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Black and death metal band from Slavonski Brod, Croatia, formed in 2017. C.F.T.C. fuses melodic death metal hooks with black metal intensity in a provocative package.
Black metal band from Le Pouliguen in Brittany/Loire-Atlantique, France, formed in 2018. They channel dark, atmospheric black metal from the French Atlantic coast.
Atmospheric black-sludge act from Olsztyn, northeastern Poland, formed in 2018. C2N2 — a chemical formula for cyanogen — blends atmospheric black metal with sludge weight.
Black metal band from Malaga, Spain, active since 2007. They channel occult darkness through atmospheric black metal from the Andalusian coast.
Experimental black metal project from Tubingen, Germany, formed in 2023. They push black metal into unconventional territories through avant-garde approaches and sonic experimentation.
Black metal project from Izhevsk in the Udmurt Republic, active since 2015. Cabron crafts raw black metal from the Ural region of Russia.
Black-death metal band from Nottingham, England, active since 2013. They fuse black metal darkness with death metal aggression from the East Midlands.
Cadaver was formed in Norway in 1988 by guitarist Anders Odden and drummer Ole Bjerkebakke, releasing Hallucinating Anxiety in 1990, widely regarded as the first Norwegian death metal album. The band returned as Cadaver Inc. in 1999, releasing the aggressive and conceptually irreverent album Discipline in 2001, before dropping the Inc. suffix and releasing Necrosis in 2004. Odden reformed the band again in 2019 with Megadeth drummer Dirk Verbeuren, releasing Edder & Bile in 2020.
Black-death metal band from Lempaala, Finland, formed in 2019. They channel vampiric darkness through a fusion of black and death metal.
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