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Urdarmani is a Swedish atmospheric black metal project from Linkoping, blending harsh vocals with acoustic guitar elements in a style compared to post-prison Burzum with added aggressiveness. Their 2016 EP Njorun offers three tracks across 20 minutes of intensely atmospheric black metal.
Death metal band from Akureyri, the capital of northern Iceland, active since 2015. Their remote Arctic origins lend an isolated, extreme quality to their death metal sound, reflecting Iceland's harsh volcanic landscape.
Melodic death metal band from Jyvaskyla, Finland, emerging in 2025 with a sound that embraces the genre's signature blend of melodic guitar harmonies and aggressive death metal vocals. Their name evokes a journey between existence and oblivion through melodic extremity.
Abrasive noise rock from Austin.
Usaria is a solo progressive heavy/thrash metal project from Krakow, Poland, blending old-school heavy, thrash, death, and progressive metal into a conceptual whole. Their 2025 debut Nekromanteia is a concept album set in 1893, centered on a seance in an occupied Poland nobleman's manor.
French black metal project emerging in 2025, contributing to the continuing vitality of France's black metal underground. Their sound channels the atmospheric and esoteric qualities that have defined the French approach to the genre.
Use Less is a heavy metal band from Kamnik, Slovenia, active since 2012 and delivering straightforward heavy metal from the alpine town north of Ljubljana. The project channels classic metal energy from Slovenia's mountainous heartland.
UseEye is a stoner/doom metal project from Ufa in Russia's Republic of Bashkortostan, active since 2020. The project channels the hazy, riff-heavy aesthetics of stoner doom from the Ural Mountains region.
Useless is a black metal project from Katowice in Poland's Silesian industrial heartland, active since 2017. The project channels the region's bleak atmosphere into underground black metal.
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