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Jager is a dungeon synth and atmospheric metal project from Saint Petersburg, Russia, creating fantasy-themed compositions that blend neomedieval synth with orchestral and power metal influences. Their album Raevult! (2017) weaves elaborate tales of warring templars and divine conflict through bombastic, Blind Guardian-esque arrangements.
Jager Blaster is a post-stoner rock trio from Besancon, France, blending psychedelic, doom, and stoner influences across three albums since 2014. Their most recent release Introspecta (2019) features nearly 50 minutes of heavy, intense psychedelic stoner rock with immersive atmospherics.
Jäger Miliz is a thrash metal band from Puerto Montt, Chile, formed in 2016 by members Jorge Trujillo, Fabian Soto, Martin Trujillo, and Miguel Yáñez. Their debut release, Demo MMXXI (2021), recorded and mixed at Supra Producciones, includes two original tracks alongside covers of Venom's 'Welcome to Hell' and 'Black Metal.'
Jaatyakuu, meaning Frostmoon, is a Hungarian one-man raw black metal project driven by strong nostalgia for the music and long winters of the 1990s. Despite being Hungarian, the artist sings in Finnish for its suitability to the genre, with the demo EP Fagyhold (2020) channeling a Burzum Filosofem-inspired raw yet beautiful atmosphere.
Jaehzorn is a German black/thrash metal band whose album Weiderecht (2025) was released through Fucking Kill Records and features production by Deaf Chamber's Jan. Their four-piece lineup delivers aggressive blackened thrash with historical artistic elements, including woodcut designs from 1525 and handprinted linocuts on Nepalese paper in special editions.
Jaertecken is a Swedish metal band blending black metal and death metal with dark ambient, folk, and pagan elements. Their track Ett Satans Ar (2016) combines extreme metal with Nordic folk textures, creating atmospheric compositions steeped in traditional Scandinavian themes.
Jegzivatar is a melodic/atmospheric black metal solo project from Sopron, Hungary, founded in 2012 by Adrian Penzes. After going inactive in 2015 and reviving in 2018, the EP Misanthropia (2019) features guitar-driven atmospheric black metal with all lyrics sung in Hungarian.
Jojjon is a symphonic black metal project with progressive elements from Budapest, Hungary, led by musician Zsolt Sipeki. Drawing inspiration from acts like Dimmu Borgir and The Kovenant, their albums Faust's Grave (2022) and Stoic Neurotic (2024) deliver dark, thematically complex symphonic black metal.
Jormungand is a blackened pagan metal band from Cologne, Germany, blending black metal with epic folk passages and atmospheric keyboard arrangements. Their album Zwischenwelten (2018) was praised by ex-Heidevolk member Kevin Storm as an emotional dragonride through darkness, featuring bone-dry blastbeats paired with varied vocals and solid songwriting.
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