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Divine (2024)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Featured Power Metal Album
Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Prudnik's Szamot craft atmospheric black metal from the Upper Silesian border town since 2018. Their Polish name for chamotte (fire clay) channels heat-resistant materiality into compositions shaped by the Polish-Czech border landscape.
Szare practice atmospheric black metal from an undisclosed Polish location since 2015. Their Polish name meaning "grey" channels the ashen middle ground between black and white into compositions of muted, atmospheric darkness.
Ostrołęka's Szary Wilk practice black metal from the Masovian river town since 2021. Their Polish name meaning "grey wolf" channels lupine predation into compositions from Poland's northeastern river country.
One of Belgium's earliest black metal acts, formed in 1982, making them contemporaries of the genre's very first wave. Their four-decade existence marks them as one of the longest-running extreme metal projects in Belgian history.
Radomsko's Szczerzyca practice black metal from the central Polish town since 2024. Their historical name, referencing a medieval Polish royal artifact, channels national heritage into atmospheric compositions.
Debrecen's Szeg bring metalcore intensity to eastern Hungary since 2014. Their Hungarian name, meaning "edge" or "corner," suggests a sound that is sharp, angular, and deliberately confrontational.
Rybnik's Szept practice black metal from the Upper Silesian coal city since 2023. Their Polish name meaning "whisper" channels barely audible darkness into compositions from the industrial heartland.
Wrocław's Szern practice black metal from the Lower Silesian capital since 2025. Their concise name and vibrant city origins channel urban darkness into compositions of atmospheric extremity.
Szivilizs create black metal from Bern with a name that suggests a corrupted take on "civilization," reflecting a misanthropic worldview channeled through harsh, uncompromising compositions. Formed in 2020, they add a nihilistic edge to the Swiss capital's black metal scene.
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