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People Watching (2024)
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L'Enfant Sauvage (Special Edition) (2012)
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The Necrotic Manifesto (Bonus Tracks Edition) (2023)
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Among the Shadows (2024)
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Drawing from Malmö's musical fabric, this Swedish act forges Thrash Metal built on circle-pit anthems driven by relentless double-kick propulsion. Speed and precision collide in pit-ready anthems.
San Diego's Espionage threads progressive metal's structural ambition through a traditional heavy metal foundation, producing guitar-driven music that rewards close listening without sacrificing the direct impact of a well-executed riff. Formed in 2015, the band draws on the genre's history with genuine affection and craft.
Black/doom metal band from Portugal launched in 2025. Their sound merges black metal's cold hostility with doom metal's crushing weight.
Espiritismo is a raw black metal band from San Miguel, Buenos Aires, Argentina, founded by Shabatu Mausthulem (Gaston G. Sturla) alongside guitarist Leithzara Azazelth, with themes rooted in Satanism and spiritual invocation. The band has been prolific since their 2009 debut "Otros modos...", releasing a string of albums including "Difuntos" (2010), "Perturbaciones" (2013), "NA.DE.EN.UN." (2016), and "Fragmentos de Mundos Paralelos" (2020), with "Ceremonia de Invocación" pressed in a limited edition of 300 copies by Escafismo Records.
Espíritu Oculto (Spanish for "Occult Spirit") is a black metal band from Bucaramanga, Colombia, formed in 2005. The band describes their music as committed to keeping the real black metal sound, with lyrics drawing on themes of darkness, hatred, and the malevolent forces of nature. Their lineup consists of Hakael Oculto on vocals and guitar, Aleera on second guitar, Merihim on bass, and Vreal on drums.
Black metal project from Claix in the French Alps, launched in 2023. They bring atmospheric black metal from the mountainous southeast.
Depressive black metal project from Roost-Warendin in northern France, active since 2017. They explore bleak, sorrowful soundscapes from the mining country of Nord-Pas-de-Calais.
Grindcore/death metal band from the Lisbon/Portimão axis of Portugal, launched in 2025. Their sound fuses grindcore's blasting intensity with death metal's heaviness from both the Portuguese capital and the Algarve coast.
Raw black metal project from Portugal active since 2017. Their name — referencing the star Aldebaran — adds cosmic mysticism to an uncompromising raw black metal approach.
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