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Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
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Death Doom Punks (2026)
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Curse of the Crystal Coconut (2020)
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Tver-based black metal act active since 2021, 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.
Melodic blackened death metal project from Manchester, formed in 2018 by songwriter Dan Pyke with vocalist Barry Cooke. Their Burnt At The Stake EP explores dark medieval themes of witch trials, execution, and heresy through atmospheric, melodic extremity.
Finnish doom/black metal band from Helsinki, formed in 2014. They merge doom metal's crushing weight with black metal's wailing atmosphere.
UK post-black/doom metal project active since 2019, collaborating with Arx Atrata and Arx Silvestris. Their releases including Inundation, Fulmination, and Foundations explore elemental forces and natural cataclysm through dark, atmospheric metal.
Experimental black/death/heavy metal band from Guildford, active since 2013, self-described pioneers of new-wave easy-listening metal. Performing under theatrical pseudonyms, they blend avant-garde extremity with deliberately absurdist humor.
Since 2009, this Slovenian thrash metal act has delivered high-velocity riff assaults from Izola/Koper. Their sound channels the raw energy of the genre's golden era through tight musicianship.
Black/thrash metal act from Bydgoszcz, formed in 2013. Their compositions hurtle forward at breakneck tempos, driven by the marriage of thrash's precision riffing and black metal's hostile atmosphere.
Forged in 2024 from Greece (early); Frankfurt, 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.
Kaliningrad-based black metal act active since 2016, 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.
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