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"Mirror" Mixtape (2022)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Melodic black metal outfit from Rijeka, formed in 2014. Layers of orchestration and twin-guitar harmonies elevate their compositions beyond standard black metal into more expansive territory.
Black Cult is a black metal band from Valença, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, formed in 2014. The band released their album "Neo-Satanism" in 2014 through Satanath Records and Black Plague Records in a limited edition of 500 copies. They play raw, orthodox black metal rooted in the Brazilian underground tradition.
Finnish black metal project formed in 2011. They deliver raw, transgressive black metal from the Finnish underground.
Power metal outfit from Sarpsborg, formed in 2021. Their sound combines high-register vocals with twin-guitar harmonies and double-bass drumming in the grand tradition of melodic heavy metal.
Gothenburg-based black/thrash metal outfit active since 2018, fusing black metal's atmospheric venom with thrash's riff-driven velocity. Their high-energy sound channels the raw spirit of early Bathory, Sodom, and Destruction.
German black 'n' roll band from Trier, formed in 2023. They fuse black metal's darkness with rock and roll energy for a driving, irreverent sound.
Death metal band from Millom in Cumbria, active since 2014. They bring extreme metal aggression to the remote reaches of England's northwest coast.
German melodic black metal band from Aichach in Bavaria, formed in 2017. They weave melodic elements into a black metal framework with atmospheric depth.
Punk-infused black metal from Utrecht, formed in 2016. Their short, violent compositions marry crust punk's directness with black metal's atmospheric menace.
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