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Featured Album
Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
Featured Death Metal Album
Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
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Featured Sludge Metal Album
De Doorn (2021)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Soundtrack to Your Escape (The Quiet Place Version) (2022)
05/13 @ The Rust Belt, East Moline
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Geneva-based death/black metal act forged in 2020, merging the rhythmic precision of death metal with the tonal hostility of black metal. Switzerland's French-speaking underground has long punched above its weight in extreme metal, and this project continues that tradition.
Symphonic/black metal band from Hyvinkää, Finland, with roots dating to 1999. Over two decades they have blended orchestral grandeur with the ferocity of Finnish black metal.
Belgian black metal project from Brussels, formed in 2021 and channeling raw hostility. Their name fuses concepts of oath and protection, signaling the guarded, ritualistic character of their black metal.
Black metal project from Kuopio, Finland, active since 2018. The project channels cold, hostile black metal from the heart of Finland's eastern lakeland.
Malmo melodic black/death metal act active since 2014, blending the two styles from southern Sweden's largest city. Their approach draws naturally from the region's deep well of both melodic death metal and black metal traditions.
Spanish black metal project formed in 2024, among the newest entries in the Iberian black metal underground. With a name meaning 'promise' in Polish, the project hints at Eastern European influences alongside its Spanish roots.
Karlsruhe black metal project newly formed in 2025, among the freshest entries in Baden-Wurttemberg's black metal underground. Early material suggests a minimalist approach that strips the genre to its essential hostility.
Czech black/death metal band from Slany with folk influences, merging extreme metal with traditional elements since 2019. Named after the literary character representing apathy, their approach channels Slavic lethargy through darkened metal.
Amsterdam black/death metal act formed in 2020, contributing to the Dutch capital's diverse metal underground. Their approach merges black metal's atmospheric hostility with death metal's rhythmic precision in a city better known for its tolerance than its extremity.
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