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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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A relentless atmospheric black metal entity from Sweden, active since 2022. Cold atmospheres and venomous vocals define their particular approach to the genre.
Forged in Alessandria's metal community, this atmospheric/depressive black metal act channels fierce aggression since 2017. Steeped in second-wave tradition, their work explores misanthropy and desolation.
Belgian post-black metal band from Aarschot, active since 2004, with a catalog including What You Make Of It and Paintings on the Wall. Their long-running project bridges the gap between black metal intensity and post-rock expansiveness.
Hamhleypa is a atmospheric black metal band from Kimry, Russia, formed in 2012. They craft expansive, atmospheric black metal compositions with textural depth.
Black metal band from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2016. Named after the Old Norse concept of luck and fortune, they forge atmospheric black metal from Germany's capital city.
Drawing from Hämeenlinna/Janakkala's metal heritage, this black/thrash metal, jazz fusion outfit channels fierce energy since 2021. Their approach balances melodic undertones with the genre's most aggressive impulses.
Black metal project from Norderstedt in northern Germany, active since 2010. Their sound reflects the bleak, windswept character of the Schleswig-Holstein flatlands through raw black metal.
Black/death metal band from Stuttgart, Germany, active since 2017. Their ferocious blend of black and death metal channels the extreme end of Baden-Wurttemberg's underground metal scene.
From Lucca/Livorno in Italy, this black metal act brings relentless intensity to the regional scene since 2014. Their compositions evoke desolate landscapes through raw, uncompromising aggression.
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