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Obnoxious (2022)
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Man Is Myth (Early Demos) (2017)
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A volatile raw/depressive black metal entity from Lisbon, contributing to the portuguese underground since 2024. Their sound channels tremolo-driven fury and blasting percussion through walls of distortion.
Atmospheric black metal collaboration from Belgium between VaathV and prolific experimentalist Deha, formed in 2024. Their debut EP Pruna, produced at Opus Magnum Studio in Brussels, delivers two sprawling tracks of glacial black metal evoking desolate tundra landscapes across thirty minutes.
Hymnr is a black metal project from Russia, active since 2021 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Russia black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Thunderous black metal emanating from Adelsö, active since 2022 within Sweden's metal scene. Their sound channels tremolo-driven fury and blasting percussion through walls of distortion.
Black metal band from Frankfurt, Germany, active since 2014. Named after the mythological northern land beyond the north wind, they craft atmospheric black metal from Germany's financial capital.
Hyperborean Hypnosis is a black metal project from Brittany, France, active since 2023 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the France black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Raw Black Metal project from Netherlands, forging punishing compositions since 2018. Steeped in second-wave tradition, their work explores misanthropy and desolation.
Hyperial is a black/death metal band from Dobre Miasto, Poland, formed in 2010. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
Forged in Östersund's metal community, this blackened speed/thrash metal act channels furious aggression since 2012. Atmospheric depth and feral intensity coexist in their compositions.
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