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From Ancient Waters is a melodic black metal project from Leeds, England, active since 2022 and channeling dark melodic atmospheres through black metal. The project contributes to the growing northern English black metal scene.
From Depths is a melodic black metal band from Salerno, Italy, active since 1996 — making them one of the longest-running extreme metal acts in Campania. Their nearly three decades of output have contributed to establishing southern Italy as a serious force in the European black metal landscape.
From Fall of Sins is a melodic black metal band from Jülich, Germany, formed in 2015. The band blends melody with black metal aggression from the Rhineland town.
From Kaos is a melodic black metal band from Nantes, France, formed in 2024. The band channels melodic black metal from the Loire-Atlantique capital.
Frozen Dawn is a melodic black metal band from Madrid, Spain, formed in 2023. The band channels melodic black metal from the Spanish capital.
FT-17 is a melodic black/death metal band from Nantes, France, formed in 2016. Named after the iconic World War I French tank, the band merges melodic elements with black and death metal aggression.
Funerarium is a melodic black metal band from Paris, France, formed in 2018. The band blends melody with black metal aggression from the French capital.
Salt Lake City's Gallowbraid weave melodic black metal with folk sensibilities, conjuring vast, lonesome landscapes through sweeping guitar work and raw intensity. Active since 2010, they stand among the more distinctive voices in the American atmospheric black metal underground.
Geistlicht is an atmospheric and melodic black metal project from Hamburg, Germany, formed in 2022, with a prolific catalog including Passage into Desolation, Among the Stars and the Abyss, and Hidden in the Mists. The project channels cosmic and melancholic themes through layered atmospheric black metal.
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