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Hereticae is a blackened death metal band from Londrina, Brazil, formed in 2015 with lyrical themes rooted in Thelema philosophy and anti-colonialist struggle. The band released their debut EP New Aeon Trinity in 2017, followed by the full-length Ecos do Atlântico in 2020 and a second album, Maior Que Deus, in 2025. Their sound draws heavily from Behemoth, Belphegor, and fellow Brazilian extreme act Sarcófago.
Based in Caltanissetta, this symphonic black metal project has been a fixture of Italy's underground since 2019. Steeped in second-wave tradition, their work explores misanthropy and desolation.
Atlanta's Heretical Rites blend blackened death metal into something caustic and ceremonial since their 2024 inception, approaching the genre's darkest traditions with a sense of ritual purpose. Georgia's underground gains a genuinely malevolent new voice.
Santa Fe, New Mexico's Heretical Sect bring a desolate, high-desert black metal aesthetic to the genre since 2019 — sparse, harsh, and imbued with the particular loneliness of the American Southwest. Their sound is as dry and unforgiving as the landscape.
Melodic death/thrash metal band from Verne/Paderborn, Germany, active since 2010. Their melodic approach merges the best of Gothenburg-style death metal with thrash metal velocity.
Death/black metal band from Leon, Spain, active since 2008. Their fierce blend of death and black metal aggression comes from the historic medieval kingdom's capital.
Forged in Viareggio (Lucca)'s metal community, this death/thrash metal act channels raw aggression since 2013. Cavernous production and rhythmic complexity define their death metal approach.
Heretique is a thrash/black/death metal band from Gliwice, Poland, formed in 2009. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
Melodic black metal project from Clos du Doubs, Switzerland, formed in 2026. A fresh voice in Swiss black metal, they bring melodic sophistication to the genre from the pastoral landscapes of the Jura.
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