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Let You Go (2024)
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The Bestiary (2025)
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Halo (2017)
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Thessaloniki-based sludge/post-metal outfit active since 2018, building dynamic compositions that oscillate between abrasive sludge riffing and atmospheric expanses. Their music trades in tension and release, alternating quiet passages with crushing walls of distortion.
German heavy metal band from Geislingen, formed in 2024. They play traditional heavy metal with fresh energy from the Swabian Alb region.
Black metal project from Stockholm, emerging in 2017. Their compositions draw from the wellspring of second-wave Scandinavian tradition while filtering it through the cultural context of their Swedish origins.
Pagan black metal project rooted from Sweden, formed in 2019. Folk instrumentation and nature-worship themes intertwine with blast beats and tremolo picking, creating a bridge between old-world mysticism and modern extremity.
Cold, unrelenting black metal from Italy, active since 2017. Their sound embodies the genre's core principles: razor-sharp tremolo picking, furious drumming, and an atmosphere thick with hostility and darkness.
Finnish black metal band from Mikkeli, formed in 2012. Named after a Norse frost giant, they channel mythological black metal from the eastern Finnish lake country.
Experimental black metal project originating in Hässleholm, later based in Malmö, pushing the genre's boundaries since 2002 with angular post-rock structures and jazz-inflected passages featuring saxophone, flute, and vibraphone. Their critically acclaimed album Dödsvisioner and 2019's Det framlidna minnet demonstrate a restless creative vision that ventures far beyond conventional black metal territory.
Operating from Kyiv, this black metal entity delivers uncompromising extremity built on icy tremolo riffs and relentless percussion. Their work carries the cold, misanthropic spirit that defines the genre's most devoted practitioners.
Sollentuna-based folk metal act active since 2018, weaving traditional melodies and acoustic instrumentation into a heavy metal framework. Their compositions bridge musical heritage with the power of electric amplification.
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