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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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Epic black and death metal band from Liege, Belgium, one of the scene's veterans since 2004. They combine the grandeur of epic metal with the extremity of black and death metal, creating sweeping compositions from the Walloon capital.
Black and progressive metal act from Lausanne, Switzerland, formed in 2020. Their sound merges the atmospheric darkness of black metal with progressive structures and dynamic shifts.
Black-death metal band from Noisy-le-Sec near Paris, France, formed in 2019. They fuse black metal darkness with death metal aggression.
Symphonic black-death metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2015. They blend symphonic grandeur with extreme metal darkness from the Greek capital.
Black metal project from Piedmont, formed in 2025. Colombario — Italian for 'columbarium,' a vault for cremation urns — channels funereal themes through raw black metal.
Bergen-based black metal project formed in 2023, drawing from multiple stylistic veins to create a varied and unpredictable sonic palette. Their approach defies easy categorization within Norway's storied black metal tradition.
Progressive atmospheric black metal project from Obninsk, a science city near Moscow, formed in 2020. Colorful Shadows blends contemplative progressive structures with black metal atmospherics.
Russian black metal project formed in 2011. Colorless Forest channels desolate, nature-themed black metal.
Portuguese black metal project formed in 2015. Colossal Void channels cavernous, expansive black metal.
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