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Ebheron is a one-man symphonic black metal project from Santa Catarina, Brazil, active since 2020. The project blends black metal aggression with orchestral arrangements, drawing on themes of Lovecraftian horror and fantasy. Releases include the single "God of Blood" (2021) and "The Immolation" (2022), the latter featuring string arrangements co-written with Mayki Fabiani.
Black metal project from the evocatively named Himmelsmuehle in Germany, conjuring dark, atmospheric extremity since 2023. Their approach channels the raw essence of black metal through a distinctly German lens.
Sosnowiec-based black metal act, active since 2014 delivering dissonant chord progressions shrouded in reverb-drenched malice. Rooted in one of Eastern Europe's most formidable metal communities, atmosphere and hostility share equal billing in their work.
Benicia, California's Ebola is a technical death/thrash outfit formed in 2016, the kind of band that treats musical precision and unrelenting aggression as two sides of the same coin.
Grindcore, death metal, and crust punk outfit from Oldenburg in northern Germany, delivering chaotic blasts of genre-blending extremity since 2020. Their darkly humorous name sets the tone for an approach that refuses to take itself too seriously while remaining sonically devastating.
Active in Umeå since 2018, this Swedish act forges Black Metal built on second-wave ferocity filtered through modern production sensibilities. Their recordings conjure desolation through sheets of tremolo-picked guitar.
Bloomington's Ebon Arcanum has been building atmospheric black metal architectures since 2014 — sweeping, cold, and steeped in the esoteric imagery that gives the subgenre much of its visual identity.
Viennese blackened death metal project featuring vocalist Prab, guitarist Bernth, and drummer Krimh, delivering theatrical and intensely aggressive metal. Their 2019 debut "Apocrypha" explores themes of identity, performance, and psychological torment across five concentrated tracks.
Active in Fredrikstad since 2025, this Norwegian act forges Power Metal and Progressive Metal built on genre-bending ambition that refuses easy categorization. Their approach balances aggression with genuine musical substance.
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