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Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Black and thrash metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 2025, whose German name means 'tank battle.' They bring armored blackened thrash to the Gothenburg underground.
Black and thrash metal band from Italy, formed in 2024, bringing militaristic blackened thrash to the Italian underground. Their armored name signals the tank-like force of their assault.
Symphonic black metal band from Moscow, Russia, formed in 2010, combining orchestral grandeur with black metal ferocity and armored aggression. Over fifteen years of symphonic darkness from the Russian capital.
Black metal band from the West Midlands, England, formed in 2016, whose name references the World War II rocket launcher. They bring militaristic black metal intensity to central England.
Experimental black metal, drone, and noise band from Vasteras, Sweden, active since 2008, pushing extreme music into abrasive noise territory. Over seventeen years of experimental extremity from the Malaren Valley.
Emerging from Ostrava in 2016, Papuus wraps black metal's raw aggression in symphonic grandeur. The Moravian-Silesian capital's industrial grit provides an unlikely backdrop for their orchestral ambitions, creating a tension between beauty and brutality.
Scorching Experimental Black Metal (early); Post-Rock (later) from Grand Prairie.
Black metal band from Normandy, France, formed in 2005, delivering atmospheric black metal from the historic region. Two decades of activity mark them as veterans of the French black metal scene.
Active since the early 2000s, Paradise in Flames meld symphonic black and death metal with Brazilian folk elements, framing their work around explicitly philosophical and anti-religious concepts they call "extreme philosophical symphonic protester metal." Their seventh album Blindness (2024) is a concept record exploring religion as psychological illness, featuring classical arrangements and the folk-inflected single "Black Wings."
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