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Stoner and doom metal band from Latina, Italy, formed in 2020, enveloping listeners in thick, toxic clouds of heavy stoner doom. They bring hazy, poisonous heaviness to the Lazio region.
Poisonous play a dense, blasphemous strain of death metal that blends the brutality of old-school American death with the obscure, murky atmospheres of early Brazilian extreme metal. Active since 2008, the band released the Coronation EP in 2017 and returned with the four-track Doomed Pillars EP in 2022, cementing their reputation as one of the most uncompromising acts from Bahia's underground.
Denver's Poisonous Wind emerged from the Colorado Rockies in 2020 with a black metal aesthetic shaped by isolation and altitude, channeling the raw, misanthropic tradition of Scandinavian second-wave black metal through a distinctly American lens. Cold, atmospheric, and unrelenting, their sound carries the chill of high plains winters.
Black metal and crust punk band from Grenoble, France, formed in 2024, whose name is French slang for 'bad luck.' They merge the raw fury of black metal with crust punk's urgency from the Alpine city.
Black and speed metal band with punk influences from Lyon, France, formed in 2015, combining the darkness of black metal with the velocity of speed metal and punk's raw attitude. Their umlaut-adorned name signals Teutonic metal worship from the French underground.
A 2020 German speed metal project with deliberately corrupted orthography, Poisöned Speed channels the first-wave spirit of Exciter and early Motörhead. Their umlaut-adorned name is an homage to the '80s excess that defines their high-velocity approach.
Staufenberg's Plutonia has been crafting traditional heavy metal since 2013, their name evoking both classical mythology and early science fiction. Their Hessian small-town roots ground a sound that reaches for the epic grandeur of classic '80s metal.
Mühlau's Polaris has been crafting traditional heavy metal since 2012, tapping into the same vein of classic metal that fuels the Swiss scene's traditionalist wing. Their small-town origins belie a polished sound that holds its own alongside the country's more established acts.
A 2021 black metal project from North Rhine-Westphalia, Plutonyan channels celestial darkness through compositions that are as cold and distant as their Pluto-referencing name implies. Their cosmic perspective sets them apart from the genre's more earthbound practitioners.
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