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Raw black metal project from Osnabrück/Oldenburg, Germany emerging in 2024 with releases including Ketzergeyst, Schattentod in der Leibeswelt, and a 2024 demo. Their German-language titles reflect heretical and dark spiritual themes channeled through uncompromising raw black metal.
Atmospheric black metal band from Mikhaylovsk, Russia active since 2016. Wintaar channels the vast Russian steppe into expansive atmospheric black metal.
Pagan black metal project originating in Baden-Württemberg and later relocating to Thuringia, Germany. Wintarnaht weaves pagan mythology and Germanic nature worship into atmospheric black metal rooted in the forests of central Germany.
Melodic black metal band from Athens, Greece formed in 2021. Winter Eternal channels frozen darkness through melodic black metal that balances aggression with harmonic depth.
Perrysburg, Ohio's Winter Heart have been developing atmospheric black metal since 2013, embracing the genre's most expansive, ambient-leaning qualities to craft music that is less about shock and more about immersion. The flat, grey landscapes of northwest Ohio make for a fitting backdrop for this kind of cold, contemplative black metal.
Depressive black metal project from Piedmont, Italy active since 2015. Winter Martyrivm channels the bleakest emotional depths through DSBM from the Alpine foothills of northwestern Italy.
Black metal band from Östersund, Sweden formed in 2021. Winter Misanthropia channels the frozen hostility of the Jämtland mountains into cold, misanthropic black metal.
Melodic black metal band from Groningen, Netherlands active since 2002. Winter of Sin has spent over two decades crafting melodic black metal from the capital of the northern Dutch provinces.
Black metal band from Vantaa, Finland active since 2009. Named after Finland's 1939-1940 conflict against the Soviet Union, Winter War channels that era's defiant spirit into cold, militaristic black metal.
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