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Where Fear And Weapons Meet (2021)
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AMENRA “De zotte morgen” (written by Zjef Vanuytsel) (2020)
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Featured Doom Metal Album
With Fang and Claw (2025)
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Shrug practice raw and atmospheric black metal from Copenhagen, approaching the genre with the casual indifference their name implies while delivering anything but casual compositions. Active since 2005, they're veterans of the Danish capital's black metal underground.
Kursk's Shtandarth channel depressive black metal from the Black Earth region since 2022. Their name and origins at the site of WWII's largest tank battle channel historical weight into compositions of atmospheric anguish.
Shuurgan craft atmospheric black metal from an undisclosed Russian location since 2021. Their storm-derived name channels tempestuous weather into compositions of immersive, atmospheric darkness.
Shuyet practice black metal from the German underground, drawing their name from the Egyptian concept of a shadow-self. Formed in 2021, they bring ancient Egyptian mysticism to their dark, atmospheric compositions.
Norilsk's Sibentodt practice black metal from one of the world's most polluted and isolated cities since 2020. Their extreme Arctic-industrial origins create a naturally hostile context for atmospheric compositions.
Biysk's Sibireal practice black metal from the Altai foothills since 2013. Their Siberian-real portmanteau channels the authentic cold of the Altai Mountains into atmospheric compositions.
Moscow's Sickle of Dust craft atmospheric black metal from the Russian capital since 2017. Their name combining the harvesting tool with decay channels agricultural mortality into compositions of immersive darkness.
Dzerzhinsk's Sickrites pair black and death metal from the chemical-industry city since 2010. Their diseased-ritual name and toxic-industrial origins channel the ceremony of illness into compositions of dual-genre extremity.
Cherepovets' Side of Despondency channel depressive black metal from the Vologda steel city since 2012. Their name of emotional collapse and industrial origins channel the despair of Russia's steel-smelting heartland into atmospheric compositions.
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