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Death-thrash project from Portugal, formed in 2024. Cult of Alcaeus — named after the ancient Greek poet — channels extreme metal with classical allusions.
Black metal act from Basel, Switzerland, formed in 2016. They channel ritualistic darkness and raw intensity through an uncompromising black metal approach.
Death-thrash act from Almere in Flevoland, formed in 2024. Cult of Carnage brings aggressive extreme metal to the Netherlands' newest province.
Formed in Chicago in 1999 by C. Immortum and W. Obscurum, Cult of Daath conjure a primal, misanthropic black metal rooted in the raw primitivism of Hellhammer, early Beherit, and old Mayhem. Their catalog, released through Nuclear War Now! Productions, is a stripped-down devotion to first-wave ferocity and ritual nihilism.
Gothic death-doom act from Saint Petersburg, formed in 2021. Cult of Decay merges dark atmospherics with crushing doom and death metal.
Black metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2016. Named after a deity from Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos, they craft occult black metal.
Death metal band from Joensuu, Finland, formed in 2015. They channel apocalyptic themes through death metal from eastern Finland.
Death metal band from Nicosia, Cyprus, formed in 2017. They deliver uncompromising death metal aggression from the heart of the Cypriot underground metal scene.
Cult of Enthropy is an instrumental black metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, formed around 2020. The band released their debut album Embrace the Void on October 21, 2020, followed by a limited physical CD edition of 100 copies in May 2021. Their music is entirely instrumental, exploring atmospheric black metal textures without vocals.
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