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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
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De Doorn (2022)
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Atmospheric/melodic black metal band from Bucharest, Romania active since 2016. Their sound layers melodic elements over atmospheric black metal foundations from the Romanian capital.
Part of Russia's sprawling, uncompromising metal landscape, this act channels doom metal and funeral doom metal with a focus on glacial tempos and crushing, monolithic riffs. Formed in 2014, based in Perm, glacial tempos allow every note to resonate with maximum impact.
California depressive black metal project that has cultivated a sound of prolonged, aching desolation since 2004. Their music prioritizes atmosphere over aggression, favoring slow tempos and despondent melodies that linger long after the recording ends.
Endless Solitude is a depressive black metal project from Macapá, Amapá, Brazil, active since 2004 and associated with the Depressive Illusions Records underground label. The project has released recordings including "Manes in Tenebris" and "Awakening of a Despair", exploring themes of depression and desolation in the raw black metal tradition.
Fontana, California brutal death metal band with roots stretching back to 2003, bringing Inland Empire aggression to the subgenre's most punishing sonic territory. Their name is as blunt as their riff style.
A product of Scandinavia's melodic death metal epicenter, this Avesta-based gothic metal and progressive metal act channels Opeth-school dynamics married to modern progressive sensibility. Active since 2025, the combination of influences yields something more interesting than any single genre label implies.
A product of Italy's deep-rooted extreme metal underground, this Milan-based death metal, technical death metal, and thrash metal act channels percussive blast-beat onslaughts and cavernous production. Active since 2022, low-tuned guitars and guttural vocals form the bedrock of their attack.
Erie doom/heavy metal act that emerged in 2021, channeling the gray skies and industrial decline of Lake Erie's shoreline into slow, crushing heaviness. Their music favors traditional doom's melodic mournfulness over pure sonic punishment.
Death/thrash metal band from Burgos, Spain that emerged in 2024. They bring fierce crossover aggression to the Castilian metal underground.
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