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Featured Album
Viribus Unitis (2025)
Featured Groove Metal Album
Nihility (2002)
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Under the Influence (2015)
05/12 @ 1st SUMMIT ARENA at Cambria County War Memorial, Johnstown
Featured Thrash Metal Album
Obnoxious Demos (2014)
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Athens-based raw black metal project active since 2023, burying its compositions beneath layers of caustic distortion and lo-fi haze. Their uncompromising approach to production channels the most primitive currents of the second wave.
German black metal band from Bruchsal, active since 2008. They deliver moon-haunted black metal from the Upper Rhine Plain.
Atmospheric black metal entity from Moscow, formed in 2011. Their sound envelops the listener in walls of reverb-drenched tremolo picking and shimmering ambient passages that dissolve the boundary between beauty and ferocity.
Drawing from the contemplative side of black metal, this Russian project channels Yaroslavl's spirit into sweeping, atmosphere-laden compositions. Since 2024, their recordings balance raw aggression with passages of fragile, melancholic beauty.
Drawing from the contemplative side of black metal, this Swedish project channels Söderhamn's spirit into sweeping, atmosphere-laden compositions. Since 2017, their recordings balance raw aggression with passages of fragile, melancholic beauty.
Finnish black/viking metal project formed in 2025. They channel Norse-inspired black and viking metal through a hall of bronze.
Trondheim-based melodic black metal project active since 2017, tempering raw aggression with sweeping arrangements and harmonized guitar leads. Their approach balances the genre's inherent hostility with moments of dark grandeur.
Milan-based post-doom outfit active since 2023, building dynamic compositions that arc between quiet introspection and crushing, distortion-soaked climaxes. Their patient approach to heavy music rewards the listener with cathartic crescendos born from extended tension.
Spanish black metal band from Málaga, formed in 2023. They channel vampiric black metal from the Andalusian coast.
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