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Evidence (2023)
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Atmospheric black metal project from Moscow, Russia, formed in 2022. The project channels sweeping atmospheric black metal from the Russian capital.
Vienna black metal solo project formed in 2021, Remser released their debut album Die Nacht gehört mir (The Night Belongs to Me) in September of that year. The title and project aesthetic reflect the raw, night-obsessed sensibility of contemporary Austrian black metal.
Northern English black metal project formed in 2019, whose very name evokes primal violence and natural savagery. Their raw approach channels the bleak landscapes and harsh beauty of England's north through the lens of extreme metal.
From Tamaqua, Pennsylvania — a small Appalachian coal town that breeds hard music — Rended conjure a raw, regionalist black metal that carries the weight of the anthracite landscape. Formed in 2020, their sound evokes isolation and cold without relying on polish or convention. There's something distinctly American and rural about their particular strain of darkness.
Blackened death metal band from Rijeka, Croatia, formed in 2021. Their Italian-language name, meaning 'renaissance,' accompanies a fierce black/death approach from the Adriatic coast.
Death/black metal band from Moscow, Russia, formed in 2019. Their approach merges death and black metal from the Russian capital.
Odesa depressive black metal project formed in 2021, channeling themes of despair and anguish through bleak sonic landscapes from the Black Sea port city. Their desolate approach mines the most emotionally raw corners of the genre.
Reperias is a symphonic black metal project from Freiberg in Saxony, Germany, formed in 2023. The project layers orchestral grandeur over black metal fury from the historic silver-mining city in the Erzgebirge foothills.
Repossessed was a raw black/death metal band from Beveren, East Flanders, Belgium, originally formed in 1997 and active intermittently until 2006. The band cycled between raw black metal in its early phase and black/death metal in a later incarnation before permanently splitting.
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