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Featured Album
The Blind Leading The Blind (2018)
Featured Grindcore Album
Scum (2017)
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Featured Progressive Metal Album
Grave Mounds And Grave Mistakes (Luxus) (2018)
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Melodic death-black metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2017. They weave melodic elements through blackened death metal from the Finnish capital.
Melodic blackened death metal act from Tula, south of Moscow, active since 2010. Cavandish has spent over fifteen years crafting melody-infused extreme metal from the historic arms-making city.
Black, heavy, and speed metal band from Turnov, Czech Republic, active since 2013. Their sound fuses first-wave black metal darkness with the velocity of speed metal and the power of traditional heavy metal.
Black metal project from Sintra, the historic town near Lisbon, active since 2016. Cavemaster channels subterranean darkness from the misty hills of Sintra.
Black metal band from Rouen, France, formed in 2016. They craft dark, cavernous black metal from the historic Norman capital.
Black-doom metal project from Germany, formed in 2022. They merge the oppressive weight of doom with the icy darkness of black metal into a cavernous, atmospheric sound.
Italian black metal project formed in 2020. Cavronhead channels raw, unpolished black metal aggression.
Raw black metal project originating from Hampshire/Sussex, now based in Manchester, England, active since 2009. Caina craft avant-garde, emotionally intense black metal that pushes the genre's boundaries.
Black metal project from Umeå, formed in 2017. Ceaseless Discharge — a Dark Souls reference — channels atmospheric black metal from northern Sweden.
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