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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Tomsk death metal act from Siberia, formed in 2023. Emerging from one of Russia's premier university cities deep in western Siberia, their death metal carries the weight of extreme continental isolation.
Gothenburg thrash metal act active since 2018, a somewhat contrarian stylistic choice in a city globally synonymous with melodic death metal. Their thrash approach draws energy from that creative tension with their hometown's dominant genre.
Hailing from the Gascon town of Dax, Omiors fuses folk metal with Occitan cultural identity, performing tracks with titles in the regional language. Their riff-driven approach blends stomping metal grooves with traditional southwestern French folk motifs, creating something rooted in local heritage rather than the usual Celtic or Nordic templates.
Madrid blackened thrash metal act active since 2009, among the Spanish capital's more established extreme metal outfits. Over fifteen years they have honed a style that fuses black metal's venom with thrash's kinetic aggression.
Black metal project from Ankara, Turkey, formed in 2025. The project channels hostile black metal from the Turkish capital.
Ommatidia was a Parisian gothic and doom metal band formed in 2010 from former members of The Old Dead Tree, blending atmospheric metal, progressive rock, and melancholic gothic structures into what the band itself described as melodic dark metal. The group released two studio albums — In This Life, Or The Next (2011) and Let's Face It (2015) — before disbanding in 2016. Their work was released independently and drew on the French dark metal tradition while incorporating a distinctly modern emotional directness.
Athens-based Omne Aeternum explores progressive metal's compositional ambitions with intricate arrangements and dynamic shifts between heavy and atmospheric passages. Their technical proficiency serves the songwriting rather than dominating it, resulting in compositions that are both cerebral and emotionally engaging.
Omnem crafts expansive atmospheric black metal that prioritizes immersive soundscapes over aggression, layering reverb-drenched tremolo guitar over cavernous percussion. Their empathic approach to the genre emphasizes emotional weight and tonal depth across extended compositions.
Brussels-based progressive death metal band crafting richly layered compositions that flow from beautiful melodies to roaring aggression since 2014. Their 2024 release 'Panspermia' features intricate, psychedelic arrangements reimagined through a darker lens.
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