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Promo 2016 (2016)
Featured Symphonic Black/Gothic Metal Album
"Siglos Antiguos" (TEASER) (2018)
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Doomed To Failure (Single) (2020)
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Death metal act from Oslo, formed in 2020. Coldflesh brings chilling death metal to the Norwegian capital's extreme underground.
Black metal band from Lincolnshire, England, active since 2013. They craft cold, frost-themed black metal from the English fenlands.
Atmospheric black metal act from Postojna, the karst cave city of Slovenia, active since 2007. Coldhand channels the subterranean darkness of the Karst region into expansive, atmospheric black metal.
Depressive black metal project from Ukraine, formed in 2024. ColdHøst channels bleak, atmospheric black metal.
Heavy metal band from Zaragoza, Spain, formed in 2015. They deliver classic heavy metal from the Aragonese capital.
Out of Chesterton, Indiana — a small Lake Michigan dune town wedged between Chicago and nowhere — Coldness channels depressive black metal's isolation and misery with the conviction of a project that clearly means every note.
Coldness is a heavy metal band from Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, formed in 2012 and operating as an independent act. The band explores themes of human feelings, life, and personal reflection in their music, and had a track featured on the Terrorizer Magazine South America sampler "Fear Candy" in 2017.
Progressive death metal band from Paris, France, active since 2007. They merge progressive complexity with death metal intensity from the French capital.
Prolific melodic black metal project from Minsk, Belarus, active since 2021. With a rapid output spanning releases like Wanderer of the Agony, Deadly Delusions, and Vagabond Legends, Coldrope channels melancholic aggression through raw, atmospheric black metal.
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