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Let You Go (2024)
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The Bestiary (2025)
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Halo (2017)
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Atmospheric black metal project from the Uusimaa region of Finland, active since 2017 with a Finnish/Swedish name meaning "torment" or "agony." Their immersive compositions channel deep emotional suffering through expansive, atmospheric arrangements.
French black metal project formed in 2017, not to be confused with the Swedish doom trio of the same name. The project channels raw black metal intensity through a murky, atmospheric filter.
Sludge/groove metal band from Kolding in southern Denmark, formed in 2020 and delivering thick, rhythmically heavy compositions. Their Danish name meaning "strangled" or "choked" reflects the suffocating weight of their sound.
The Norwegian city of Oslo serves as headquarters for this black metal operation, whose arsenal includes corrosive riffing and misanthropic atmosphere. Frostbitten riffing and anti-cosmic lyrical themes define their output.
Chernyakhovsk-based black metal act, active since 2022 delivering venomous shrieks over walls of distortion. Rooted in one of Eastern Europe's most extreme metal communities, the compositions unfold with ritualistic patience and venomous intent.
Drawing from Moscow's musical fabric, this Russian act forges Death Metal, Folk Metal, and Melodic Death Metal built on suffocating heaviness anchored by rumbling low-end. Each release doubles down on cavernous production and churning tremolo work.
Death metal and grindcore band from Thessaloniki, active since 2010 and dealing in the extreme aggression where death metal's guttural heaviness meets grindcore's frenzied velocity. Their longevity in the Thessaloniki scene reflects a committed approach to extreme music.
Underground to the core, this black metal act from Oslo traffics in tremolo-picked fury and blast-beat savagery. Since 2022, they've built a catalog that reflects the frozen north that birthed an entire genre.
Bergen, Norway — black metal of the most uncompromising kind. Active since 2014, they deal in frigid atmospherics and razor-wire guitar tone. Blast beats and shrieked vocals create an impenetrable wall of darkness.
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