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For All To Blame (2022)
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Ripping / Pulling / Tearing (2019)
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Rarities 1991 - 2001 (2024)
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Drawing from Riga's musical fabric, this Latvian act forges Doom Metal, Funeral Doom Metal, and Post-Metal built on Eyehategod-indebted misery channeled through crushing volume. Their approach balances aggression with genuine musical substance.
Black metal project from Germany, channeling ancient darkness through archaic German spelling since 2013. Their old-fashioned, iron-referencing name lends a medieval quality to their atmospheric black metal.
Atmospheric doom/death metal band from Pombal in central Portugal, active since 2018. Their sound blends doom metal's crushing weight with death metal aggression and atmospheric depth from the Leiria district.
Post-metal act from Herne in Germany's Ruhr Valley, crafting expansive, atmospheric compositions since 2019. Their approach channels the vast, dynamic range of post-metal from one of the Ruhr region's industrial cities.
Death metal band from Rennes in Brittany, France active since 2005. With two decades of history, they are veterans of the Breton death metal scene.
Black metal project from Finland, active since 2020. Their Tolkien-derived name signals a connection to Finnish black metal's longstanding fascination with fantasy mythology.
Metalcore band from Biscay province in the Basque Country, Spain, active since 2019. They deliver breakdown-heavy metalcore from the Basque industrial heartland.
Black metal and industrial metal band from Athens, Greece active since 2018. They fuse cold black metal with industrial textures.
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