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German sludge/drone/doom metal band from Mannheim, active since 2006. Known for their punishing wall of sound built from unrelenting riffs and tortured vocals, their 80-minute album Negative Black is described as brutal, creepy, and relentless -- the predecessor project to Bellrope.
French black metal and noise project from Yutz in Lorraine, formed in 2012. They merge black metal's aggression with harsh noise elements.
Black Sheep Wall is a Moorpark, California sludge and doom metal band formed in 2006, named after a StarCraft cheat code. Their minimalist, downtuned approach draws comparisons to Eyehategod and early ISIS, delivering some of the heaviest and most oppressive post-metal to emerge from the American West Coast. Notable releases include No Matter Where It Ends (Season of Mist, 2012) and I'm Going to Kill Myself (2015), albums that pair crushing riff architecture with extended dynamic tension.
Thrash metal band from Steenokkerzeel, Belgium, active since 2017. They channel the aggression and technical riffing of classic thrash metal.
Sofrino-based black metal act active since 2017, channeling the genre's core tenets of tremolo-driven riffing and blast-beat fury through a Russian lens. Their recordings maintain a commitment to the raw, unvarnished aesthetic that defines underground black metal.
Galway-based groove metal/metalcore outfit active since 2020, combining crushing syncopated riffs with metalcore's dynamic song structures and breakdown-heavy approach. Their sound bridges pit-ready heaviness with modern extreme metal aggression.
Black Side is a heavy metal and hard rock band from Haedo, in the Buenos Aires metropolitan area, who have been active since 2007. Over the course of their career they have released four albums — De que manera terminar (2007), Evolución (2009), Take Me Away (2014), and Atlantis (2017) — building a steady following in the Argentine heavy rock underground.
One-man depressive post-black metal project from Antwerp, Belgium, rising from the ashes of 90s black metal band Avatar. The 2021 debut album "Lost" channels melancholic dark guitars and atmospheric synthesizers into 40 minutes of despair, mixed and mastered by Swedish MO Metal Productions.
Scottish thrash metal band active since 2009, known for splits with Gama Bomb, Krupskaya, and Unholy Grave. Their compilation Defenders of the Metal blends aggressive thrashcore with Gaelic language titles, fusing Scottish cultural identity with relentless thrash.
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