active since 2005. Two decades of black metal from the Buskerud city west of Oslo.
Regina Venenosa is a black/doom metal band from Folgoso de la Ribera in the province of León, Spain, active since 2012. Named 'Poisonous Queen' in Latin, the band channels dark, oppressive doom and black metal from the mountainous Bierzo region of northwestern Spain.
Manchester black metal project formed in 2017, operating within the northwestern English city's growing extreme metal underground. Their sound channels raw intensity and atmospheric darkness from one of the UK's most musically fertile cities.
Black metal project from Arco in Italy's Trentino region, active since 2015. The project channels black metal from the Alpine town near Lake Garda.
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