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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 band from Nastola, Finland, formed in 2013, whose Finnish name means 'red terror.' They bring politically charged black metal ferocity from the Paijat-Hame region.
Black and death metal band with hardcore influences from Paris, France, formed in 2017, combining extreme metal ferocity with hardcore intensity. They bring a confrontational crossover approach to the Parisian underground.
Black, death, and thrash metal band from Portugal, formed in 2026, whose Portuguese name means 'bestial purgatory.' They represent the absolute newest wave of Portuguese extreme metal.
Black and death metal band from Warsaw, Poland, formed in 2012, cleansing the Polish capital with over a decade of blackened death metal fire. They are a veteran act in the Warsaw extreme metal scene.
Atmospheric black metal band from Nijmegen, Netherlands, formed in 2025, crafting immersive atmospheric black metal from one of the oldest cities in the Netherlands. They represent the newest wave of Dutch black metal.
Black metal band from Braga, Portugal, formed in 2025, whose name means 'pure abyss' in Portuguese. They deliver abyssal black metal from the ancient Roman city of Braga.
Raw black metal band from Ufa, Russia, formed in 2015, delivering a decade of raw, unpolished black metal from the Bashkortostan capital. They bring primal extremity from the southern Urals.
Brutal death metal and goregrind turned black metal and grindcore band from Moscow, Russia, active since 2008, whose gloriously grotesque name matches their sonic evolution. Nearly two decades of extreme mutation from the Russian capital.
Atmospheric black metal band from Masovia, Poland, formed in 2024, whose name means 'empty night' in Polish. They craft desolate atmospheric black metal reflecting the void of their nocturnal name.
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