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Slave to the Scalpel (2021)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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State Of Unrest (2023)
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German black metal band from Dortmund, active since 2009. They forge dark, thorny black metal from the Ruhr Valley's extensive underground scene.
Black metal band from Mons, Belgium, active since 2009. They draw from the Wallonian underground to forge cold, aggressive black metal.
Blackthorny is a black metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, active since 2011. The band released their debut album Profane Crown of Thorns in 2011, establishing themselves in the Brazilian underground black metal scene with occult-themed material.
Finnish punk/thrash/black metal band from Oulu, formed in 2016. They draw from three aggressive genres for a raw, chaotic sound from northern Finland.
Cold, unrelenting black metal from Gargždai, active since 2014. Their sound embodies the genre's core principles: razor-sharp tremolo picking, furious drumming, and an atmosphere thick with hostility and darkness.
Cagliari-based stoner metal outfit active since 2015, channeling thick, fuzz-drenched riffs and a laid-back, groove-driven approach to heaviness. Their sound worships at the altar of the almighty riff, drawing from the deep wells of 1970s proto-metal and desert rock.
Blacktorch is a Buenos Aires instrumental progressive metal band led by guitarist Juan Polastri alongside co-founder Gabriel Pozzo on drums. Their debut album Gravitational Collapse, released on October 24, 2023, uses the physics of gravitational collapse as a conceptual framework, blending modern metal with elements of jazz and rock.
Since 2019, this Polish thrash metal act has delivered high-velocity riff assaults from Siedlce. Their sound channels the raw energy of the genre's golden era through tight musicianship.
Cold, unrelenting black metal from Oslo, 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.
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