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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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No Cross No Crown (2018)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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An uncompromising drone/doom metal act from the norwegian underground, active since 2021. Towering riffs and funereal tempos characterize their strain of the genre.
Thrash crossover act from the Catalan town of Roda de Ter, newly formed in 2025. Their primate-themed name suits a raw, energetic approach blending thrash metal velocity with hardcore punk attitude.
Heavy metal band from Madrid, Spain, formed in 2019. Their ironic name belies serious heavy metal craftsmanship from the Spanish capital.
Black metal/ambient project from Germany, formed in 2020. Their atmospheric fusion blurs the line between black metal aggression and ambient tranquility, creating darkly contemplative sonic spaces.
Haprefleur is a black metal project from Dordogne, France, active since 2024 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the France black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Black/death metal project with roots in Tel Aviv and based in Germany, active since 2012. Their international perspective brings a unique cultural dimension to their ferocious black/death metal assault.
Black metal project from Neef, Germany, formed in 2022. Their Satanic-themed sound channels occult black metal from the rural Mosel valley, an unlikely but evocative setting for darkness.
Boston's Hara Kiri bring the crossover thrash tradition to one of America's great punk cities, their tightly coiled songs drawing equally from the ferocity of hardcore and the technical aggression of thrash since 2017.
Arizona's Harad emerged in 2022 with melodic black metal that feels both epic and austere, channeling the desert state's vast, sunburned landscape into something cold and expansive.
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