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Templo Negro are a raw black metal act from Luis Guillón, Buenos Aires, Argentina, whose debut album "Eclipsando la última luz" was released in 2020 on Nekrolust Records as a limited CD edition of 110 copies. The eight-track record includes Satanic and occult lyrical themes and closes with a cover of Dead Can Dance's "Anywhere Out of the World." The album was later issued on CD digipak through Paragon Records.
Black metal band from Mogi das Cruzes, São Paulo, formed in 1994. The band contributed the track "El frio nascimiento de uma era de trevas" to the 2001 cassette compilation Southern Nightmare... the Fist Tentation, released by Words of Evil, and "Last Sunset of a Dark Milenium" appeared on the compilation Pure Fucking Black Metal via Nuktemeron Productions.
Progressive and post-metal band from Gabrovo, Bulgaria, formed in 2024 with a philosophy rooted in nature and the rejection of modern civilization's noise. Their debut album May I Reach Dawn (June 2025) is a ten-track atmospheric journey released across streaming platforms and Bandcamp, drawing comparisons to progressive rock as much as metal. The band's self-description—'found deep within the dense forests'—establishes the natural world as their central thematic and aesthetic framework.
Temps de Chien from Brittany craft black metal under a French expression meaning 'dog weather' or 'foul weather,' perfectly capturing the grey, rain-lashed Breton climate since 2016. A decade of storm-soaked compositions channels the Celtic Atlantic coast's relentless weather through raw extremity.
Tempt Fate from Toulouse deliver thrash and death metal with the daredevil recklessness their name promises since 2018. Their compositions channel the defiance of destiny through aggressive metal from the Pink City of southwestern France.
Formed in Antwerp in 2011, Temptations for the Weak play modern metalcore that draws on Machine Head, Killswitch Engage, and Trivium while maintaining a distinctly aggressive identity. The band recorded their 2026 album The Venom Inside at Grindstone Studio in the UK with producer Scott Atkins, and it features a collaboration with Jesse Leach of Killswitch Engage on the track 'Crossroads.'
Rotterdam's Tempter blend traditional heavy metal's melodic sensibility with doom metal's ponderous weight, occupying a middle ground between fist-raising anthems and suffocating heaviness since 2013. Their hybrid approach appeals to fans of both classic metal and the slower, heavier end of the spectrum.
Dallas heavy trio fusing drone, doom, post-rock, noise, grunge, and classic metal.
Doom/black metal band from Fortaleza, Ceará, formed in 2006, featuring members performing under the names Mictantecutli, Loki, Gylve, and Luciferiano. The band released the demo Ritos, Sacrifícios e Glória in 2008 and appeared on the 2014 four-way split Tenebras Nigrum Malefici Paganus alongside Nocturne Sortilege, Féretro Avernal, and Nomades, released by Cursecandle Records in a limited edition of 500 copies.
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