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The Fear (2022)
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Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland! / Stoßtrupp 1917 (2018)
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Dial Tone (2022)
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Black metal project from Almada, Portugal, formed in 2024. The project delivers black metal from the Lisbon metropolitan area.
Rymr is a depressive/raw black metal project from Moscow, Russia, formed in 2017. Their album 'Dead Forests of Human Souls' delivers cold, lo-fi black metal recorded during 2019-2020, with the band notably offering all their music for free download.
Ryuketsu is a blackened heavy metal and punk project from Finland, formed in 2019. The project fuses blackened metal with punk energy, adding a Japanese-named act to the Finnish metal underground.
Norwegian black metal project active since 2017. The project delivers cold, hostile black metal.
Rämealttari is a black metal and ambient project from Jyväskylä in central Finland, formed in 2024. Named from Finnish words meaning roughly 'decrepit altar,' the project merges black metal with ambient soundscapes.
Räude is a black metal and punk project from Germany, active since 2011. Named after the German word for mange, the project fuses raw black metal with punk energy in the crust-adjacent tradition.
Vilnius black/thrash metal act launched in 2026, fusing the raw velocity of thrash with black metal's atmospheric darkness. Their aggressive crossover represents the newest generation of Lithuanian extreme metal.
Östergötland black metal project formed in 2023, whose Swedish name means 'Roe Deer,' channeling atmospheric darkness from central Sweden. Their nature-themed identity matches a sound rooted in the genre's connection to the wilderness.
Rågbröder is a genre-defying band from Parainen (Pargas) in the Finnish archipelago, active since 2008, blending folk, black, heavy, and thrash metal with alternative rock and ska punk. Their eclectic approach makes them one of the most stylistically diverse metal-adjacent acts in Finland.
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