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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
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Evidence (2023)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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D-beat crust with heavy Darkthrone and Anti-Cimex influence. Features Shane McLachlan of grindcore veterans Phobia and Final Conflict on bass.
Relentless Black Metal / Crust Punk out of Texas.
Black metal project from Derbyshire, active since 2016 and rooted in the cold, aggressive tradition of Nordic-influenced black metal. Their sound delivers the genre's characteristic fury through a distinctly English underground perspective.
Catania, Italy — black metal and death metal of the most uncompromising kind. Active since 2013, they deal in raw, lo-fi aggression channeled through kvlt aesthetics. Lo-fi authenticity lends their recordings a genuinely oppressive character.
A product of Scandinavia's melodic death metal epicenter, this Linköping-based black metal act channels raw, lo-fi aggression channeled through kvlt aesthetics. Active since 2018, lo-fi authenticity lends their recordings a genuinely oppressive character.
Scorching Black Metal (early); Melodic Post-Black Metal / Shoegaze (mid); Black / Death / Doom Metal (later) from Keller.
Raw black metal project from Buckingham, active since 2017 and dedicated to the lo-fi, unpolished aesthetic of raw black metal. Their name, meaning "war shadow" in Norwegian, signals allegiance to Scandinavian black metal's most primitive and hostile currents.
When Krigsulv emerged in 2018 from Lerum, they brought with them a sound rooted in black metal — all raw, lo-fi aggression channeled through kvlt aesthetics. Lo-fi authenticity lends their recordings a genuinely oppressive character.
Atmospheric black metal project from Patras, Greece, formed in 2026 and crafting immersive, texture-rich compositions in the atmospheric black metal tradition. Their sound layers tremolo guitars and ambient elements into sweeping, emotionally charged soundscapes.
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