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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
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Obnoxious (2022)
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Free the Witch EP (2018)
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South Wales, United Kingdom — black metal of the most uncompromising kind. Active since 2019, they deal in raw, lo-fi aggression channeled through kvlt aesthetics. Lo-fi authenticity lends their recordings a genuinely oppressive character.
Straddling the line between black metal and doom metal, this Latvian actfrom Riga fuses venomous shrieks over walls of distortion into a cohesive whole. They've been at it since 2019, and the compositions unfold with ritualistic patience and venomous intent.
Depressive black metal band from Lisbon, Portugal formed in 2022. Their sound channels the atmospheric bleakness and emotional weight of depressive black metal from the Portuguese capital.
In existence since 2020, this Pechora Black Metal outfit delivers icy tremolo lines cascading over relentless percussion. Their place within Russia's sprawling, uncompromising metal landscape speaks to the depth of the region's heavy music culture.
When Ereskigal emerged in 2017 from London, they brought with them a sound rooted in black metal and death metal — all frigid atmospherics and razor-wire guitar tone. Blast beats and shrieked vocals create an impenetrable wall of darkness.
Black/death/thrash metal act from Frankfurt (Oder) on the German-Polish border, formed in 2024. Named after an elf lord from Tolkien's works, their Tolkien-inspired moniker belies a savage fusion of three extreme metal subgenres.
When Ereth emerged in 2009 from Saint Petersburg, they brought with them a sound rooted in black metal — all raw, lo-fi aggression channeled through kvlt aesthetics. Lo-fi authenticity lends their recordings a genuinely oppressive character.
Eretz-Nod is a death/black metal band from San Juan Teotihuacán, State of Mexico, formed in 2020. They released their debut album "Qayin" in May 2020, a six-track occult black/death metal record. The band is unsigned and active.
Melodic black/death metal band from Thessaloniki, Greece formed in 2022. They blend melody with extreme metal ferocity from the Macedonian capital.
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