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Follow me Down (2024)
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The Early Years (2014)
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Progressive black metal act from Chișinău, Moldova, active since 2013. Chordewa blends atmospheric black metal with progressive ambition from the Eastern European nation.
Brutal death metal band from Augsburg, Germany, active since 2010. They channel punishing, guttural extremity from the ancient Swabian city.
Speed metal band from Jyvaskyla, Finland, active since 2010. They deliver high-velocity, riff-driven speed metal from the Finnish lake district.
Stoner metal band from Bologna, formed in 2014. Choriachi delivers heavy, groove-laden stoner riffs from the heart of Emilia-Romagna.
Black-death metal band from Mulheim an der Ruhr, Germany, formed in 2015. Their name meaning disease in Polish, Choroba fuse black and death metal from the industrial Ruhr region.
Black metal project from Goor in Overijssel, formed in 2020. Choronzon — named after the demon of the abyss in occult tradition — channels ritualistic black metal.
Choronzonic is a black metal band from Patos de Minas, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The band released the EP "Where Evil Dwells" in April 2019, a three-track release with lyrics in both Portuguese and English built around Satanic and occult themes. They release music independently through Bandcamp and are documented on Encyclopaedia Metallum.
Progressive sludge metal band from Vienna, founded in 2017, combining guttural and clean vocals over heavy, slow-moving riffage with blastbeats and atmospheric passages. Their 2023 EP 'Stray Dogs' earned praise from No Clean Singing and The Obelisk for its refusal to be confined to a single aesthetic.
Post-black-sludge act from Poznań, formed in 2020. Choroszcz — named after a Polish town — blends atmospheric black metal with sludge and post-metal textures.
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