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Black metal project from Athens, emerging in 2016. Their compositions draw from the wellspring of second-wave Scandinavian tradition while filtering it through the cultural context of their Greek origins.
German black metal band from Einbeck in Lower Saxony, formed in 2011. They perform dark, ritualistic black metal from the southern reaches of the North German plains.
Warsaw-based stoner metal outfit active since 2016, building their sound on thick, fuzz-drenched riffs and a laid-back, groove-heavy approach to heavy music. Their compositions channel the warmth of 1970s proto-metal through walls of modern distortion.
Black River is a Thrash/Black Metal band from São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil, with their name translating the Portuguese meaning of their home city. Listed on the Encyclopaedia Metallum, the band operates in the extreme metal underground of inland São Paulo state, with lyrical themes centered on Satanism, hate, and occultism.
Finnish heavy/black/speed metal band from Hyvinkää, formed in 2018. They draw from three classic metal traditions for a fast, dark, and powerful sound.
German heavy metal band from Paderborn, formed in 2013. They play classic heavy metal with a thorny edge from the Westphalian university city.
Finnish heavy/stoner/death metal band from Tampere, formed in 2014. They blend three metal styles into a royal, riff-heavy assault from Finland's industrial heartland.
German stoner/doom metal and rock band from Berlin, formed in 2016. They channel Eastern mysticism through heavy, fuzz-drenched stoner doom grooves.
German psychedelic rock and doom metal trio from Leipzig, active since 2011, featuring Uno Bruniusson of In Solitude and Grave Pleasures. Their Relapse Records debut Uncertainty is Bliss blends hard rock, doom, and psychedelia into intoxicating, transcendental compositions.
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