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Black, death, and thrash metal band from Portugal, formed in 2026, whose Portuguese name means 'bestial purgatory.' They represent the absolute newest wave of Portuguese extreme metal.
Long Beach, California's Purging launched in 2025 as a blackened death metal act, combining the cold tremolo malice of black metal with death metal's brutality and low-register punishment. One of the newer entries in Southern California's perpetually active extreme underground.
Black and death metal band from Warsaw, Poland, formed in 2012, cleansing the Polish capital with over a decade of blackened death metal fire. They are a veteran act in the Warsaw extreme metal scene.
California atmospheric black metal project formed in 2022, crafting dense, reverb-laden soundscapes that balance frigid tremolo passages with ambient expansiveness. Their work sits in the contemplative, nature-obsessed end of the USBM spectrum.
Atmospheric black metal band from Nijmegen, Netherlands, formed in 2025, crafting immersive atmospheric black metal from one of the oldest cities in the Netherlands. They represent the newest wave of Dutch black metal.
Black metal band from Braga, Portugal, formed in 2025, whose name means 'pure abyss' in Portuguese. They deliver abyssal black metal from the ancient Roman city of Braga.
Raw black metal band from Ufa, Russia, formed in 2015, delivering a decade of raw, unpolished black metal from the Bashkortostan capital. They bring primal extremity from the southern Urals.
Brutal death metal and goregrind turned black metal and grindcore band from Moscow, Russia, active since 2008, whose gloriously grotesque name matches their sonic evolution. Nearly two decades of extreme mutation from the Russian capital.
Portland, Oregon black/death/grind outfit formed in 2019, drawing on the Pacific Northwest's thriving extreme underground to deliver short, vicious assaults that refuse to settle neatly into any one extreme subgenre.
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