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Proof (2024)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Spanish sludge metal band from Ispaster in the Basque Country, formed in 2012. They craft crushing sludge metal from the coastal hills of Biscay.
Black metal project from Umeå, emerging in 2025. Their compositions draw from the wellspring of second-wave Scandinavian tradition while filtering it through the cultural context of their Swedish origins.
German black metal band from Köthen in Saxony-Anhalt, formed in 2018. They deliver cold, atmospheric black metal from the heart of central Germany.
French melodic death metal and metalcore band from Sarrebourg in Lorraine, formed in 2018. They blend melodeath with metalcore from the eastern French borderlands.
Warsaw-based melodic black metal project active since 2020, tempering raw aggression with sweeping arrangements and harmonized guitar leads. Their approach balances the genre's inherent hostility with moments of dark grandeur.
German groove metal and death 'n' roll band from Dresden, active since 2006. They combine groove metal's heavy rhythms with death 'n' roll's swagger for an energetic, riff-driven sound.
Viennese black metal act active since 2000, forging cold and aggressive black metal from the heart of Austria's capital. A long-running project rooted in the European black metal tradition.
Berzerkers is a thrash metal band from Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil, blending thrash with elements of death and speed metal. The band is an active independent act within the underground metal scene of Sergipe, with releases including the track "Machine Gun."
Saint Petersburg-based black metal and ambient project active since 2021, dissolving the boundaries between extreme metal and dark electronic soundscaping. Their work oscillates between passages of black metal fury and extended ambient meditations.
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