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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
Featured Stoner Metal Album
Abridged Dimensions (2025)
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Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
With Oden On Our Side (2015)
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Spanish black metal band from Tarragona, formed in 2025. They channel dark psalms of black metal from Mediterranean Catalonia.
Austrian black/doom metal band from Sankt Veit an der Glan, blending black metal, doom, post-metal, and sludge into a crushingly heavy sound. Their 2024 self-titled debut was recorded at Doom Studios Linz and released in limited cassette and CD runs.
Blackened deathcore band from Neuchatel, Switzerland, active since 2015. They fuse the atmospheric darkness of black metal with deathcore's crushing breakdowns.
Emerging in 2012 from Carlisle, this death metal act channels the genre's primal aggression through tight, riff-driven compositions. Their recordings carry the unmistakable weight of classic death metal.
French melodic/blackened death metal band from Toulouse, formed in 2021. They blend melodic death metal with black metal elements from the Occitan capital.
French black/death metal band from Calais, active since 2002. With over two decades of fleshly extreme metal, they are one of the Channel coast's most established acts.
Polish atmospheric black metal project active since 2022, layering ethereal textures and tremolo-picked melodies over blast-driven foundations. Their compositions explore vast emotional terrain through cascading guitars and immersive soundscapes.
Emerging in 2022 from Bodø, this death metal act channels the genre's primal aggression through tight, riff-driven compositions. Their recordings carry the unmistakable weight of classic death metal.
Pervouralsk/Yekaterinburg-based atmospheric black metal project active since 2019, layering ethereal textures and tremolo-picked melodies over blast-driven foundations. Their compositions explore vast emotional terrain through cascading guitars and immersive soundscapes.
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