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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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Black/death/thrash metal act from Frankfurt (Oder) on the German-Polish border, formed in 2024. Named after an elf lord from Tolkien's works, their Tolkien-inspired moniker belies a savage fusion of three extreme metal subgenres.
When Ereth emerged in 2009 from Saint Petersburg, they brought with them a sound rooted in black metal — all raw, lo-fi aggression channeled through kvlt aesthetics. Lo-fi authenticity lends their recordings a genuinely oppressive character.
Eretz-Nod is a death/black metal band from San Juan Teotihuacán, State of Mexico, formed in 2020. They released their debut album "Qayin" in May 2020, a six-track occult black/death metal record. The band is unsigned and active.
Eretz-Nod is a death/black metal band from San Juan Teotihuacán, State of Mexico, formed in 2020. They released their debut album "Qayin" in May 2020, a six-track occult black/death metal record. The band is unsigned and active.
Heavy metal and progressive metal band from Brest in Brittany, France, active since 2013. They bring melodic, complex metal from the westernmost city in France.
Melodic black/death metal band from Thessaloniki, Greece formed in 2022. They blend melody with extreme metal ferocity from the Macedonian capital.
Atmospheric doom/death metal act from Leipzig, Germany, crafting immersive, emotionally heavy compositions since 2015. Their approach merges the crushing weight of doom/death with atmospheric textures from Saxony's largest city.
Boise raw black metal project Ergaster — named for the hominid ancestor Homo ergaster — channels something primal and evolutionary, stripping the genre down to its most feral, unpolished essentials.
Black metal project from Toulouse, France active since 2014. They channel occult darkness from the Pink City of southern France.
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