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Undercover Scumbag (2018)
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A Stare Bound in Stone (2018)
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Featured Black Metal Album
Of Stone, Wind, & Pillor (Remastered) (2021)
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Oslo-based progressive grindcore innovators formed in 2010, nominated twice for the Norwegian Grammy in the metal category. Their irreverent approach layers mathcore, melodic black metal, and nu-metal flourishes over a grindcore foundation, producing endlessly surprising compositions across six full-length albums.
German crossover band from Freiburg im Breisgau, formed in 2010. They blend thrash, punk, and metal influences into an energetic crossover style from the sunny southwest of Germany.
Finnish death metal band from Joensuu, formed in 2015. They play crushing death metal from the forests of eastern Finland.
Finnish black/thrash metal band from Tampere and Lempäälä, formed in 2016. They fuse black metal's darkness with thrash metal's speed from the Pirkanmaa region.
German melodic heavy metal band from Peine, formed in 2017. They craft hook-laden heavy metal with strong melodies and an accessible yet powerful delivery.
Solo atmospheric and post-black metal project from London, created by multi-instrumentalist David Ravengarde in 2012. The debut album Providence explores life, death, and the beyond through extended compositions of extreme euphoric metal, blending melodic black metal with doom and folk-tinged atmospherics.
Death metal and grindcore trio from Stratford-upon-Avon, active since 2003, featuring Ewan Gibb on guitar and vocals. Their prolific catalog of splits and releases culminating in Analysis of Beauty delivers compact bursts of deathgrind and deathrash in tracks often under two minutes.
Romanian atmospheric black metal project active since 2001, layering ethereal textures and tremolo-picked melodies over blast-driven foundations. Their compositions explore vast emotional terrain through cascading guitars and immersive soundscapes.
Forged in 2018 from Khabarovsk, 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.
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