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Slaughter & Apparatus - A Methodical Overture (2023)
Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
With Oden On Our Side (2015)
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Featured Death Metal Album
Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
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Reap of Evil is a black metal band from Huddersfield in West Yorkshire, England, formed in 2021. The band delivers black metal from the Pennine mill town in northern England.
Rebel Souls is a death/black metal band from the Chemnitz/Spora area in Saxony, Germany, formed in 2017. The band fuses death and black metal intensity from the industrial heartland of eastern Germany.
Rebellion is a black/death metal band from Northeim in Lower Saxony, Germany, formed in 2015. The band delivers extreme metal from the southern Lower Saxon hill country.
Black metal project originally from Ireland, later relocated to Reykjavík, Iceland, active since 2006. Nearly two decades of black metal across two Nordic-adjacent outposts represent considerable dedication to atmospheric extreme metal.
Black metal project from Trondheim, Norway, active since 2016. The project delivers black metal from Norway's historic Viking capital.
Red Abyss is a German black/death metal project formed in 2016, exploring the extremes of both genres. The project channels relentless black and death metal aggression from the German underground.
Red Forest is a depressive black metal and ambient project from Valencia, Spain, active since 2014. The project channels melancholic, atmospheric black metal from the Mediterranean coast of eastern Spain.
Red Shift Overdrive is a blackened death metal band from Bordeaux in southwestern France, formed in 2024. The band delivers extreme metal from the wine capital of Aquitaine.
Vilnius post-black metal project formed in 2014, blending atmospheric textures with black metal's intensity from Lithuania's capital. Their expansive sound bridges raw aggression and contemplative beauty.
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