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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Playlist: The Very Best of Corrosion of Conformity (2010)
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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Florence blackened speed/thrash metal act launched in 2023, fusing the raw velocity of speed metal with black metal's atmospheric darkness. Their incendiary approach channels multiple extreme traditions through a Renaissance city lens.
Noctiferia is a multi-genre extreme metal band from Ljubljana, Slovenia, active since 2003. With albums spanning 'Per Aspera' to 'Transnatura' across two decades, the band blends industrial metal, groove metal, and blackened death metal into a heavy, guitar-driven assault.
Noctiferum is a black metal project rooted in Vienna since 2012. With more than a decade of dedication to the genre, the project contributes to Vienna's extensive and deeply entrenched black metal scene.
Parma gothic metal act formed in 2021, channeling dark romance and melancholic grandeur from Emilia-Romagna's cultural heart. Their atmospheric sound explores the emotional depths of the gothic metal tradition.
Noctis is a melodic black metal band from the Cabriès/Septèmes-les-Vallons area near Marseille, France, formed in 2017. The band brings melodic sensibility to their black metal, rooted in the Provençal underground.
Rome raw black metal project formed in 2023, stripping the genre to its most primal and lo-fi essence from Italy's eternal city. Their minimalist approach embraces the harshness that defines raw black metal's underground ethos.
Noctivagant is an atmospheric black metal project from Narimanov, Russia, active since 2011. Their Latin-derived name — meaning 'night wanderer' — captures the roaming, exploratory nature of their atmospheric compositions.
Noctopus is a Viennese post-black metal solo project by the artist known as J., exploring nocturnal themes through mournful, atmospheric compositions. Their releases 'Silvery Grey' and the 2019 EP 'Dunajew's Dance' blend atmospheric and post-black metal into introspective, devotional songs.
Noctos emerged in 2014 as a raw black metal project committed to the corrosive, lo-fi aesthetic that defines the genre's most underground expressions. Their sound favors primitive ferocity over polish — tremolo-drenched riffs buried under caustic production that feels deliberately abrasive and immediate. Operating in the US without ties to any regional scene, Noctos channels the spirit of early Scandinavian black metal into an uncompromising American context.
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