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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
Featured Stoner Metal Album
Abridged Dimensions (2025)
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Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
With Oden On Our Side (2015)
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Black metal project from Perugia, Umbria, active since 2015. Criptum channels dark, atmospheric black metal from central Italy.
Croatian black metal project formed in 2018. Crna Legija — whose name translates to 'Black Legion' — channels raw, uncompromising black metal aggression.
Atmospheric black metal project from Belgium, active since 2014. They craft enveloping soundscapes of atmospheric black metal, layering tremolo melodies over blast beats and ambient textures.
Black metal band from the Grand Est region, France, formed in 2016. Their name meaning black fang, Croc Noir craft dark black metal from eastern France.
Melodic black-death metal band from Aarhus, Denmark, active since 2008. They weave melodic elements through blackened death metal from Denmark's second-largest city.
Black metal band from Dresden, Germany, formed in 2021. They channel cold, intense black metal from the Saxon capital.
Black metal band from London, formed in 2015. Named after a dark figure of Irish mythology, Crom Dubh craft atmospheric, ritualistic black metal from the English capital.
Black metal project from Austria, formed in 2021. They channel the darkness and intensity of traditional black metal with an underground ethos, maintaining an air of mystery around the project.
Blackened thrash act from Catania, Sicily, active since 2013. Cromìa Oscura — Italian for 'dark hue' — channels dark aggression from beneath Mount Etna.
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