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Undercover Scumbag (2018)
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A Stare Bound in Stone (2018)
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Of Stone, Wind, & Pillor (Remastered) (2021)
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Swedish black metal and depressive black metal act, active since 2007 delivering dissonant chord progressions shrouded in reverb-drenched malice. Rooted in Sweden's legendary metal infrastructure, atmosphere and hostility share equal billing in their work.
Highstown, New Jersey's Elegia have been delivering traditional power and speed metal since 2010, their songs built around soaring melodic ambition and the kind of riff gallop that lives somewhere between Running Wild and Riot.
Operating out of Allegany, Elegiac is a black metal project formed in 2021 that leans into raw emotion and atmospheric density — music shaped by small-town isolation and the genre's oldest instincts.
Progressive death metal band from the Chevreuse Valley in Ile-de-France, delivering expansive compositions exploring mythology and inner turmoil. Their 2024 album Lueurs features four tracks of sophisticated progressive death metal recorded at Acouzik Paris.
Part of Holland's dense concentration of metal talent, this act channels heavy metal, power metal, and progressive metal with a focus on labyrinthine compositions spanning multiple movements and moods. Formed in 2020, based in Eindhoven, every recording pushes a little further into uncharted sonic territory.
Maryland's Elegy of Empire arrived in 2023 with atmospheric and depressive black metal steeped in grandiose desolation, their name perfectly telegraphing the genre's obsession with ruin and historical collapse.
Firmly rooted in symphonic metal, this Italian actfrom Taranto delivers lush keyboard atmospherics layered over crushing rhythmic power without compromise. They've been at it since 2025, and their sound resists easy categorization, blending influences into something distinctly their own.
Underground to the core, this gothic metal and progressive metal act from Matera traffics in technical virtuosity in service of expansive, cinematic narratives. Since 2024, they've built a catalog that reflects Italy's underrated but thriving metal community.
Part of the Gothenburg school's homeland, this act channels symphonic metal with a focus on orchestral grandeur married to heavy guitar-driven foundations. Formed in 2015, based in Landskrona, every recording pushes a little further into uncharted sonic territory.
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