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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Black metal project from Corfu, Greece, formed in 2023. The project channels hostile black metal from the Ionian island.
Ravenblack is a gothic/heavy metal band from Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, formed in 2016. The project merges the dark atmospherics of gothic metal with heavy metal drive from western Germany's wine country.
Ravenblood is a melodic death metal band from Cornellà de Llobregat near Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain, active since 2013, having evolved from earlier epic folk/death metal roots. The band's progression toward melodic death metal reflects a streamlining of their diverse influences.
Ravenclaw is a black metal project from Schneeberg in Saxony's Erzgebirge mountains, Germany, formed in 2021. The project channels cold, misanthropic black metal from the Ore Mountains of eastern Germany.
Gothic/death metal band from Milan, Italy, formed in 2021. Their approach blends gothic atmosphere with death metal's intensity from Italy's fashion capital.
Ravencrown is a melodic gothic metal/rock band from Oulu in northern Finland, formed in 2020. The band blends gothic atmospherics with melodic metal from one of Finland's northernmost major cities.
Melodic Viking/black metal band from Voronezh, Russia, active since 2010. Their approach channels Norse mythology through melodic black metal from central Russia.
Black and thrash metal band from Athens, Greece, active since 2007. Their approach evolved from pure black metal into a blackened thrash direction across nearly two decades.
Ravendark is a gothic metal/rock band from Effelder in Thuringia, Germany, formed in 2014. The project blends dark gothic atmospheres with rock and metal from the rural forests of central Germany.
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