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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Portland's Darkgem began in the post-metal tradition before pivoting toward black metal, tracing an evolution from expansive, slow-burn textures to something colder and more serrated. That shift reflects a project willing to follow the music wherever it leads, even when that means leaving comfort behind.
Darkhammer is a black/thrash metal band from Ananindeua, Pará, Brazil, formed in 2022 with a sound rooted in hatred, destruction, and anti-Christian themes. The trio — featuring Lucas Jhones on guitars and vocals, L. Blanco on bass, and Vitor Hugo on drums — released their debut album “Possessed by Death” in November 2022, which includes a cover of Mayhem’s “Freezing Moon” alongside six original tracks recorded at Fabrika Studios.
Darkhat is a thrash metal band from Waltershausen, Germany, formed in 2020. They deliver straightforward, riff-heavy thrash with no-frills aggression.
Darkhaven is a progressive/heavy metal band from Bristol, England, formed in 2020. They craft ambitious progressive metal from the West Country.
Darkheart is a Tallinn-based black metal act formed in 2024, representing the newest generation of Estonian black metal emerging from the Baltic's most digitally connected capital. Their straightforward name speaks to a sincere commitment to the genre's dark emotional core.
Cincinnati thrash act Darkhold arrived in 2022 with old-school velocity and riff-first songwriting that owes its allegiance to the genre's 1980s Bay Area architects. No frills, no concessions — just heads-down thrash with Midwest directness.
Darkified plays death/black metal from Soderoping in Ostergotland, active since 2018. Their name's transformation-into-darkness suits music that merges death metal's crushing physicality with black metal's atmospheric malice.
Darkinfrost is a raw black metal band from Horishni Plavni, Ukraine, formed in 2014. The project channels lo-fi raw black metal.
Darking is an epic heavy metal band from Piombino, the same Tuscan steel town that spawned Dark Quarterer, and carries forward that city's tradition of ambitious, narrative-driven metal. Their material draws on historical and mythological themes delivered with the grandeur and dramatic flair that defines Italian epic metal.
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