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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Featured Stoner Metal Album
Serpent & Spirit (2021)
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Make It Rain / On the Other Side of Tonight (2024)
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Peoria, Illinois post-black metal band drawing from the astronomical imagery of supernova remnants to craft spacious, melancholic black metal. Cygnus Loop blends celestial atmosphere with the raw energy of traditional black metal.
Cygnus Rift is a heavy and gothic metal band from Rancagua, in Chile's O'Higgins region, with themes spanning death, power, and revenge. The band released a string of singles from 2022 onward, including 'In My Darkest Hours' and 'Brother's War', before issuing their debut full-length 'Arcane Heptagon Artificers' in 2026.
Black metal project from Galway, Ireland, formed in 2017. Cyheuraeth — named after a Welsh spectral figure — conjures atmospheric black metal from Ireland's Atlantic coast.
Walnut, Illinois black metal band drawing its name from a Welsh death omen and conjuring bleak, foreboding soundscapes from the American Midwest. Cyhiraeth pursues raw atmospheric black metal with an occult and spectral intensity.
Pagan black metal band from Torrelodones near Madrid, Spain, active since 2013. Named after a Welsh wailing spirit, they channel pagan and Celtic themes through black metal.
Groove metal act from Gothenburg, active since 2019. Cyhra — featuring former members of Amaranthe and In Flames — delivers polished, modern melodic metal from Sweden's metal capital.
Razor-sharp Melodic Death / Thrash Metal from Dallas.
Columbus, Ohio black metal band dealing in raw, corrosive black metal with a cold, underground sensibility. Cyhyraeth OH channels Midwestern bleakness through tremolo-drenched riffs and frigid atmosphere.
Death-thrash band from Poznań, formed in 2018. Cyklon — Polish spelling of 'cyclone' — delivers destructive extreme metal from Greater Poland.
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