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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 project from Cheltenham, active since 2015 and exploring the darker philosophical currents within the genre. Their sound merges atmospheric black metal with a cerebral, contemplative approach to darkness.
Black metal project from Liverpool, active since 2018 and channeling the raw, aggressive end of the genre's spectrum. Their German-language name, translating to "war pig," signals a martial approach to black metal's corrosive intensity.
Black metal project from Aachen, formed in 2025 with a name meaning "warmonger" in German. Their sound channels martial aggression through black metal's dark framework.
Bologna, Italy — black metal of the most uncompromising kind. Active since 2008, they deal in raw, lo-fi aggression channeled through kvlt aesthetics. Lo-fi authenticity lends their recordings a genuinely oppressive character.
Black metal act from Neuchatel, Switzerland, active since 2014 and forging dark, atmospheric compositions rooted in second-wave traditions. Their sound draws from the frost-bitten landscapes of the Swiss Jura region.
Black metal project from Derbyshire, active since 2016 and rooted in the cold, aggressive tradition of Nordic-influenced black metal. Their sound delivers the genre's characteristic fury through a distinctly English underground perspective.
Catania, Italy — black metal and death metal of the most uncompromising kind. Active since 2013, they deal in raw, lo-fi aggression channeled through kvlt aesthetics. Lo-fi authenticity lends their recordings a genuinely oppressive character.
A product of Scandinavia's melodic death metal epicenter, this Linköping-based black metal act channels raw, lo-fi aggression channeled through kvlt aesthetics. Active since 2018, lo-fi authenticity lends their recordings a genuinely oppressive character.
Raw black metal project from Buckingham, active since 2017 and dedicated to the lo-fi, unpolished aesthetic of raw black metal. Their name, meaning "war shadow" in Norwegian, signals allegiance to Scandinavian black metal's most primitive and hostile currents.
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