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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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Black metal band from Lincolnshire, England, active since 2013. They craft cold, frost-themed black metal from the English fenlands.
Atmospheric black metal act from Postojna, the karst cave city of Slovenia, active since 2007. Coldhand channels the subterranean darkness of the Karst region into expansive, atmospheric black metal.
Depressive black metal project from Ukraine, formed in 2024. ColdHøst channels bleak, atmospheric black metal.
Prolific melodic black metal project from Minsk, Belarus, active since 2021. With a rapid output spanning releases like Wanderer of the Agony, Deadly Delusions, and Vagabond Legends, Coldrope channels melancholic aggression through raw, atmospheric black metal.
Black metal band from Kuopio, Finland, formed in 2021. They channel cold, wintry black metal from the eastern Finnish lakeland.
Black metal project from Gorno-Altaysk, the capital of the remote Altai Republic in southern Siberia, formed in 2021. ColdStorm channels raw black metal from the mountainous heart of Central Asia.
Black metal band from the Marl/Waltrop area of the Ruhr, Germany, formed in 2016. They channel cold, thorny black metal from the industrial heart of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Depressive black metal project from Lublin, formed in 2025. ColdWinterSorrow channels bleak melancholy through atmospheric black metal from eastern Poland.
Depressive black metal band from Erfurt, Germany, active since 2017. They craft bleak, emotionally devastating black metal steeped in despair and isolation.
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