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A product of the birthplace of heavy metal itself, this black metal act channels frigid atmospherics and razor-wire guitar tone. Active since 2012, blast beats and shrieked vocals create an impenetrable wall of darkness.
Black, death, and pagan metal band from Tarbes in the French Pyrenees, active since 2014. They channel ancient pagan themes through extreme metal from the mountain foothills.
Blackened death metal band from Tarragona, Spain formed in 2015, featuring members of Between the Frost and session drummer Robert Kovacic of Belphegor. Their self-titled debut delivers raw aggression in the vein of Behemoth, God Dethroned, and Vader.
Black metal, death metal, and symphonic metal act from Barcelona, Spain active since 2015. They fuse extreme metal intensity with symphonic grandeur from the Catalan scene.
Operating out of Marostica (Vicenza), this Italian act forges Black Metal built on corrosive riffing and misanthropic atmosphere. Frostbitten riffing and anti-cosmic lyrical themes define their output.
Black metal band from Chambery in the French Alps, active since 2001. With over two decades of activity, they are veterans of the Savoyard black metal scene.
When Evoked Curse emerged in 2023 from Gothenburg, they brought with them a sound rooted in black metal and heavy metal — all raw, lo-fi aggression channeled through kvlt aesthetics. Lo-fi authenticity lends their recordings a genuinely oppressive character.
Evoker is a black metal band from San Carlos de Bariloche in Patagonia, Argentina, formed in 2018. Their debut full-length, Snake of the End, was recorded at Lucas Bunker in Bariloche in 2020 and co-released with Metal Squad Records in October 2021. The band draws on the raw, cold atmosphere of Argentina's Patagonian south.
Atmospheric black/folk metal band from Minsk, Belarus, blending stormy blast beats with epic ambiance and Eastern European dark tales since 2008. Their extensive nine-album catalog spans early recordings from 2005 through releases like "Bald Mountain" and "Conjunction of Spheres," drawing deeply from Slavic mythology and folklore.
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