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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
Featured Black Metal Album
Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Playlist: The Very Best of Corrosion of Conformity (2010)
05/09 @ Mr Smalls Theatre, Millvale
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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Athenian experimental doom metal project launched in 2024, pushing the genre's boundaries through unconventional sonic approaches. Their adventurous take on doom metal refuses to be constrained by traditional genre formulas.
Noisemaster is a death metal band from Freiberg in Saxony, active since 2016. The band commands chaotic death metal from the mining town in the Ore Mountains.
Noiserip is a sludge/stoner/doom metal act from Ylöjärvi, Finland, delivering crushing, extended compositions that merge the suffocating weight of doom with grinding sludge and stoner grooves. Their self-titled 2020 release channels raw, unfiltered heaviness across two sprawling tracks.
Born death metal and grindcore act formed in 2021, delivering rapid-fire extremity from the Limburg town. Their grinding assault combines death metal's weight with grindcore's relentless velocity.
Savage Grindcore from San Antonio.
Noit is an Italian black metal project active since 2018. They channel darkness through their cryptic, understated approach to the genre.
Noitasade is a depressive black metal project from Turku, Finland, crafting raw and melancholic black metal in the DSBM tradition. Their 2025 demo, featuring songs in both Swedish and Finnish, was recorded with minimalist production by sole composer K. Rhema.
Noitasapatti is a black metal band from Pori, Finland, active since 2017, featuring an expanded lineup that includes bouzouki and multiple keyboards alongside traditional black metal instrumentation. Across releases like Sankarin matka and Aarnivalkean ajamana, they weave Finnish-language narratives through textured, unconventional black metal.
Noitila is a primitive black metal project from northeastern Finland that recorded their debut Langennut in a family cabin using minimalist equipment, including a leather chair as a bass drum and acoustic guitars tracked in the open forest. Released on Nordvis, their music channels the raw spirit of Ildjarn and early Ulver through an unfiltered connection to the Finnish wilderness.
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