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Progressive black metal band from Belfast, Northern Ireland, formed in 2013, crafting ambitious progressive black metal from the Irish underground. They bring cerebral complexity to Northern Irish extreme metal.
Depressive black metal project from Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, formed in 2023. Their debut recording Sleepless... Breathless... Dead is a single sprawling 17-minute track originally recorded in 2020, channeling atmospheric darkness and raw melancholy.
A veteran of the Lower Saxon thrash scene since 2004, Philistine has been delivering riff-driven punishment from the rural Diepholz district for two decades. Their Borstel origins make them one of the most enduring underground thrash acts in northern Germany.
Epic and melodic black metal band from Lulec, Czech Republic, formed in 2021, releasing their debut album Poupe through Slovak Metal Army and Immortal Souls Productions. Their eight-track record features compositions ranging from atmospheric passages to fierce black metal in the Czech language.
Black metal band from Turzovka, Slovakia, formed in 2014, delivering over a decade of sinful black metal from the Kysuce region. They bring dark intensity to the Slovak underground.
Berlin's Phosphor has been illuminating the progressive death metal landscape since 2012, their name suggesting the element that brings light from darkness. Their compositions balance death metal's visceral impact with progressive structures that reward repeated listening.
A 2023 melodic death metal project out of Fribourg, Plague Incarnate draws from the Scandinavian melodeath playbook — interlocking guitar harmonies, blast-to-groove dynamics, and cathartic melodic breaks. Their bilingual French-German Swiss setting adds a unique cultural dimension to their sound.
Black metal band from Ukraine, formed in 2021, whose name means 'hell' in Ukrainian. They channel infernal fury through raw black metal.
Atmospheric black metal band from Faro, Portugal, formed in 2024, named after the English hill associated with the Lancashire witch trials. They bring occult atmospheric black metal from the southernmost reaches of Portugal.
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