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The Blind Leading The Blind (2018)
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Scum (2017)
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Grave Mounds And Grave Mistakes (Luxus) (2018)
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Osnabrück's Prehistoric War Cult has been channeling primal black-death metal fury since 2021, their name evoking rituals of ancient violence. Their Lower Saxon base provides a launching pad for compositions that sound unearthed from before civilization.
Madrid's Pact of Solitude has been weaving black and doom metal together since 2015, creating compositions that dwell in the loneliest corners of the Spanish extreme underground. Their capital-city base belies the isolation their name and sound evoke.
Black metal band from Torvastad, Norway, formed in 2025, whose name means 'priest' in Norwegian. They bring freshly ordained black metal fury from the island of Karmoy.
Black and death metal band from Swiebodzice, Poland, formed in 2020, delivering blackened death metal from the Lower Silesian foothills. Their sacred name contrasts with the unholy nature of their extreme metal.
A 2025 black metal project from Lower Saxony, Priestermord — 'priest murder' in German — arrives with anticlerical fury channeled through raw, uncompromising compositions. Their confrontational name establishes an aesthetic of blasphemous aggression from the outset.
Black metal band from Brittany, France, formed in 2021, whose name means 'priory' in French. They channel the medieval monastic darkness of their Breton surroundings through atmospheric black metal.
Jerez de la Frontera's Parusía merges doom and black metal with crust punk's aggressive urgency since 2014. Their Andalusian sherry-country origins provide a sun-scorched backdrop for music that is anything but warm.
Black metal turned progressive thrash and black metal band from Athens, Greece, active since 2009, evolving from raw black metal into more ambitious progressive territory. Their stylistic evolution reflects growing musical ambition over their fifteen-year career.
Black metal band from Poznan, Poland, formed in 2025, whose Latin name means 'first fruits of the sleeping.' They bring freshly awakened black metal fury to the Greater Poland region.
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