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Vault Of Horrors (2024)
Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Featured Black Metal Album
Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Death, black, and doom metal band from Oulu, Finland, active since 2022 and blending three extreme subgenres into a single devastating sound. Their approach channels the darkness of black metal through death and doom metal's crushing weight.
Black and death metal band from Lambrugo near Como, Italy, active since 2005 with two decades in the Lombard underground. Their dual-genre approach blends the atmospheric darkness of black metal with death metal's crushing weight.
Black and thrash metal band from Bergen, Norway, active since 2013. Their location in the cradle of Norwegian black metal lends weight to their fusion of black and thrash traditions.
French black metal project active since 2022, taking their name from the Dark Souls video game location. Their approach to black metal channels the dark fantasy aesthetic of their namesake through atmospheric extremity.
Black metal project from Athens, Greece, active since 2022 and channeling the long tradition of Hellenic black metal. Their Athenian origins place them within one of Europe's most historically significant black metal communities.
Atmospheric black metal project formed by members of Servant and Andras, strongly inspired by 90s black metal with an avant-garde edge. Their conceptual albums Rosalia (1918-1920) and Anneliese (1952-1976) explore historical narratives through expansive, emotionally charged black metal.
Avant-garde black metal project from Madrid, Spain, pushing the boundaries of conventional black metal with experimental and unconventional compositions since 2023. Their approach infuses black metal's raw foundation with avant-garde elements that defy easy categorization.
Blackened grind band from Fuenlabrada on the outskirts of Madrid, blasting since 2009 and fusing grindcore's velocity with black metal's malevolence. Their 2022 album Mysticastration was released through a coalition of labels including Victim Records and Hecatombe Records.
Under-Construction is a black/death metal project from Soke, Turkey, active since 2021 and operating in the Turkish extreme metal underground. The project channels black and death metal aggression from the Aegean coast of Turkey.
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