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Divine (2024)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Kyiv's metal underground has produced no shortage of heavy acts, and this brutal death metal and death metal unit is among them — wielding HM-2 filth and d-beat fury in the old Swedish tradition. Their approach favors no-frills brutality over technical showmanship.
Black metal project from Helsinki, Finland active since 2017. They craft atmospheric black metal from the Finnish capital.
The Slovak city of Prešov serves as headquarters for this metalcore, power metal, and progressive metal operation, whose arsenal includes Opeth-school dynamics married to modern progressive sensibility. Each release demonstrates a commitment to artistic evolution.
Black metal project from Germany, channeling Norse mythology and cosmic darkness since 2019. Named after the throne of Odin in Norse cosmology, their sound carries the ancient weight of pagan tradition.
Black metal and symphonic metal band from Nimes in southern France, formed in 2020. They merge symphonic grandeur with black metal intensity from the ancient Roman city.
Death metal, doom, and grindcore band from Budapest, Hungary launched in 2024. They bring a diverse extreme metal assault from the Hungarian capital.
Death, power, and thrash metal band from Valencia, Spain. They deliver a versatile blend of extreme and melodic metal from Spain's eastern Mediterranean coast.
Eu Me Tornei o Sol is a Brazilian black metal solo project by the musician Collar, formed in 2022 in Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul. The project released its debut album "The Art of Failure" in December 2022, a six-track record drawing comparisons to Gaerea, Mayhem, and Wiegedood.
Edinburgh-based doom metal act, active since 2023 delivering Sabbathian worship filtered through decades of underground evolution. Rooted in Britain's endlessly regenerating metal lineage, patience is rewarded with crushing, cathartic payoffs.
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