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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
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Evidence (2023)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Cold, unrelenting black metal from Poznań, active since 2019. Their sound embodies the genre's core principles: razor-sharp tremolo picking, furious drumming, and an atmosphere thick with hostility and darkness.
Black metal project from Stavropol, emerging in 2022. Their compositions draw from the wellspring of second-wave Scandinavian tradition while filtering it through the cultural context of their Russian origins.
Dnipro-based black metal act active since 2017, channeling the genre's core tenets of tremolo-driven riffing and blast-beat fury through a Ukrainian lens. Their recordings maintain a commitment to the raw, unvarnished aesthetic that defines underground black metal.
Drawing from the contemplative side of black metal, this Ukrainian project channels Kyiv (early); Kyiv / Prague's spirit into sweeping, atmosphere-laden compositions. Since 2021, their recordings balance raw aggression with passages of fragile, melancholic beauty.
French thrash/death metal band from Boulogne-sur-Mer, active since 2005. They deliver two decades of thrash-death from the Channel coast of northern France.
Forged in 2020 from Gelderland, this black metal entity delivers uncompromising extremity built on icy tremolo riffs and relentless percussion. Their work carries the cold, misanthropic spirit that defines the genre's most devoted practitioners.
Portuguese atmospheric black metal project active since 2025, layering ethereal textures and tremolo-picked melodies over blast-driven foundations. Their compositions explore vast emotional terrain through cascading guitars and immersive soundscapes.
Stoner doom act from Groningen, formed in 2017. Their music moves at a glacial pace through layers of fuzz and psychedelic textures, inviting the listener into a trance-like state of heavy meditation.
Forged in 2015 from Aosta, this black metal entity delivers uncompromising extremity built on icy tremolo riffs and relentless percussion. Their work carries the cold, misanthropic spirit that defines the genre's most devoted practitioners.
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