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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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Black metal/ambient project from Freiburg im Breisgau, formed in 2019 and merging atmospheric textures with harsh black metal from the Black Forest region. Their compositions drift between icy aggression and contemplative ambient space.
Black metal band from Lichtentanne in Saxony, active since 2013 and forging dark, powerful compositions from the Zwickau district. Their sustained output over a decade has made them a consistent force in the Saxon black metal scene.
Exploring the depths of black metal, this Italian outfit from Agrigento has been refining their craft since 2020. Their sound hinges on corrosive riffing and misanthropic atmosphere, delivered with fierce commitment.
Post-black metal project from Berlin, formed in 2019 and channeling atmospheric expansiveness through black metal's raw framework. Their name references an Estonian folklore creature, adding a mystical dimension to their sound.
Black metal project from Espoo, formed in 2023 with a Finnish name meaning "treasure goblin" from folklore. Their sound channels Finnish folk horror through cold, atmospheric black metal.
Straddling the line between avant-garde metal and black metal, this Irish actfrom Cork fuses dissonant chord progressions shrouded in reverb-drenched malice into a cohesive whole. They've been at it since 2013, and atmosphere and hostility share equal billing in their work.
A product of Italy's deep-rooted extreme metal underground, this Ovodda (Nuoro)-based black metal act channels raw, lo-fi aggression channeled through kvlt aesthetics. Active since 2023, lo-fi authenticity lends their recordings a genuinely oppressive character.
Wielding black metal as their weapon, this Norwegian outfit from Oslo has been refining their craft since 2016. Their sound hinges on corrosive riffing and misanthropic atmosphere, delivered with dogged persistence.
Helsinki black metal project active since 2015, with a Latinized crematorium name evoking death and fire. Their decade of output channels the ancient Roman aesthetic of cremation through cold Nordic black metal.
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