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Featured Album
Irrational Pull (2020)
Featured Doom Metal Album
Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland! / Stoßtrupp 1917 (2018)
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Featured Metalcore Album
The Powerless Rise (2010)
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German black metal band from Kulmbach in Upper Franconia, formed in 2022. They channel fortress-themed black metal from the beer country of northern Bavaria.
Spanish raw black metal band from Rubí near Barcelona, formed in 2019. They channel raw, unfiltered black metal from the Catalan suburbs.
German atmospheric black metal project formed in 2025. They create immersive, atmospheric black metal soundscapes.
Finnish black metal project formed in 2023. They deliver helmet-clad black metal from the Finnish underground.
Solitary depressive black metal emanating from Moscow, formed in 2024. Their recordings strip black metal to its most emotionally exposed core, favoring repetitive, trance-like structures and vocals wracked with despair.
Spanish death metal band from Bilbao, active since 2005. With two decades of output, they are a cornerstone of the Basque death metal scene.
Kampen-based stoner/doom outfit active since 2024, conjuring thick clouds of fuzz-laden riffage and hypnotic, groove-driven compositions. Their sound channels the haze of 1970s proto-metal through a modern lens of distortion-worship and lysergic exploration.
Borås-based doom metal act active since 2020, crafting monolithic compositions built on slow-burning riffs and an atmosphere of pervasive heaviness. Their patient approach to songwriting lets each chord ring with crushing finality.
Finnish funeral doom metal project formed in 2016. They specialize in the slowest, most devastating funeral doom.
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