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When Evilized emerged in 2007 from Racibórz, they brought with them a sound rooted in doom metal and gothic metal — all beauty-and-the-beast vocal contrasts over darkly atmospheric arrangements. The combination of influences yields something more interesting than any single genre label implies.
Black metal project from Split, Croatia formed in 2019. They bring raw black metal from the Dalmatian coast.
Italian heavy metal band formed in 2018, delivering traditional heavy metal with an emphasis on classic riffing and old-school metal values. Their sound pays tribute to the genre's foundational principles.
Gastonia, North Carolina's EvilLeaf is a stoner/doom metal outfit that formed in 2023, adding their fuzz-laden low end to the Carolinas' growing heavy underground. Their sound moves at the deliberate pace of sludge, thick with psychedelic haze and rooted in the Southern tradition of playing slow and heavy as a spiritual practice.
Thrash metal act from Asnaes on Denmark's island of Zealand, delivering relentless aggression since 2015. Their palindromic name mirrors the relentless, circular fury of their thrash metal assault.
Thrash/death metal band from Felgueiras in northern Portugal, active since 2015. Their sound fuses thrash metal's speed with death metal's aggression from the Minho region's industrial interior.
When Evilnasty emerged in 2015 from Varese, they brought with them a sound rooted in black metal — all frigid atmospherics and razor-wire guitar tone. Blast beats and shrieked vocals create an impenetrable wall of darkness.
Death/thrash metal band from Toulouse, France active since 2013. They deliver fierce extreme metal from southern France.
Black metal and speed metal band from Lappeenranta, Finland active since 2013. They fuse the raw aggression of black metal with the velocity of speed metal from southeastern Finland.
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