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A Past Embrace (2022)
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Hold Your Children Close and Pray for Oblivion (2016)
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Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland! / Stoßtrupp 1917 (2018)
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Modena, Italy — black metal and death metal of the most uncompromising kind. Active since 2002, they deal in raw, lo-fi aggression channeled through kvlt aesthetics. Lo-fi authenticity lends their recordings a genuinely oppressive character.
California's Erizo — Spanish for hedgehog — is anything but soft, weaponizing experimental grindcore and death metal into unpredictable, spiny sonic assaults that defy easy categorization. Active since 2008, the project treats genre as raw material to be shredded and reconfigured rather than adhered to.
Black metal project from Thessaloniki, Greece formed in 2020. They channel cold darkness from northern Greece.
Melodic black metal project from Germany, wrapping harmonic beauty around black metal's atmospheric darkness since 2012. Their approach balances the genre's raw intensity with memorable melodic passages.
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Named for the malevolent spirit of Germanic folklore, Columbus, Ohio's Erlking draws on classic heavy metal tradition with a mythic weight that matches its namesake. Formed in 2023, the young band reaches back to the genre's foundational vocabulary — riff-driven songs, soaring leads, and a taste for the arcane.
Erlösung — German for "redemption" or "deliverance" — is an epic black metal project from Statesboro, Georgia, carrying grand and sorrowful themes through expansive compositions built for open skies and cold nights. Since 2021, the one-person endeavor has pursued a vision of black metal as spiritual reckoning rather than mere aggression.
Utrecht-based black metal act, active since 2019 delivering dissonant chord progressions shrouded in reverb-drenched malice. Rooted in a country that punches well above its weight in extreme metal, atmosphere and hostility share equal billing in their work.
Borrowing their name from a campy horror film, Corona, California's Ernest Scared Stupid plays it anything but light, delivering caustic death metal and grindcore laced with punk fury. Two decades of activity since 2003 have honed their approach into fast, filthy, and ferocious releases.
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