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Slave to the Scalpel (2021)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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State Of Unrest (2023)
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Cardiff's Ofnus weaves melodic black metal with a distinctly Welsh atmosphere, layering soaring tremolo harmonies over blast-driven foundations. Their compositions balance raw aggression with moments of haunting melodic beauty.
Munich progressive/melodic black metal project formed in 2021, applying progressive structures and melodic sophistication to a black metal foundation. Bavaria's capital provides an unlikely but increasingly fertile ground for ambitious extreme metal.
Denver's Orm dwell in the slow, crushing overlap of sludge, drone, and doom metal, crafting music that moves like magma — deliberate, heavy, and indifferent to urgency. The Mile High altitude seems to have had no effect on their desire to go as low and slow as possible.
Atlanta's Overwhelmed emerged in 2014 at the intersection of melodic black metal and doom, crafting music that moves slowly but burns cold. Their compositions layer tremolo-picked melancholy over unhurried tempos, giving songs room to breathe and sink — the kind of melodic black/doom that feels as atmospheric as it does heavy.
Melodic black metal band from Kalamata, Greece, formed in 2020, bringing melodic black metal from the Peloponnese to the Greek underground. They channel the ancient darkness of their surroundings through atmospheric extremity.
Melodic black metal band from Birmingham, England, formed in 2013, named after the genus of osprey hawks. They deliver soaring, melodic black metal from England's second-largest city.
Melodic black, death, and doom metal band from Smolensk, Russia, formed in 2018, named after the vampiric spirit of Malay folklore. They deliver multi-faceted extreme metal from the western Russian border city.
Mutlangen's Phallax has been blending power metal's soaring ambitions with gothic metal's dark atmospherics since 2013. Their small Swabian town origins — once famous for peace protests — now produce a decidedly more aggressive form of expression.
Melodic black metal band from Slovakia, formed in 2025, bringing freshly forged melodic black metal to the Slovak underground. They represent the newest wave of Slovak black metal.
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