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Melodic death metal band from Amiens in northern France, active since 2008 with nearly two decades of experience. Their long tenure has allowed them to refine their approach to melodic death metal within the French metal landscape.
Untold Grief is a one-man depressive black metal project from Ulyanovsk, Russia, active since 2011 and focused on experimenting with the foundations of depressive suicidal black metal. The project's five releases include the Existential series and X Years of Climbing Up the Moebius Ladder, performed live with session musicians.
Death and thrash metal band from Stathelle, Norway, active since 1990 with over three decades of experience. Their long history makes them veterans of the Norwegian extreme metal scene, predating the second wave of black metal.
Untrodden is a Swedish death metal project active since 2018, operating in the underground extreme metal scene. The project delivers uncompromising death metal from the Scandinavian tradition.
Untrop is a symphonic blackened death metal band from Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine, formed in 2009, incorporating violin alongside powerful riffs and orchestration to create a dynamic dark atmosphere. Their releases include Iskra and Pale Illusions of Life, featuring lyrics in both Ukrainian and English.
Untru is a black metal project from Kursk, Russia, blending atmospheric, depressive, and black-death metal elements into philosophical explorations of mortality and immortality. Their 2020 release Immortality delivers three tracks of dense, Russian-language black metal across 11 minutes.
Untu is a death/black metal project from Saint Petersburg, Russia, operating in the extreme metal underground since 2019. The project channels aggressive black and death metal from Russia's cultural capital.
Melodic thrash and death metal band from Mezy-sur-Seine near Paris, active since 2021. Their sound blends the melodic approach of Swedish death metal with thrash metal's relentless speed.
Black metal project from Jyvaskyla, Finland, active since 2008 and delivering the raw intensity that characterizes Finnish black metal. Their long tenure in the central Finnish underground reflects a dedication to the genre's uncompromising spirit.
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