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Necrotic Woods is a black metal project from Steinheim in North Rhine-Westphalia, active since 2008. The project channels the dark forests of the Teutoburg region into nearly two decades of black metal.
Swedish black metal project formed in 2015, channeling atmospheric darkness through uncompromising sonic visions. Their sound draws from Scandinavian black metal's deep traditions.
Necrotinea is a black metal project from Prague, formed in 2024. Named after a genus of moths, the project brings an entomological darkness to the Czech capital's ever-expanding black metal roster.
Necrotos is a black metal project from Krupka in the Ore Mountains region of northern Bohemia, formed in 2023. The project channels the bleak atmosphere of the mountainous Czech-German borderlands through raw black metal.
Necroverse is a raw black metal project from the impossibly named Welsh town of Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, formed in 2023. The band channels raw black metal darkness from the heart of Anglesey in North Wales.
Necrovomit is a black/death metal band from Filottrano near Ancona in the Marche region, Italy, formed in 2023. Their visceral name matches the raw intensity of their extreme metal.
NecroWerewolf is a black metal project from Privolnaya, Russia, formed in 2024. Their lycanthropic name channels bestial transformation into their black metal.
Greek black/thrash outfit split between Lamia and Ioannina, whose short-lived existence produced raw, blasphemous recordings limited to small-run demo tapes via Old Graves Productions. Their filthy fusion of first-wave black metal worship and thrash metal speed embodied the spirit of underground excess.
Necrowinds is a speed/black metal band from Kyustendil, Bulgaria, active since 2017. The band channels the raw velocity of first-wave speed metal through a black metal lens from southwestern Bulgaria.
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