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Vault Of Horrors (2024)
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Grave Mounds And Grave Mistakes (Luxus) (2018)
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Death Doom Punks (2026)
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Kraków's Sverblôd practice black metal from the ancient capital since 2016. Their archaic-Nordic-inflected name and Kraków's medieval atmosphere channel ancient Scandinavian darkness through Polish cultural depth.
Miskolc's Svoid have been channeling black metal from northeastern Hungary since 2011. Their name suggests a void prefixed with darkness, and their sound delivers accordingly bleak and cavernous atmospheres.
Svalt practice black metal from an undisclosed Swedish location since 2025. Their Swedish name meaning "starvation" or "famine" channels the deprivation of sustenance into compositions of freshly-minted atmospheric darkness.
Eskilstuna's Svaltfodd practice black metal from the Sodermanland forging city since 2018. Their Swedish name meaning "born of starvation" channels the origins of deprivation into atmospheric compositions from Sweden's historic blade-smithing center.
Trollhattan's Svaltvinter practice black metal from the West Swedish industrial city since 2015. Their Swedish name meaning "famine winter" channels the deadliest season of scarcity into over a decade of atmospheric compositions from the waterfall city.
Svarh crafts melodic black metal from Voiron near Grenoble, active since 2022. Their compositions pair soaring melodic guitar lines with the raw intensity of black metal, filtered through the atmospheric grandeur of their Alpine surroundings.
Svaekling practice black metal from the Danish underground, their Danish-language name adding local character to their extreme output. Formed in 2024, they represent the newest wave of Danish black metal.
Swadilfari forge pagan and folk black metal from Hesse, drawing their name from the stallion of Norse mythology that helped build Asgard's walls. Active since 2013, they bring mythological construction to the central German pagan metal scene.
Swallowed blend doom, death, and black metal from Helsinki, creating a consuming hybrid that draws from three extreme genres. Active since 2010, they bring all-engulfing intensity to the Finnish capital's underground.
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