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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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State Of Unrest (2023)
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Post-metal and sludge band from Kokkola, Finland, formed in 2019. They blend expansive post-metal dynamics with crushing sludge weight from the Ostrobothnian coast.
Callix Aureus is a one-person depressive black and doom metal project from Brasília, Brazil, created by musician Maycon Moura. The project blends atmospheric black metal with depressive suicidal black metal (DSBM) and doom, creating mournful, snow-buried soundscapes with lacerated vocals. Releases include “Pale Suicide (DSBM)” (2025), “Mechanical Respiration,” “Glass Tears,” “Chronica Funesta,” and “Kyrie Dolor.”
Death-grind act from Odesa, Ukraine, formed in 2023. Calloffboobjans delivers blast-driven extremity from the Black Sea port city.
Groove-thrash act from Zoetermeer, South Holland, formed in 2026. Callous Intent represents the newest wave of Dutch thrash metal.
Thrash metal band from Marysville, Washington, Calloused started in 1994 before eventually changing their name, leaving a modest footprint in the Pacific Northwest underground.
Groove-thrash metal band from Barnsley, England, formed in 2017. They combine heavy grooves with thrash speed from the South Yorkshire coalfields.
Black metal project from Frankfurt, Germany, formed in 2018. They deliver cold, atmospheric black metal shaped by darkness and urban isolation.
Death metal band from the Pomeranian towns of Bytów, Słupsk, and Wejherowo, active since 2004. Calm Hatchery has been a fixture of the Polish death metal underground for two decades.
One-man black metal project from Kalken in Flanders, Belgium, active since 2016. The project delivers fast and nasty black metal infused with an atmosphere of nostalgia and folklore, with lyrics in Flemish Dutch drawing on local traditions.
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