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Featured Album
Where Fear And Weapons Meet (2021)
Featured Sludge Metal Album
AMENRA “De zotte morgen” (written by Zjef Vanuytsel) (2020)
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Featured Doom Metal Album
With Fang and Claw (2025)
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Atmospheric black metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2017. They craft vast, Lovecraftian-themed atmospheric black metal from the Finnish capital.
Avant-garde black-death metal band from Paris, France, formed in 2024. They push extreme metal into unconventional territory from the French capital.
Black metal band from Delmenhorst, Germany, active since 2008. Named after a Lovecraftian deity, Ctulu craft cosmic and occult-themed black metal from the Lower Saxon flatlands.
Black-death-doom metal band from London, formed in 2020. They channel cult-like darkness through a crushing fusion of three extreme genres.
Black metal band from Avignon, France, active since 2001. With over two decades of activity, Cult Martyr deliver seasoned black metal from the Provençal city of the Popes.
Black metal act from Basel, Switzerland, formed in 2016. They channel ritualistic darkness and raw intensity through an uncompromising black metal approach.
Black metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2016. Named after a deity from Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos, they craft occult black metal.
Black metal band from Brussels, Belgium, active since 2011, with five full-length albums to their name. Their 2024 release 'Metempsychosis' features two expansive tracks exceeding twenty minutes each, delivering spiritually immersive, occult-infused black metal.
Black-death metal band from Bremen, Germany, formed in 2018. They channel themes of annihilation through a fusion of black and death metal from the Hanseatic city.
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