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Anthology (2022)
Featured Thrash Metal Album
Obnoxious (2022)
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Man Is Myth (Early Demos) (2017)
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Black metal project from Portugal, formed in 2021. Their Hebrew name, meaning 'evil spirit,' channels occult black metal.
Atmospheric folk/black metal project from Glasgow, Scotland, active since 2019. Their Gaelic name accompanies sweeping compositions that weave Scottish folk traditions into atmospheric black metal, drawing on the Highlands and Celtic heritage.
Rubén Picazo is a solo artist from Alicante, Spain, active since 2020, working across heavy metal, hard rock, and melodic black metal. The project's genre range from hard rock to black metal reflects an unusually versatile approach from the Levantine coast.
Rudis Mortem is a Finnish black metal project formed in 2019. Named from Latin meaning roughly 'crude death,' the project delivers raw black metal.
Heavy/thrash/black metal band from Iași, Romania, active since 2014. Their triple-genre approach delivers aggressive metal from the Moldavian capital.
Ruho is a black metal band from Joensuu in eastern Finland, formed in 2014. Named after the Finnish word for 'carcass,' the band delivers grim black metal from North Karelia.
Ostia-based atmospheric black metal project blending chiptune and electronica elements with extreme metal, launched in 2023. Their radical genre fusion creates a genuinely unique sound that bridges 8-bit aesthetics with black metal's intensity.
Raw black metal project from Hampshire, England, formed in 2021. The project delivers lo-fi, abrasive black metal from the English south.
Lviv black/death metal act formed in 2020, merging atmospheric intensity with guttural extremity from western Ukraine's cultural capital. Their fusion channels the darkest impulses of both genres.
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