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Hands of Eternity (2024)
Featured Sludge Metal Album
No Cross No Crown (2018)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Czech death/sludge metal and punk band from Prague, formed in 2016. They merge death metal heaviness with sludge metal's grinding low-end and punk's raw aggression.
Punk-infused black metal from Vladimir, formed in 2017. Their short, violent compositions marry crust punk's directness with black metal's atmospheric menace.
Saint Petersburg-based industrial black metal project active since 2019, augmenting traditional black metal structures with mechanical rhythms and electronic textures. Their cold, mechanized approach creates an unsettling fusion of organic fury and synthetic precision.
Yekaterinburg-based raw black metal project active since 2015, burying its compositions beneath layers of caustic distortion and lo-fi haze. Their uncompromising approach to production channels the most primitive currents of the second wave.
German ambient black/doom metal project from Hemer and later Dortmund, active since 2007. They layer ambient soundscapes over a black and doom metal foundation for an introspective, atmospheric experience.
NWOBHM heavy metal band from Carlisle, one of the oldest in the database with origins stretching back to 1969. A true veteran of the British heavy metal scene predating even the NWOBHM movement itself.
German doom/gothic metal band from Delitzsch near Leipzig, formed in 2023. They merge doom metal's crushing weight with gothic metal's dark romanticism.
German thrash metal band from Simmerath in the Eifel region, formed in 2017. They deliver fast, punishing thrash metal from the rural western German highlands.
Värnamo-based death metal/deathcore act active since 2011, fusing death metal's guttural extremity with modern breakdown-heavy dynamics. Their compositions alternate between blasting intensity and crushing, floor-dropping breakdowns.
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