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Hands of Eternity (2024)
Featured Sludge Metal Album
No Cross No Crown (2018)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Heavy metal band from Varna, Bulgaria, on the Black Sea coast. Their sound channels the classic traditions of European heavy metal with powerful riffs and commanding vocals, including the live recording Live 2020.
Black Metal outfit rooted in Besançon, channeling scorching underground intensity. Their sound channels tremolo-driven fury and blasting percussion through walls of distortion.
Operating from Paris, this electronic industrial metal project has been shaping raw sound since 2006. Tight compositions and aggressive delivery characterize their particular approach.
Black metal project from Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, active since 2010. Their cold, domineering sound channels atmospheric black metal from the northernmost reaches of Germany.
Thrash/heavy metal band from Valencia, Spain, active since 1994. Three decades of thunderous thrash and heavy metal make them one of the longest-running metal acts in the Valencian Community.
Based in Clermont-Ferrand, this sludge/drone/doom metal project has been a fixture of France's underground since 2010. Massive, slow-building riffs and cavernous atmospheres define their doom approach.
Death metal outfit from Lille in northern France, active since 2023. Their sound channels the industrial grit of France's Flemish-influenced northern metropolis into crushing death metal.
Hersir is a black metal project from Gothenburg, Sweden, active since 2021 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Sweden black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Black metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in 2020. Their name meaning 'Ruler' in Danish, they command dark, atmospheric black metal from the heart of Scandinavia.
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