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French raw black metal band from Yutz in Lorraine, formed in 2015. They deliver raw, unfiltered black metal from the northeastern French border region.
Belzek is a thrash metal band from Olmué, Chile, whose debut album The Process was recorded and mixed at Nube Negra Records in Limache and released on December 31, 2024. The eight-track record features the five-piece lineup of Marcelo Villalón Vergara (vocals), Marcelo González Galarce and Álvaro Soto Chávez (guitars), Ivan Pinto Castro (bass), and Alan Reyes Iribarra (drums), delivering aggressive thrash with songs tackling conflict, social distrust, and inner struggle.
Hungarian black metal and ambient project active since 2012, dissolving the boundaries between extreme metal and dark electronic soundscaping. Their work oscillates between passages of black metal fury and extended ambient meditations.
French progressive black/death metal band from Bordeaux, formed in 2015. They merge progressive complexity with extreme metal from the wine capital of France.
Ben Baruk is a Christian symphonic and progressive metal band from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, formed in 2018 by musicians united by shared faith and a drive to create heavy, introspective music. Their debut EP "Vidas que Choram" (2018) featured six Portuguese-language tracks blending symphonic arrangements with metal influenced by Periphery, TesseracT, Paradise Lost, and Paramaecium. The band has since evolved their lineup and shifted to English-language songwriting while maintaining their progressive and extreme metal identity.
German heavy metal act from Aschaffenburg, formed in 2015. They bring a distinctive character to traditional heavy metal from the Franconian-Bavarian border region.
Solo symphonic and progressive metal project based in London, active since 2019. The Kalasin album series and tracks like Internal Narrative and What God Wants explore introspective, contemplative themes through a darker sonic palette.
Spanish black metal band from Santa Cruz de La Palma in the Canary Islands, formed in 2019. Named after the indigenous name for the island, they channel volcanic black metal from the Atlantic.
Power metal outfit from Sweden, formed in 2011. Their sound combines high-register vocals with twin-guitar harmonies and double-bass drumming in the grand tradition of melodic heavy metal.
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