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AntiFragile (2025)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Featured Stoner Metal Album
Serpent & Spirit (2021)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Black metal project from South Karelia in southeastern Finland, formed in 2018 with a Finnish name meaning "snake Christ." Their blasphemous, serpentine imagery channels religious subversion through cold Finnish black metal.
Folk metal band from the Community of Madrid, active since 2012 and weaving Celtic and Iberian folk traditions into heavy metal instrumentation. Their Celtiberian-referencing name roots their sound in the pre-Roman heritage of the Iberian Peninsula.
Finnish black metal project active since 2016, named after the death spirits of Greek mythology. Their classical mythological theme adds ancient resonance to their atmospheric black metal.
Marche's metal underground has produced no shortage of heavy acts, and this heavy metal unit is among them — wielding galloping rhythms and fist-pumping anthems. Melody and muscle share equal billing in their compositions.
Firmly rooted in black metal, this Ukrainian actfrom Mykolaiv delivers venomous shrieks over walls of distortion without compromise. They've been at it since 2018, and the compositions unfold with ritualistic patience and venomous intent.
French raw and ambient black metal project formed in 2021, with a prolific catalog spanning releases like Reviviscence, Lost Civilization, and Ocean of Ice. The project weaves ambient textures into raw black metal, creating atmospheric explorations of cold, desolate landscapes.
Black metal project from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in northeastern Germany, active since 2012 and channeling the desolate landscapes of the Baltic coast. Their stripped-down approach captures the isolation of Germany's most sparsely populated state.
Estonian black metal project from Tallinn, formed in 2017 with a name meaning "rot" or "decay" in Estonian. Their sound channels the dark, moss-covered forests of the Baltic region into atmospheric black metal.
Black/doom metal project from Tartu, formed in 2020 and merging black metal's cold fury with doom's crushing weight. Their Estonian name meaning "thunder" reflects the powerful, rumbling intensity of their sound.
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