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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Long-running Latvian extreme metal act from Riga, evolving from black metal origins toward a black-death hybrid since 2003. Over two decades of activity, they have become one of the most enduring forces in the Latvian extreme metal underground.
Ursorg is a Swedish black metal project active since 2021, operating in the underground fringes of the Scandinavian black metal scene. The project delivers raw black metal in the Swedish tradition.
Black metal project from Oslo, Norway, emerging in 2024 and adding to the capital city's legendary black metal lineage. Their Oslo origins carry the weight of the genre's most storied birthplace.
Pagan and black metal project from Polva in southeastern Estonia, blending heathen themes with black metal's sonic fury since 2020. Their work draws from Baltic pagan traditions, infusing black metal with the spiritual heritage of the Estonian countryside.
Thrash, death, and black metal band from Massa in Tuscany, Italy, active since 2012 and blending three extreme subgenres into a stinging assault. Their name, derived from the irritating quality of nettles, mirrors the abrasive nature of their multi-genre extremity.
Urtiden is a blackened heavy metal and punk project from Norrkoping, Sweden, explicitly anti-Nazi in stance, inspired by classic Swedish metal bands like Jonah Quizz and Mindless Sinner. Their 2021 album Iron Age Nomad Axe was entirely recorded, mastered, and performed by a member credited as Holm.
Raw black metal out of Anchorage, Alaska, Uru work in the most stripped-down and corrosive end of the genre since 2016, with the isolation of the Last Frontier providing an appropriate setting for their hostile, lo-fi aesthetic. Geography as atmosphere — the darkness here feels genuinely remote.
Urugia is a raw black metal project from Chrzanow, Poland, dealing exclusively in demo-level recordings since 2010. Their catalogue of demos and splits, including Forest Winter and Death is my Lord, embraces an uncompromising lo-fi approach to black metal.
Raw black metal project from Madrid named after Tolkien's orc fortress, delivering lo-fi, abrasive extremity since 2024. Their stripped-down sound embraces the raw aesthetic of underground black metal with fantasy-inspired thematic content.
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