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Infinite Terror (2024)
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With Fang and Claw (2025)
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Drowned in my Loneliness (2008)
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Trading in pure metallic intensity, this atmospheric black metal and black metal act from Italy traffics in icy tremolo lines cascading over relentless percussion. Since 2021, they've built a catalog that reflects Italy's underrated but thriving metal community.
Part of Italy's underrated but thriving metal community, this act channels atmospheric black metal and black metal with a focus on tremolo-picked fury and blast-beat savagery. Formed in 2016, raw production values serve the music's unvarnished intensity.
Utrecht's metal underground has produced no shortage of heavy acts, and this atmospheric black metal and black metal unit is among them — wielding venomous shrieks over walls of distortion. The compositions unfold with ritualistic patience and venomous intent.
Ambient and atmospheric black/doom metal project from Berlin, Germany, creating immersive, layered darkness since 2016. Named after the biblical valley of suffering, their sound traverses vast sonic landscapes of melancholy and dread.
Atmospheric black metal project from Paris, France launched in 2018. They craft layered, immersive black metal soundscapes from the French capital.
Atmospheric black metal project from Prague, Czech Republic, crafting immersive, textured soundscapes since 2019. Their evocative name hints at the haunting, otherworldly quality of their atmospheric black metal compositions.
Straddling the line between atmospheric black metal and black metal, this Portuguese actfrom Castelo Branco fuses venomous shrieks over walls of distortion into a cohesive whole. They've been at it since 2020, and the compositions unfold with ritualistic patience and venomous intent.
Atmospheric black metal band from Moscow, Russia formed in 2023. Their sound channels expansive atmospheric black metal from the Russian capital.
Atmospheric black/doom metal band from Saint Petersburg, Russia formed in 2021. Their German name — meaning "loneliness is darkness" — encapsulates their sound's blend of atmospheric bleakness, black metal hostility, and doom metal's crushing weight.
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