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Where Fear And Weapons Meet (2021)
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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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Hands of Cernunnos is a black metal project from Ufa, Russia, active since 2016 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Russia black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Post-black metal and ambient project from Wurzburg, Germany, formed in 2016. Their ethereal sound dissolves the boundaries between black metal intensity and ambient serenity, creating immersive, meditative soundscapes.
Black metal project from Apolda, Germany, active since 2010. Named after the Norse god of the hanged, they forge atmospheric black metal steeped in Germanic pagan mythology from the heart of Thuringia.
Hangover in Minsk is a depressive/post-black metal band from Warsaw, Poland, formed in 2025. They push black metal into atmospheric, post-metal territory.
Hangvart is a depressive black/doom metal band from Toulouse, France, formed in 2013. They channel bleak, emotionally devastating black metal from the depths of despair.
Operating from Cherkasy, this black metal project has been shaping crushing sound since 2021. Their sound channels tremolo-driven fury and blasting percussion through walls of distortion.
A savage atmospheric black/doom metal entity from Hungary, active since 2017. Cold atmospheres and venomous vocals define their particular approach to the genre.
Melodic death metal outfit from the small town of Säkylä in Satakunta, active since 2013. Their mortar-themed name matches explosive compositions blending Finnish melodic death traditions with aggressive precision.
Black metal project from southwest Germany, formed in 2024. Their approach channels raw black metal through the atmospheric traditions of the German underground.
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