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Zhraja is a gothic and folk metal band from Minsk, Belarus, incorporating industrial elements into their layered sound. Their eclectic approach blends traditional Belarusian folk melodies with heavy gothic atmospheres and electronic textures.
Zmey Gorynich is a folk metal/deathcore band from Moscow, Russia, formed in 2013. Named after the three-headed dragon of Slavic mythology, they deliver a self-described "buffoonish Folk Metal Opera" that combines traditional Russian instruments like gusli, balalaika, and domra with heavy metal in an outrageously theatrical style.
Ásmegin is a folk, black, and Viking metal band from Jevnaker, Norway, formed in 1998, whose name translates from Old Norse as "Might of the Æsir." Their debut album Hin Vordende Sod & Sø (2003), released on Napalm Records, established them as one of the more ambitious acts in the Norse folk metal tradition, blending black metal aggression with traditional folk melodies, violin, and dual clean and harsh vocals. A second album, Arv, followed in 2008. Lyrics are composed primarily in Norwegian and Old Norse, rooting the band firmly in Scandinavian literary and mythological tradition.
Æolian is a melodic death metal band founded in Mallorca, Spain in 2016, featuring members with prior experience in the Balearic underground metal scene. Their debut album Silent Witness (2018) introduced an approach blending Gothenburg-influenced melodic death with threads of black metal and folk, and their follow-up The Negationist (2020) on Black Lion Records deepened that template while turning its lyrical focus entirely to environmental destruction and humanity's damage to the natural world. The band has drawn comparisons to Swedish melodic death progenitors while developing its own environmentally-conscious thematic identity. They signed to Black Lion Records ahead of The Negationist's release.
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