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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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Black metal project from Oslo, Norway, active since 2022 and crafting darkness from the Norwegian capital. Their Oslo base connects them to the city's legendary black metal heritage.
Funeral doom metal and dark ambient project from Quattro Castella near Reggio Emilia, Italy. Their dual-faceted sound bridges funeral doom's glacial heaviness with dark ambient's meditative darkness.
Black metal project originating in Norway in 2006 before relocating to California, bringing authentic Norwegian black metal traditions across the Atlantic. Their transatlantic journey reflects black metal's global reach from its Norwegian roots.
Ripping Blackened Death Metal from Mission.
Black and doom metal band from Paris, France, merging the despair of doom with black metal's cold fury since 2020. Their Parisian origin places them within one of Europe's most diverse extreme metal communities.
Unholy Ghost formed in Tampa, Florida in January 2003, assembled from veterans of the Florida death metal scene — including members of Diabolic and Pessimist. The band's debut Torrential Reign attracted attention from Century Media Records almost immediately upon its release, placing them within the lineage of Florida's brutal death metal tradition. The band was active through 2005 and resumed activity in 2014.
Black metal project from Ossi near Sassari on the island of Sardinia, active since 2019. Their Sardinian origins bring an isolated, Mediterranean character to their black metal sound.
Melodic black and death metal band from the Croatian port city of Rijeka, active since 2020. Their Adriatic coastal origins bring a unique character to their blend of melodic extremity.
Unholy Night is a Moscow-based black/speed metal band active since 2019, blending black metal ferocity with speed metal velocity and punk rock energy across six releases. Their 2024 album Atomic Sorcery packs eight tracks into 27 minutes, continuing a prolific run that includes a Bathory tribute.
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