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Divine (2024)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Melodic Black Metal force from Sundsvall, furious and relentless since 2019. Icy melodies interwoven with blast-beaten fury characterize their output.
An established melodic black/death metal voice from Donetsk, contributing to Ukraine's underground since 2016. Their compositions evoke desolate landscapes through raw, uncompromising aggression.
Alabama's Halgena have been crafting melodic black metal since 2012, weaving cold atmospheric passages into material that still carries genuine ferocity. Location unknown within the state, but their sound is unmistakably Northern in character.
Melodic blackened death metal act from northern Germany, active since 2019, spanning Schleswig-Holstein and Lower Saxony. Their sound merges the melodic sweep of Scandinavian death metal with blackened ferocity.
Melodic black/death metal band from Stuttgart, Germany, active since 2015. Their atmospheric sound weaves melodic guitar leads through a foundation of black and death metal aggression from the capital of Baden-Wurttemberg.
Fayetteville, Arkansas's Hand of the Wicked combine melodic black and death metal with the kind of conviction that only comes from building something serious in a place where the scene doesn't hand anything to you. Formed in 2023.
Arizona's Harad emerged in 2022 with melodic black metal that feels both epic and austere, channeling the desert state's vast, sunburned landscape into something cold and expansive.
Hasaleth is a melodic black metal band from Poland, formed in 2025. They craft atmospheric melodic black metal with sweeping melodies and emotional depth.
Chicago's Haunted Knight channel melodic black metal into a sound that balances scorching intensity with dark, sweeping atmosphere, carving out a presence in the Midwest underground since 2022.
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