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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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Tyresö black metal act active since 2005, channeling atmospheric darkness from the Stockholm suburbs. Their two decades of output speak to a sustained commitment to the genre's uncompromising vision.
Ruumisarkku is a raw black metal project from Finland, formed in 2024. Named after the Finnish word for 'coffin,' the project delivers lo-fi black metal in the rawest Finnish tradition.
Progressive death/black metal band from Hønefoss, Norway, formed in 2019. Their approach pushes death and black metal into progressive territory from the Buskerud town.
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.
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