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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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State Of Unrest (2023)
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Seelentod (German for "Soul Death") deliver melodic black metal from the Mediterranean town of Agde in Languedoc, an unusual use of German nomenclature in southern France. Active since 2008, they bring cross-cultural darkness to the French Mediterranean.
Dark metal project from Leoben, Austria, founded in 2011 by Jürgen Mayr, blending black metal with gothic and post-black metal elements. Their 2021 full-length "Der Teufel Am Totenbett" and 2024 EP "Herzlfresser" showcase German-language lyrics over a sound that balances aggressive riffing with atmospheric depth.
Modena's Sententia Mortis blend black and melodic black metal with a Latin name meaning "sentence of death" since 2012. Their Emilian base connects them to a region with a thriving extreme metal underground.
Melodic black metal project out of Princeton, Illinois, formed in 2017. Drawing on the atmospheric and melodic strains of Scandinavian black metal, they filter that tradition through an American Midwest isolation that gives the music its own austere character.
Serpens Exitiale channel melodic black/death metal from the Danish underground, their Latin name ("Fatal Serpent") evoking venomous lethality. Active since 2018, they bring serpentine menace to Scandinavian extreme metal.
Serpenthia deliver melodic black metal from the eastern Finnish city of Joensuu, weaving serpentine melodies through harsh black metal frameworks. Active since 2012, they bring harmonic darkness to the North Karelia extreme scene.
Shadowen deliver melodic black metal from Vantaa in the Helsinki metropolitan area, weaving harmonic complexity through black metal's harsh frameworks. Formed in 2019, they bring shadowy elegance to the Finnish capital region.
Jackson, Michigan's Shadows Enshroud Us emerged in 2023 with a melodic black metal approach that balances harsh extremity with atmospheric melody. Their sound situates them within the American melodic black metal wave, where the cold fury of the genre meets structured, hook-driven composition.
Highland Charter Township, Michigan's Shrine of Broken Glass, formed in 2021, blend melodic black metal sweep with deathcore's crushing low-end architecture, constructing a layered and aggressive hybrid that pushes both genres toward their outer edges.
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