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Vault Of Horrors (2024)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Post-black metal band from Nottingham, England, releasing their acclaimed 2023 album Managed Decline through Church Road Records. Their seven-track opus delivers heart-wrenchingly beautiful post-rock sensibilities fused with intense black metal, praised for its emotional depth and rated highly within the broader black metal community.
Copenhagen death metal institution regurgitating sewer death metal since 2008, released through Dark Descent Records and Me Saco Un Ojo Records. Their extensive discography includes splits with Spectral Voice and Anatomia, and they maintain an active European touring schedule.
Black metal and punk project from Aarhus, Denmark, whose name translates to 'subhuman,' debuting with a two-track Demo I in October 2020. Their brief but intense eight-minute demo fuses black metal's extremity with punk's raw directness.
Melodic black and death metal project from the Finnish port city of Kotka, emerging in 2025 with a sound that merges melodic sensibilities with extreme metal aggression. Their approach balances the atmospheric qualities of melodic black metal with death metal's guttural intensity.
Black and death metal act from Barcelona, Spain, emerging in 2022 with a sound that fuses the cold atmospheres of black metal with death metal's crushing weight. Their Catalan capital origins place them within one of Spain's most active extreme metal communities.
Undoer is a black metal band from Ankara, Turkey, whose 2018 EP Survival is a Myth delivers three tracks of dissonant, atmospheric black metal recorded at Deadhouse Studio. The trio of Mert, Kaya, and Baris has drawn comparisons to Misthyrming and Serpent Column for their intense, philosophically charged extremity.
French black metal project operating in deliberate obscurity, with minimal public information reflecting the genre's tradition of anonymity. Their sound channels the atmospheric darkness of French black metal through a shrouded, enigmatic presentation.
Black metal project from Newcastle upon Tyne, England, active since 2006 with nearly two decades in the northeast English underground. Their long tenure reflects a sustained commitment to black metal from one of England's most gritty and atmospheric cities.
Viennese three-piece inspired by the second wave of black metal, pushing the genre's boundaries through atmospheric orchestral passages and innovative songwriting. Their 2025 concept album The Eternal Abyss explores the multifaceted nature of death across 11 tracks of symphonic melodic black metal.
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