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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Liars & Thieves (2024)
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Texas black/death outfit Clawhammer Coven deliver occult-tinged extreme metal rooted in the state's long tradition of underground ferocity. Their material is raw and ritualistic, steeped in darkness and disdain for polish.
Gothic blackened death metal act from the Bergen suburb of Hjellestad, formed in 2023. Claymords blends dark atmospherics with extreme metal from western Norway.
Fort Smith, Arkansas heavy metal act Claymore carry on the classic tradition with no-nonsense riffing and a blue-collar approach to the genre. Their sound evokes the no-frills power of American heavy metal's formative years.
Black metal and grindcore act from Amsterdam, formed in 2021. Clear History fuses raw black metal with grinding intensity from the Dutch capital.
Blackened brutal death metal act from Piuro in Sondrio province, formed in 2019. Cleaver delivers savage extremity from a tiny Alpine village in the Lombardy mountains.
Raw black metal band from Toulon, France, formed in 2023. They deliver lo-fi, primitive black metal from the Var coast of Provence.
Clenching Shadow is a stripped-down, atmospheric black metal project rooted in cold, minimalist composition and a fiercely underground aesthetic. Their music is sparse and bleak, prioritizing mood and darkness over production.
Black-death metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in 2020. They merge the atmospheric darkness of black metal with death metal aggression.
Cloak formed in Atlanta, Georgia in 2013, founded by Scott Taysom and Sean Bruneau as a reaction to what they saw as a lack of dark, dangerous heavy music in the local scene. Signed to Season of Mist and later Metal Blade Records, the band combines traditional heavy metal structures with black metal atmospherics, black and roll energy, and gothic rock mood, citing Dissection, Deep Purple, and Fields of the Nephilim as core influences. Their third album Black Flame Eternal appeared in 2023.
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