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Five-piece deathdoom outfit from Sofia, Bulgaria, formed in the winter of 2012, blending death doom and black metal into crushing atmospheric darkness. Their discography includes a 2017 split LP with Whitehorse released through Berlin's Vendetta Records, mastered by renowned engineer James Plotkin.
Ur Tid is a one-man Swedish black/death metal project by Johan Sjoblom, co-founder of In My Embrace, drawing from the northern 1990s and 2000s Scandinavian scene with influences like Dissection, Immortal, and Satyricon. Their 2020 album Withering Dead Life was limited to 50 copies and explores themes of self-hate and misanthropy, closing with an Alice Cooper cover.
Hungarian black metal project from the small town of Tamasi, active since 2023. Their sound channels the isolation and darkness of rural Hungary through raw black metal compositions.
Doom and death metal band from Lyon, France, named after the sacred cobra symbol of ancient Egypt, active since 2016. Their sound combines the crushing weight of doom with death metal's aggression, channeled through ancient mythological themes.
Metalcore band from Dublin, Ireland, active since 2022 and contributing to the growing Irish heavy music scene. Their sound channels metalcore's blend of melodic hooks and aggressive breakdowns.
German black metal project active since 2017, channeling raw, uncompromising extremity through a stripped-down sonic approach. Their work embraces the lo-fi aesthetic and primal aggression that defines the underground black metal tradition.
Thrash metal band from Turin, Italy, active since 2013 and delivering classic thrash aggression from the Piedmontese capital. Their sound channels the genre's riff-driven fury with Italian intensity.
Raw black metal project from Banja Luka, Bosnia, with a prolific output including the releases Verzweiflung, Gnostic Times, ZVKVNFT WIRD BRVTAL, and Invisible Wound. Active since 2021, the project channels despair and brutality through stripped-down, uncompromising black metal.
Uran 0 is a dark ambient and black metal project from Moscow, Russia, formed in 2004 with roots in demo recordings stretching back to the late 1990s. Their extensive discography includes albums like Nigredo, Time of Darkness, and Midnight, spanning nearly two decades of atmospheric extremity.
Anti-fascist German black metal project whose name means 'primal fear,' carrying the stance 'no border no nation' since 2017. Their prolific discography from Logos and Leichnam through Physis to the 2022 full-length Grautone spans ten tracks and 55 minutes of politically charged black metal.
Urania is a doom/death metal project from Portugal, active since 2019 and trafficking in the slow, crushing weight characteristic of the genre. The project explores heavy, atmospheric territory at the intersection of doom and death metal.
Melodic heavy metal band from the small Castilian town of Aranda de Duero, Spain, active since 2018. Their sound channels classic melodic heavy metal traditions with an emphasis on memorable hooks and soaring guitar melodies.
Avant-garde black metal band from Raufoss, Norway, active since 2017 and exploring remote regions of metal music and mental space. Their releases including Aurum, Argentum, and Substratum push beyond conventional black metal boundaries while acknowledging Norwegian traditions.
Uray is a doom/post-metal band from Moscow, Russia, blending black metal, doom, hardcore, and neocrust through thematic storytelling that explores maritime tragedy, historical warfare, and existential darkness. Their 2015 debut Part 1 EP was recorded and mixed at YourWay Records in Moscow.
Death metal and hardcore band from Belfast, Northern Ireland, emerging in 2024 with an urban-themed approach to extreme music. Their sound fuses death metal's brutality with hardcore's street-level aggression.
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