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Urkaos is a Swedish black metal and ambient project from Norrland, active since 2020. The project channels the vast, dark expanses of northern Sweden into atmospheric black metal.
Heavy metal band from the Biscay province of the Basque Country, Spain, active since 2018. Their sound carries the weight and power of traditional heavy metal, rooted in the culturally distinct Basque metal community.
Melodic death metal band from Svendborg on the Danish island of Funen, active since 2020. Their sound channels the Gothenburg-influenced melodic death metal tradition through a Danish lens, balancing melodic guitar harmonies with death metal's guttural intensity.
Thrash and black metal band from Sciacca in the Agrigento province of Sicily, Italy, whose name means 'black scream,' active since 2012. Their Sicilian origins bring Mediterranean fire to their extreme metal hybrid.
Raw black metal project from Lower Franconia, Germany, embracing lo-fi production and primal aggression since 2012. Their stripped-down approach to the genre prioritizes atmosphere and raw energy over polished production.
Black and doom metal project from Milan, Italy, active since 2022. Their sound merges the atmospheric coldness of black metal with doom metal's crushing weight from Italy's industrial capital.
Black and death metal band from Schloss Holte-Stukenbrock, Germany, founded in 2009 and reflecting on psychology confronted with absolutism, theism, and extreme solitude. Their 2014 album Decay of a Kingdom, a re-recording of their 2010 demo, delivers fast, heavy, and dark sounds without bowing to any single category.
Urn formed in Finland during the winter of 1993, founded in part by former members of Barathrum, and plays old-school black metal laced with thrash and speed metal influences. Their debut 666 Megatons (2001) established a raw, aggressive template that subsequent albums Dawn of the Devastation (2006) and Soul Destroyers (2008) refined without abandoning. The band signed to Season of Mist and released The Burning (2017) and Iron Will of Power (2019), finding a broader audience through the label's distribution.
Black metal project from Turin, Italy, active since 1998 with over a quarter century of activity. Their enduring presence makes them one of the longest-running black metal acts in the Piedmontese underground.
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