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Irrational Pull (2020)
Featured Doom Metal Album
Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland! / Stoßtrupp 1917 (2018)
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Featured Metalcore Album
The Powerless Rise (2010)
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French melodic death metal band from Clermont-Ferrand, crafting harmonic precision since 2014. Their approach channels Scandinavian-influenced melodeath through a distinctly Auvergnat sensibility.
Danish atmospheric post-black metal project from Copenhagen, formed in 2024 and crafting immersive, layered soundscapes. Their name, meaning 'light bearer,' signals an approach that balances luminous atmosphere with blackened intensity.
Swedish black metal band from Ingelstad, active since 2009 and channeling over a decade of raw Scandinavian darkness. Their name, meaning 'light fall,' evokes the descent into darkness that characterizes their sound.
Galician atmospheric black metal and dark ambient project from northwest Spain, crafting immersive soundscapes since 2016. Their approach blends black metal's intensity with meditative ambient passages rooted in the moody Galician landscape.
Southern California's Lysis have been merging the crawl of doom with death metal's rot since 2008, crafting music from the Inland Empire that sounds like decomposition set to a slow, inevitable tempo. Grief rendered in distortion.
Dutch melodic groove/death metal band from Nijmegen, blending harmonic sophistication with rhythmic aggression since 2007. Named after a viral replication process, their scientific approach brings precision to their melodic metal.
Italian raw black metal and harsh noise project from Fondi near Latina, formed in 2022. Named after the rabies virus, their approach merges lo-fi black metal hostility with abrasive noise elements.
Greek grindcore/raw black metal band from Athens, formed in 2020 and merging grinding brevity with blackened hostility. Their name, meaning fear of rabies, signals the feral, uncontrolled aggression of their sound.
Indianapolis melodic black/death outfit Lysura balance knife-sharp riffing against a melodic sensibility that keeps the music from collapsing into pure brutality, a tension they've been refining since 2012. Cold but never static.
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