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Hands of Eternity (2024)
Featured Sludge Metal Album
No Cross No Crown (2018)
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Featured Thrash Metal Album
Ad Astra (2025)
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French thrash/death metal band from Nouvelle-Aquitaine, delivering relentless aggression since 2013. Their name suggests the gaps and vulnerabilities their music exploits with thrashing precision.
Danish stoner metal/rock band from Copenhagen, active since 2018 and delivering groove-laden, riff-heavy compositions. Their approach blends stoner rock's psychedelic warmth with metal's crushing weight.
French act from Hazebrouck that evolved from symphonic black metal origins in 2003 into black/thrash metal territory. Their two-decade career traces a path from orchestral grandiosity to stripped-down, aggressive blackened thrash.
German atmospheric/ambient black metal project from Suhl, formed in 2022 and blending ethereal ambience with black metal's hostile intensity. Their approach creates immersive, otherworldly soundscapes that transcend conventional black metal boundaries.
Basque raw black metal and dungeon synth project from Arratia-Nerbioi, formed in 2022 and blending lo-fi black metal hostility with medieval synth atmospherics. Their dual approach spans the spectrum from raw aggression to shadowy, keyboard-driven ambiance.
Dark psychedelic heaviness channeling Swans and Sabbath from Austin.
Spanish black metal project formed in 2020, channeling chaotic darkness through raw black metal intensity. Their sound embraces the genre's hostile atmosphere with uncompromising ferocity.
Italian thrash metal act formed in 2020 and split between Italy and West Yorkshire. Their name channels sacrilegious menace through classic thrash metal aggression.
French doom metal/punk band from Le Bleymard, fusing doom's crushing weight with punk's raw energy since 2010. Named after a mythical Alpine chamois, their unconventional fusion brings rural French character to aggressive doom.
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