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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
Featured Black Metal Album
Give Me Back My World (2025)
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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Black metal project from Birmingham, England formed in 2020. They deliver cold black metal from England's second city.
Black metal project from Lincoln, England formed in 2020. They channel ancient Anglo-Saxon heritage through harsh black metal.
A Salt Lake City act that has quietly developed a blend of melodic death and black metal since 2008, Eallic leans into the melodic side of both genres to craft something darker and more atmospheric than either alone.
Deathcore act from the Rohrbach/Sankt Ingbert area of Germany's Saarland region, formed in 2023, delivering breakdown-heavy aggression. Their Cheech and Chong-referencing name adds dark humor to their punishing deathcore sound.
Tucson's Earacher does exactly what grindcore should — short, loud, punishing — and has been delivering that prescription since 2018 from one of the Southwest's most underrated underground scenes.
Trading in pure metallic intensity, this atmospheric black metal and black metal act from Italy traffics in icy tremolo lines cascading over relentless percussion. Since 2021, they've built a catalog that reflects Italy's underrated but thriving metal community.
Skagaströnd/Akureyri, Iceland — heavy metal and power metal of the most uncompromising kind. Active since 2020, they deal in fantasy-tinged compositions with baroque melodic sensibility. Their recordings radiate the energy of a packed festival stage.
Sludge and post-metal act from Bremen, Germany, crafting heavy, atmospheric compositions since 2025. Their approach merges the crushing weight of sludge with the expansive dynamics of post-metal from northern Germany.
Black metal, death metal, and experimental act from London, England active since 2011. They push genre boundaries with avant-garde extremity from the British capital.
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