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Solace In Suffering (2015)
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Pitch Black Sunset (2023)
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De Lo Subterraneo (2022)
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Where Death Is Most Alive (Live) (2024)
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Death metal and deathcore band from Bradford, England, formed in 2018. They deliver crushing extremity from West Yorkshire.
New London, Connecticut doom/stoner duo Cinder Mage craft slow, hypnotic riff worship drenched in fuzz and reverb, conjuring occult imagery through heavy, ritualistic song structures. Their music moves like lava — deliberate, unstoppable, and scorching.
Sludge and stoner metal band from Piraeus, Greece, formed in 2017. They deliver thick, fuzz-laden heaviness from the Athens port district.
Atmospheric black metal and folk metal band from Kassel, Germany, formed in 2019. They blend cinematic atmospheres with folk instrumentation and raw black metal intensity.
Death metal act from Bonorva in Sassari province, Sardinia, formed in 2018. Cinerarium — named after a vessel for cremation ashes — delivers funereal death metal from the Mediterranean island.
Black-death metal band from Lower Saxony, Germany, formed in 2020. They channel dark, ashen atmospheres through a blend of black and death metal.
Melodic black metal project from Nitra, formed in 2022. Cineres — Latin for 'ashes' — channels atmospheric, melody-driven black metal from western Slovakia.
Cinical is a groove metal band from Mendoza, Argentina, founded by brothers Vaka and Bruno Allegretti alongside Warren Marino and Uriel Memoli. Their album Resurgir was produced by Andrés Giménez of Argentine metal legends A.N.I.M.A.L., giving the record a heavy, mid-tempo groove rooted in the Mendoza underground scene.
Swiss black metal act active since 2008. Their dark, atmospheric approach to black metal has built a steady presence in the Swiss underground over more than a decade of activity.
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