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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Playlist: The Very Best of Corrosion of Conformity (2010)
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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Mystic Forest is a melodic black metal band from Hettange Grande, France, formed in 2018. They craft atmospheric melodic black metal from the Lorraine borderlands.
Myzterion is a atmospheric/melodic black metal band from Ørland, Norway, formed in 2018. They craft atmospheric melodic black metal with sweeping melodies and emotional depth.
New York melodic black metal project Mälghäst formed in 2026, blending the melodic sweep of Scandinavian black metal traditions with the project's own compositional voice. The name's double-umlaut styling suggests a deliberate aesthetic investment in the genre's visual and sonic heritage.
Médian is a melodic black and death metal band from Troyes, France, formed in 2020. They blend melodic black metal with death metal from the Champagne region.
Nachtschwarz is a melodic black metal project from Bologna, Italy, formed in 2021. Their German name — meaning 'night black' — signals Nordic-influenced darkness from the heart of Emilia-Romagna.
Greensboro's Nagilum weaves melody into the corpse-painted traditions of black metal, drawing on the melodic Scandinavian lineage while forging something distinctly Carolinian. Formed in 2019, the project balances sweep and savagery.
Founded in Umeå, Sweden in 1992 under the name Uninterred before adopting the Norse mythology-derived name Naglfar, the band released their debut album Vittra in 1995 and quickly became a key act in Swedish melodic black metal. Signed to Century Media Records, their mid-career albums Sheol (2003) and Harvest (2007) refined a style that pairs black metal aggression with melodic riffing and precision. Their most recent album Cerecloth (2020) demonstrated continued vitality nearly three decades into their career.
Kraków melodic black metal act formed in 2012, weaving melodic sophistication through black metal's aggressive framework from Poland's cultural capital. Their atmospheric approach balances beauty and ferocity.
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