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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Serpent & Spirit (2021)
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Make It Rain / On the Other Side of Tonight (2024)
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German project that evolved from various styles into atmospheric black metal and ambient, active since 2012. Their name, German for "end" followed by a period, reflects the finality and silence that permeates their atmospheric compositions.
Endeathed is a black metal band from Bogotá, Colombia, formed in 2018 and placed on hold in 2022 after releasing material through Azermedoth Records. Their discography includes the 2018 debut "A Deafening Void", the 2020 release "SEVEN", and the 20-track 2021 album "Deus/truction", with lyrical themes centered on darkness, death, occultism, and misanthropy.
Power metal and symphonic metal band from Joensuu in eastern Finland, formed in 2022. They bring epic, soaring metal from the heart of Finnish Karelia.
Alingsås-based progressive metal act, active since 2020 delivering technical virtuosity in service of expansive, cinematic narratives. Rooted in Sweden's legendary metal infrastructure, their sound resists easy categorization, blending influences into something distinctly their own.
A solitary American black metal project that emerged in 2023, Endеløs takes its Norwegian-inflected name as a statement of aesthetic intent — cold, atmospheric, and rooted in the orthodox black metal tradition.
Part of Poland's relentlessly productive underground, this act channels death metal and thrash metal with a focus on labyrinthine song structures built on chromatic riff mazes. Formed in 2008, based in Wodzisław Śląski, the focus remains squarely on devastating rhythmic impact.
Spanish death metal act formed in 2013, delivering heavy and aggressive compositions. Their Bandcamp presence showcases their output within the Iberian extreme metal underground.
Atlanta's Enders Game have been sharpening their melodic thrash attack since 2003, threading tight lead work and catchy hooks through the kind of muscular riffing that defined the Southeast metal underground. Two decades in, they remain one of Georgia's most consistent acts.
Part of the frozen north that birthed an entire genre, this act channels black metal with a focus on tremolo-picked fury and blast-beat savagery. Formed in 2021, based in Hønefoss, raw production values serve the music's unvarnished intensity.
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