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Black metal project from Lappeenranta, Finland launched in 2018. They channel cold northern black metal from Finland's southeastern border.
Sweden — black metal of the most uncompromising kind. Active since 2016, they deal in raw, lo-fi aggression channeled through kvlt aesthetics. Lo-fi authenticity lends their recordings a genuinely oppressive character.
The Russian city of Yekaterinburg serves as headquarters for this atmospheric black metal and black metal operation, whose arsenal includes second-wave ferocity filtered through modern production sensibilities. Their recordings conjure desolation through sheets of tremolo-picked guitar.
Practitioners of black metal, this Russian outfit from Chernyakhovsk has been refining their craft since 2018. Their sound hinges on corrosive riffing and misanthropic atmosphere, delivered with unshakable resolve.
Draper, Utah's Elderwood draws on atmospheric folk and black metal traditions to evoke the ancient forests and wide landscapes that sit just beyond the Wasatch Front. Active since 2016, the band channels a pastoral, deeply rooted mysticism.
Philadelphia's Elderwyrm crawls through the fertile ground between stoner and doom metal since forming in 2022, the serpentine name matching a sound built on slow, coiling heaviness and fuzz-thick riffs. Classic Philly grit runs underneath the haze.
Östersund-based folk metal and symphonic metal act, active since 2021 delivering lush keyboard atmospherics layered over crushing rhythmic power. Rooted in Sweden's legendary metal infrastructure, uncompromising in their vision, they deliver exactly what their audience demands.
The Swedish city of Stockholm serves as headquarters for this death metal operation, whose arsenal includes Florida-school brutality with modern precision. The riffs hit with blunt-force trauma, leaving no room for subtlety.
Firmly rooted in folk metal, this Russian actfrom Moscow delivers regional folk traditions amplified through distortion and blast beats without compromise. They've been at it since 2013, and their sound resists easy categorization, blending influences into something distinctly their own.
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