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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
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Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
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AMENRA "Day Is Done" by Nick Drake (2021)
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Blackened death-thrash act from the small Overijssel town of Westerhaar-Vriezenveensewijk, formed in 2019. Cimmerii — named after the mythical people dwelling in eternal darkness — blends extreme subgenres from rural eastern Netherlands.
Atmospheric black metal and folk metal band from Kassel, Germany, formed in 2019. They blend cinematic atmospheres with folk instrumentation and raw black metal intensity.
Black-death metal band from Lower Saxony, Germany, formed in 2020. They channel dark, ashen atmospheres through a blend of black and death metal.
Melodic black metal project from Nitra, formed in 2022. Cineres — Latin for 'ashes' — channels atmospheric, melody-driven black metal from western Slovakia.
Swiss black metal act active since 2008. Their dark, atmospheric approach to black metal has built a steady presence in the Swiss underground over more than a decade of activity.
Atmospheric black metal band from Vigo, Spain, formed in 2023. Their name meaning ash in Galician, Cinza channel melancholy through dense atmospheric black metal from the Atlantic coast.
Black metal project from Lisbon, formed in 2020. Cinzas — Portuguese for 'ashes' — channels themes of destruction and rebirth through atmospheric black metal.
Melodic black metal duo from Minsk, Belarus, formed by Ślepowron and Sida. Their 2025 debut Zabytaja Karčma sets the poetry of revered Belarusian writer Yanka Kupala to atmospheric black metal, blending national literary heritage with dark metal aesthetics.
German black metal project formed in 2019. They deliver dark, ritualistic black metal steeped in occult themes and raw intensity.
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