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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
Featured Death Metal Album
Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
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Featured Sludge Metal Album
AMENRA "Day Is Done" by Nick Drake (2021)
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Folk-infused black metal band from Trikala in Thessaly, Greece, formed in 2024. They blend folk elements with black metal from the shadow of the Meteora rocks.
Black metal project from Volzhsky near Volgograd, formed in 2024. Circlerage crafts black metal from the lower Volga region.
Symphonic black-death metal band from Nantes, France, formed in 2021. They blend symphonic grandeur with extreme metal darkness.
Black metal band from the Nice/Toulon/Aubagne area of Provence, France, active since 2008. They deliver raw, uncompromising black metal from the French Riviera.
Black and progressive metal band from Norden in East Frisia, Germany, formed in 2020. Named after an East Frisian chieftain dynasty, Circsena blend progressive complexity with black metal darkness.
Uppsala black/death metal project formed in 2023, channeling extreme darkness from Sweden's ancient university city. Their fusion approach draws from the most aggressive traditions of both genres.
Blackened death-thrash act from Šurany in the Nitra region, formed in 2022. Circular Saw delivers cutting extreme metal from western Slovakia.
Black-death-thrash metal band from Odense, Denmark, formed in 2024. They blend three extreme metal genres into a fierce, genre-crossing assault.
Symphonic black metal act from Caltagirone in Catania province, Sicily, active since 2005. Circumventor has spent two decades blending orchestral grandeur with Sicilian black metal ferocity.
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