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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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New Jersey's Ruins have been grinding out heavy, fuzz-saturated stoner metal since 2001, drawing on the genre's psychedelic and blues-soaked roots with a sound built for low-end punishment.
Bánovce nad Bebravou black metal project launched in 2024, channeling raw darkness from the Trenčín region of northwestern Slovakia. Their atmospheric intensity draws from the genre's underground traditions.
Progressive black metal project from Nottingham, England, formed in 2020. The project pushes black metal into progressive, boundary-crossing territory from the East Midlands.
Black metal project from Scotland, formed in 2024. Their Norse-mythological name channels Scandinavian-influenced black metal from north of the border.
Black metal/punk band from Łódź, Poland, formed in 2025. Their approach fuses black metal's hostility with punk's stripped-down energy from Poland's third-largest city.
Frigid Melodic Death / Black Metal from Dallas.
Rungholt is a black metal project from Wilhelmshaven on the North Sea coast of Lower Saxony, Germany, formed in 2023. Named after the legendary medieval Frisian settlement swallowed by a storm surge, the project channels the maritime darkness of the German North Sea coast.
Runkel is a black metal project from Wiesbaden, the Hessian state capital in Germany, formed in 2019. The project delivers atmospheric black metal from the spa city on the Rhine.
Avant-garde black metal band from Rzeszów, Poland, active since 2011. Their approach pushes black metal into experimental, boundary-crossing territory from southeastern Poland.
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