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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
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De Doorn (2022)
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American Sun (Reimagined) (2021)
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Black-death metal band from Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, formed in 2018. They merge the atmospheric darkness of black metal with death metal's crushing aggression.
Black metal project from Pescara, Abruzzo, formed in 2022. Corpo di Guardia — Italian for 'guardhouse' — crafts raw black metal from the Adriatic coast of central Italy.
Baltimore black metal project forging dark, atmospheric grimness out of the Maryland underground. Their sound is raw and introspective, rooted in the bleaker end of American black metal.
Iowa-based act from Griswold fusing death metal intensity with groove metal's mid-paced stomp and heaviness. Their songs hit hard with a rhythmically focused, punishing approach.
Black metal band from the English Midlands, formed in 2020. They craft atmospheric black metal from the heart of England.
Blackened crust punk band from Bristol, England, formed in 2020. They fuse black metal darkness with crust punk's raw fury from the West Country.
Atmospheric black metal band from Nottingham, England, formed in 2020. They craft spectral, immersive black metal from the East Midlands.
Blackened death metal act from Miass in the Chelyabinsk region, active since 2011. Corpse Flesh channels dark extreme metal from the Ural mountains.
Corpse Forest was a black metal band from Itabaiana, Brazil, active around 2019 before splitting up. They released a self-titled album and a remastered version of their track “Wandering Dead Man” in April 2019, with material available on Bandcamp featuring tracks such as “Forest of Corpses” and “The Black Moon.”
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