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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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German black metal project from Marl, active since 1996. Their releases including Put An End To Life explore atmospheric, nature-inspired black metal themes through nearly three decades of solitary creation.
Genre-spanning extreme metal band from Challes-les-Eaux near Chambery, France, active since 2004. Caer Ibormeith blend black metal, death metal, gothic, progressive, and symphonic elements into an ambitious, cinematic sound.
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Groove metal act from Terneuzen in Zeeland, active since 2010. Caerus — named after the Greek god of opportunity — delivers heavy grooves from the Netherlands' southwestern coast.
Blackened death metal project from Poland, formed in 2025. Caesar channels imperial aggression through extreme metal.
Seattle psychedelic doom/stoner metal band drawing on the Pacific Northwest's deep tradition of heavy, hazy riffing since 2015.
Philadelphia death metal band formed in 2024 and signed to Horror Pain Gore Death Productions, blending 80s Teutonic thrash with 90s deathgrind across their debut EP Wretched Decrepitude.
Power metal act from Moscow, formed in 2017. Caesarius delivers anthemic, melodic power metal from the Russian capital.
Death metal band from Paris, France, emerging in 2025. They bring fresh death metal brutality to the Parisian underground.
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