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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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No Cross No Crown (2018)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Black/thrash metal act from Oslo, formed in 2010. Their compositions hurtle forward at breakneck tempos, driven by the marriage of thrash's precision riffing and black metal's hostile atmosphere.
Danish death metal band from Odense, formed in 2016. They deliver punishing death metal from the island of Funen.
Fredrikstad-based stoner metal outfit active since 2008, 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.
Cold, unrelenting black metal from Skåne, active since 2008. Their sound embodies the genre's core principles: razor-sharp tremolo picking, furious drumming, and an atmosphere thick with hostility and darkness.
Oslo black metal act active since 2003, crafting atmospheric and melodic black metal rooted in the Norwegian tradition. Their releases balance icy aggression with passages of dark beauty.
Black metal project from Gothenburg, emerging in 2023. Their compositions draw from the wellspring of second-wave Scandinavian tradition while filtering it through the cultural context of their Swedish origins.
Black metal project from Kyiv, emerging in 2024. Their compositions draw from the wellspring of second-wave Scandinavian tradition while filtering it through the cultural context of their Ukrainian origins.
Danish death metal and deathcore band from Herning, formed in 2025. They bring new blood to the Jutland extreme metal underground.
Forged in 2008 from Skellefteå, this black metal entity delivers uncompromising extremity built on icy tremolo riffs and relentless percussion. Their work carries the cold, misanthropic spirit that defines the genre's most devoted practitioners.
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