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Featured Album
La Grande Mascarade - EP (2024)
Featured Heavy Metal Album
No More Hollywood Endings (2025)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
The Pursuit of Vikings: Live at Summer Breeze (Main Stage) (2018)
05/09 @ Coca-Cola Roxy, Atlanta
Featured Stoner Metal Album
Gossamer Wings of Illusion (2025)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
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Lviv-based folk metal act active since 2017, weaving traditional melodies and acoustic instrumentation into a heavy metal framework. Their compositions bridge musical heritage with the power of electric amplification.
Czech atmospheric black metal trio from Prague, formed in 2024 and self-described as playing raw cosmic black metal. Their debut album Ignari features four expansive tracks exploring cosmic consciousness and existential themes through raw, ethereal black metal.
Drawing from the contemplative side of black metal, this Polish project channels Warsaw's spirit into sweeping, atmosphere-laden compositions. Since 2012, their recordings balance raw aggression with passages of fragile, melancholic beauty.
Portuguese atmospheric black metal project active since 2025, layering ethereal textures and tremolo-picked melodies over blast-driven foundations. Their compositions explore vast emotional terrain through cascading guitars and immersive soundscapes.
German atmospheric black metal band from North Rhine-Westphalia, formed in 2021. They channel atmospheric black metal through misty, folk-inflected textures.
German atmospheric black metal band from Saxony, formed in 2013. They weave ethereal atmospheres and natural imagery into a raw black metal framework.
Drawing from the contemplative side of black metal, this Swedish project channels Malmö's spirit into sweeping, atmosphere-laden compositions. Since 2023, their recordings balance raw aggression with passages of fragile, melancholic beauty.
Atmospheric black metal entity from Sweden, formed in 2014. Their sound envelops the listener in walls of reverb-drenched tremolo picking and shimmering ambient passages that dissolve the boundary between beauty and ferocity.
French atmospheric black metal band from Lille, formed in 2016. They craft vampire-themed atmospheric black metal from the capital of northern France.
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