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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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Synystry blend black and doom metal from the Spanish underground, channeling the sinister weight of both genres. Formed in 2019, they bring dual-genre darkness to the Iberian extreme scene.
Syphilitic Lust is a black metal band from Brooklyn, New York, formed in 2010, channeling the raw, caustic energy of underground black metal through the dense urban environment of New York City.
Sythe is a progressive black/death metal band from Portland, Maine, formed in 2014, merging the atmospheric darkness of black metal with death metal's brutality and progressive metal's structural ambition.
Wrocław's Sytris practice black metal from the Lower Silesian capital since 2009. Over fifteen years, they have contributed to Wrocław's increasingly recognized extreme metal underground.
Syojatar (from Finnish mythology's child-eating witch) channel post-black metal from the Finnish underground, drawing on dark folklore for their atmospheric compositions. Formed in 2022, they bring mythological horror to the Finnish post-black metal scene.
Prudnik's Szamot craft atmospheric black metal from the Upper Silesian border town since 2018. Their Polish name for chamotte (fire clay) channels heat-resistant materiality into compositions shaped by the Polish-Czech border landscape.
Szare practice atmospheric black metal from an undisclosed Polish location since 2015. Their Polish name meaning "grey" channels the ashen middle ground between black and white into compositions of muted, atmospheric darkness.
Ostrołęka's Szary Wilk practice black metal from the Masovian river town since 2021. Their Polish name meaning "grey wolf" channels lupine predation into compositions from Poland's northeastern river country.
One of Belgium's earliest black metal acts, formed in 1982, making them contemporaries of the genre's very first wave. Their four-decade existence marks them as one of the longest-running extreme metal projects in Belgian history.
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