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Viribus Unitis (2025)
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Nihility (2002)
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Obnoxious Demos (2014)
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Black/thrash metal band from Cittadella, Italy formed in 2018. Witchbrew merges the occult darkness of black metal with thrash's velocity from the walled town near Padua.
Black metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark formed in 2019. Witchcult channels occult darkness through black metal from Denmark's capital with a ritualistic, atmospheric approach.
Blackened thrash/speed metal band from Linköping, Sweden active since 2011. Witchery delivers high-velocity blackened thrash with razor-sharp riffing from the Östergötland city.
Powerviolence turned black metal band from Nijmegen, Netherlands with roots going back to 2002. Witches Brew has evolved from powerviolence origins into black metal over two decades in the Dutch underground.
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.
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