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Featured Album
Where Fear And Weapons Meet (2021)
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AMENRA “De zotte morgen” (written by Zjef Vanuytsel) (2020)
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Featured Doom Metal Album
With Fang and Claw (2025)
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Genre-spanning extreme metal band from Oulu, Finland, active since 2009. Catamenia weave black metal, death metal, gothic metal, and melodic elements into an expansive, multi-faceted sound from northern Finland.
Black metal project from Nitra in western Slovakia, formed in 2018. Cataract Nocturhale channels dark, nocturnal black metal from the historic Nitra valley.
Black/thrash metal act from Kikinda in northern Serbia formed in 2022, fusing first-wave black metal aggression with thrash metal velocity. Their crossover approach channels raw punk energy alongside extreme metal ferocity.
Black metal act from Mestre on the Venetian mainland, formed in 2014. Catechon crafts Italian black metal steeped in apocalyptic and theological themes.
Black metal band from the Bourgogne-Franche-Comte region, France, formed in 2015. They craft atmospheric black metal with runic and pagan themes.
Black metal band from Mechelen, Belgium, formed in 2018. They channel the darkness and nihilism of the black metal tradition from the historic Flemish city, creating harsh and unforgiving soundscapes.
Black-doom-heavy metal band from Ahtari, Finland, active since 2008. They blend the darkness of black metal with doom weight and classic heavy metal from the rural Finnish heartland.
Melodic black metal and death metal band from Goppingen, Germany, formed in 2017. They weave melodic elements through the darkness of black and death metal from the Swabian foothills.
Polish black metal act from Ełk in the Masurian Lake District, active since 2002. Catriona has spent over two decades crafting black metal from one of Poland's most remote northeastern regions.
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