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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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Austrian old witching black metal band from Linz, conjuring occult atmospheres since 2019. Their discography includes They Ride Along, a split with Hexenbrett, and the album Revelry of a Maltreated Jade, all steeped in witchcraft-themed imagery.
Danish black metal project from Gedved/Djursland, active since 2012. Their cultic approach channels ritualistic black metal from the Jutland peninsula.
Born in the savage underground of Riihimäki, this black/death metal act has delivered unflinching intensity since 2010. Their approach balances melodic undertones with the genre's most aggressive impulses.
Hail Spirit Noir is a progressive/psychedelic rock/black metal project from Thessaloniki, Greece, active since 2016 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Greece black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Swiss black metal act from Frauenfeld, active since 2019, brewing a wild mix of NWoBHM, punk, and black metal. Their self-titled album and Haile Selacid Ultras fuse irreverent punk energy with metallic grit in a uniquely chaotic blend.
Black metal project from Galicia, Spain, formed in 2021. Their atmospheric approach channels the misty, Celtic-influenced landscapes of northwestern Spain through raw black metal.
Melodic Black Metal force from Sundsvall, furious and relentless since 2019. Icy melodies interwoven with blast-beaten fury characterize their output.
Black metal/crust hybrid from Karlsruhe, Germany, formed in 2025. Their volatile blend of black metal atmosphere and crust punk aggression represents the newest wave of genre-defying extremity from Baden.
Hailing from Glasgow in United Kingdom, this black metal, dark ambient outfit channels aggressive energy since 2015. Icy melodies interwoven with blast-beaten fury characterize their output.
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