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Ad Astra (2025)
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Swedish black/death metal project self-described as 'black tantric metal of death,' debuting in 2015 with Chapel of Bones. Their five-track release blends blackened death metal with occult and tantric thematic elements across 26 minutes of ritualistic extreme metal.
Melodic groove metal band from Chesterfield in the English Midlands, self-described as "Melodic Groove Metal from the Midlands," formed in 2021. Their 2024 album Chiaroscuro and earlier EPs Time Will Tell and Shifting Sands blend groove metal heaviness with melodic metalcore hooks and progressive flourishes.
Black metal project from Straubing in Bavaria, one of Germany's longest-running underground acts with roots stretching back to 1998. Their decades of raw, uncompromising black metal represent the old guard of the Bavarian extreme metal underground.
Bellevue, Washington's Kaphogh have been carving out raw black metal terrain in the Seattle suburbs since 2020, bringing a deliberately rough and abrasive aesthetic to a corner of the Pacific Northwest known more for progressive and experimental sounds. Uncompromising and intentionally primitive.
A product of Poland's titan-grade death metal scene, this Elbląg-based progressive metal act channels Opeth-school dynamics married to modern progressive sensibility. Active since 2018, the combination of influences yields something more interesting than any single genre label implies.
Rivne-based black metal act, active since 2025 delivering venomous shrieks over walls of distortion. Rooted in one of Eastern Europe's most resilient metal scenes, the compositions unfold with ritualistic patience and venomous intent.
Dutch black metal and raw black metal act, active since 2017 delivering second-wave ferocity filtered through modern production sensibilities. Rooted in the Low Countries' prolific death metal tradition, their recordings conjure desolation through sheets of tremolo-picked guitar.
Grand Rapids, Michigan's Kaptain Kollnot fuse progressive metal's structural ambition with the precision of neoclassical shred, resulting in a project that's as technically demanding as it is melodically rich since their 2019 formation. Think guitar-forward composition with a theatrical bent.
Stubbornly devoted to the riff, this sludge metal act from Ankara traffics in tar-thick riffs and feedback-drenched nihilism. Since 2021, they've built a catalog that reflects a scene that fuses Anatolian mystique with Western extremity.
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