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Tampere, FI · 2024–present · active
Atmospheric post-black metal project from Tampere, formed in 2024 with a Finnish name meaning "raven" or "crow." Their sound builds vast, immersive soundscapes over black metal foundations, drawing from the corvid-haunted forests of central Finland.
Syktyvkar, RU · 2013–present · active
The Russian city of Syktyvkar serves as headquarters for this black metal operation, whose arsenal includes second-wave ferocity filtered through modern production sensibilities. Their recordings conjure desolation through sheets of tremolo-picked guitar.
Lund, SE · 2005–present · active
The Swedish city of Lund serves as headquarters for this black metal and death metal operation, whose arsenal includes second-wave ferocity filtered through modern production sensibilities. Their recordings conjure desolation through sheets of tremolo-picked guitar.
London, GB · 2021–present · active
One-person blackened doom metal project from Skegness, UK, launched in 2021 with the album Ascension on Narcoleptica Productions. The three tracks on Ascension stretch past twelve minutes each, delivering crushing, glacially paced blackened doom where all composition, instruments, vocals, and production are handled solo.
FI · 2016–present · active
Ambient black/funeral doom metal project from Finland, formed in 2016 with a name meaning "lost" in Finnish. Their sound merges ambient black metal's atmospheric expansiveness with funeral doom's glacial heaviness.
Tampere, FI · 2018–present · active
Atmospheric black metal project from Tampere, formed in 2018 with a Finnish name meaning "gate of perdition." Their compositions build dark, immersive atmospheres through the lens of Finnish black metal tradition.
NL · 2016–present · active
Trading in pure metallic intensity, this black metal act from Netherlands traffics in icy tremolo lines cascading over relentless percussion. Since 2016, they've built a catalog that reflects Holland's dense concentration of metal talent.
Utrecht, NL · 2016–present · active
Utrecht, Netherlands — black metal and raw black metal of the most uncompromising kind. Active since 2016, they deal in frigid atmospherics and razor-wire guitar tone. Blast beats and shrieked vocals create an impenetrable wall of darkness.
Uppsala, SE · 2013–present · active
Part of the Gothenburg school's homeland, this act channels black metal with a focus on icy tremolo lines cascading over relentless percussion. Formed in 2013, based in Uppsala, their sound honors the second wave while forging its own path.

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