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Divine (2024)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Venice black metal project formed in 2020, channeling atmospheric darkness from one of the world's most hauntingly beautiful cities. Their sound draws from the brooding intensity of the genre's underground traditions.
Black metal act from Scalea on Calabria's Tyrrhenian coast, active since 2012 and channeling darkness from southern Italy's dramatic coastline. Their enduring presence speaks to black metal's reach into even Italy's most remote regions.
Rovio is a Finnish black metal project formed in 2016. The project channels atmospheric black metal from the Finnish underground.
Rowan is a doom and sludge metal project from Minsk, Belarus, formed in 2019 and operating in the slow, heavy tradition of the genre. The project contributes to the surprisingly active Belarusian heavy underground scene that has produced numerous sludge and doom acts.
Los Angeles outfit Rowsdower, active since 2011, occupies the slow and swampy intersection of sludge, stoner, and doom metal — thick riffs, deliberate tempos, and the kind of hazy, heavy atmosphere that the LA underground has cultivated for decades. Their sound favors groove and weight over speed.
Thrash/groove metal band from Liverpool, active since 2013. Their approach blends thrash velocity with groove metal's rhythmic drive from Merseyside.
NWOBHM-style heavy metal band from Manchester, active since 2017. Their approach channels the classic New Wave of British Heavy Metal spirit from northern England.
Roxor is a heavy metal band from Nymburk in central Bohemia, Czech Republic, formed in 2018. The band delivers traditional heavy metal from the town east of Prague, contributing to the Czech Republic's deep roster of classic metal acts.
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