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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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Black metal band from Moscow, Russia formed in 2020. Witchprayer channels occult darkness through black metal rituals from the Russian capital.
Raw black metal project from Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, Germany formed in 2021, with connections to projects SKXM and Todtenau. Describing their sound as emerging from a "dark and magic forest," Witchyre channels atmospheric darkness while explicitly opposing NSBM ideology.
Raw black metal project from Ingolstadt, Germany active since 2017. Withered Grey distills black metal to its rawest essence, embracing lo-fi production and unrelenting aggression from the Bavarian underground.
Black metal outfit from Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina formed in 2020. Their releases Through the Infinite Corridors of Crippled Dreams and Projection of Suffocating Darkness explore oppressive darkness and existential anguish through unrelenting black metal.
Epic symphonic black metal solo project from Minsk, Belarus created by Olga Kann, blending furious vocals and melodic guitars with orchestral brass sections, keyboards, and traditional instruments like tagelharpa and kantele. Their releases The Endless Journey and Hall of the Dead draw lyrical inspiration from fantasy worlds including Tolkien, The Elder Scrolls, and Warcraft alongside themes of battles, mythology, and nature.
Blackened sludge metal band from Nendaz, Switzerland that emerged in 2019 from Visinand, a town historically affected by plague. Their releases No Light has No Shadow and Experimental Brew deliver thick walls of distortion and cavernous vocals in a heavy, turbulent approach to sludge.
Blackened heavy metal band from Kitee, Finland active since 2009. Wizzard infuses classic heavy metal with black metal darkness from the forested eastern border region of North Karelia.
Black metal project from Zürich, Switzerland formed in 2012. WLVS channels Swiss darkness through black metal with an atmospheric and introspective edge.
Black metal project from Lucerne, Switzerland formed in 2017. Woda draws from the depths of central Swiss darkness, crafting raw black metal shaped by the cold mountain landscapes of the region.
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