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Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Unholy Savior (2015)
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Melodic death metal and deathcore band from Bottrop, Germany, formed in 2017. They blend melodic guitar harmonies with crushing deathcore breakdowns from the northern Ruhr region.
Minneapolis black metal project Cherished Wounds explores grief and internal darkness through raw, atmospheric compositions. Their music reflects the desolate extremes of Minnesota winters rendered in tremolo and shadow.
Black metal project from Barnaul in the Altai region of Siberia, active since 2015. Cherno — Russian for 'black' — crafts dark black metal from the foothills of the Altai mountains.
Black metal project from Reutov near Moscow, formed in 2022. Chernobog — named after the Slavic god of darkness — channels raw black metal.
Lancaster, California's Chernobyl Weenie Roast crashes deathcore's breakdown-heavy chug into death metal's technical brutality with a defiantly irreverent name masking a very serious sonic attack. The band leans into the most punishing elements of both styles.
Thrash metal band from London, emerging in 2025. They deliver radioactive thrash energy from the English capital.
Atmospheric black metal project from the Brest Region of Belarus, emerging in 2025. Their sound channels depressive and post-metal elements alongside raw black metal, as heard on the single My Last Tomorrow.
Depressive black metal project from Novorossiysk on the Black Sea coast, active since 2013. ChernoMor — a play on both 'Black Sea' and a character from Russian folklore — crafts melancholic black metal.
Black metal project from Izhevsk in the Udmurt Republic, formed in 2019. Chernota — Russian for 'blackness' — delivers raw black metal from the Ural region.
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