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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
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Evidence (2023)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Black metal band from Saint Petersburg, Russia active since 2008, representing nearly two decades of raw black metal from the Baltic-facing cultural capital.
Black metal act from Dortmund in Germany's industrial Ruhr Valley, channeling dark intensity since 2019. Their name, German for "unity," stands in stark contrast to the divisive, confrontational nature of their black metal sound.
Melodic death metal and metalcore band from Perm in the Ural Mountains region of Russia, formed in 2022. Their sound blends melodic death metal with metalcore from one of Russia's major eastern industrial cities.
Swedish black metal act, active since 1996 delivering venomous shrieks over walls of distortion. Rooted in Sweden's legendary metal infrastructure, the compositions unfold with ritualistic patience and venomous intent.
Denver's Einherjar Incarnate has been forging heavy and power metal since 2016, drawing on the genre's twin pillars of riff-driven muscle and soaring melodic ambition. Equal parts Iron Maiden grandiosity and bruising mid-paced attack.
Sweden — black metal of the most uncompromising kind. Active since 1996, they deal in raw, lo-fi aggression channeled through kvlt aesthetics. Lo-fi authenticity lends their recordings a genuinely oppressive character.
Emerging from Haugesund, this Norwegian act forges Viking Metal built on Norse-themed compositions blending folk melody with extreme metal power. Each release demonstrates a commitment to artistic evolution.
Rochester, Michigan's Einheuser has been navigating the overlap between death and progressive metal since 2011, constructing dense, technically ambitious music that favors structural complexity over outright brutality.
A product of Poland's titan-grade death metal scene, this Gdańsk-based black metal act channels raw, lo-fi aggression channeled through kvlt aesthetics. Active since 2011, lo-fi authenticity lends their recordings a genuinely oppressive character.
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