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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
Featured Power Metal Album
No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Melodic death-stoner metal band from Riihimaki, Finland, active since 2009. They blend melodic death metal sensibilities with stoner metal grooves.
Dutch black metal project from Alphen aan den Rijn, formed in 2015. Calslagen channels raw, atmospheric black metal from the South Holland lowlands.
Black metal band from Sandanski, Bulgaria, active since 2007, with releases including 'Domini MMXXI,' 'Unrevelation,' and 'Towards the Ruins of Church.' Their work explores spiritual and apocalyptic themes through dark, atmospheric black metal.
Chapel Hill stoner metal and rock outfit Caltrop began circulating in 2009, contributing to underground compilations with a fuzzed-out, riff-heavy sound tied to North Carolina's heavy rock scene.
Progressive death metal and deathcore band from Wiesbaden, Germany, formed in 2013. They blend technical complexity and progressive structures with the crushing aggression of modern extreme metal.
Brooklyn melodic black metal project Calugarul draw on themes of ancient history, religion, life, and death, weaving atmospheric grandeur into their extreme metal framework since 2021.
Black-death metal band from Lyon, France, formed in 2024. They channel darkness through extreme metal from France's second city.
Black metal act from the Florence and Prato area of Tuscany, formed in 2020. Calvana takes its name from a local mountain range, channeling the rugged Tuscan landscape into atmospheric black metal.
A black metal band based in Brooklyn, New York, Calvaria have been active since 2022, carving out their place in the city's underground extreme metal community.
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