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Infinite Terror (2024)
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With Fang and Claw (2025)
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Drowned in my Loneliness (2008)
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Black metal project from Nancy, France formed in 2020. They channel cold Scandinavian-influenced black metal from the Lorraine region.
In existence since 2022, this Ljubljana Black Metal and Death Metal outfit delivers icy tremolo lines cascading over relentless percussion. Their place within Slovenia's Alpine metal tradition speaks to the depth of the region's heavy music culture.
Formed in 2020, this Thasos Black Metal outfit delivers icy tremolo lines cascading over relentless percussion. Their place within the Mediterranean's black metal bastion speaks to the depth of the region's heavy music culture.
Black metal project from France launched in 2021. They deliver raw, uncompromising black metal from the French underground.
When Enshade emerged in 2013 from Novosibirsk, they brought with them a sound rooted in black metal and doom metal — all raw, lo-fi aggression channeled through kvlt aesthetics. Lo-fi authenticity lends their recordings a genuinely oppressive character.
Symphonic black metal act from Barcelona, Spain led by multi-instrumentalist Efrem Quilis and vocalist Gessami Martinez. Their discography spans from a 2013 demo through 2019's Civilizations to the 2024 full-length Poimandres, exploring hermeticism and esoteric philosophy.
Black metal project from Carmaux in southern France, launched in 2024. They bring fresh black metal intensity from the Tarn department.
Dutch black metal act, active since 2016 delivering second-wave ferocity filtered through modern production sensibilities. Rooted in the Low Countries' prolific death metal tradition, their recordings conjure desolation through sheets of tremolo-picked guitar.
Black metal and industrial hybrid from Prato, Italy active since 2015, merging raw black metal hostility with mechanical industrial textures. Their sound occupies the abrasive intersection between black metal's organic chaos and industrial's cold precision.
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