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Vault Of Horrors (2024)
Featured Progressive Metal Album
Grave Mounds And Grave Mistakes (Luxus) (2018)
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Featured Black Metal Album
Death Doom Punks (2026)
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Black metal band from Kwidzyn, Poland active since 2011. WorstGod delivers blasphemous black metal from the Pomeranian town in northern Poland.
Black metal band from Bornem, Belgium active since 2012, channeling melancholic darkness through raw black metal. Their catalog spans from early demos through releases like Grim Catharsis and Melancholic Rites, embracing a bleak and introspective approach to the genre.
Depressive/post-black metal project from Russia active since 2014. Worthless Lament channels profound despair and introspection through atmospheric DSBM and post-black metal textures.
Avant-garde black metal band from Eindhoven, Netherlands formed in 2018. Worthlessness pushes black metal into experimental, avant-garde territory from the Dutch technology hub.
Black metal band from Paris, France formed in 2019. Wotan Folk channels Norse mythology and pagan spirituality through black metal from the French capital.
Black metal project from Utrecht, Netherlands formed in 2021. Woudloper, meaning "forest runner" in Dutch, channels the spirit of the wild through atmospheric black metal.
Black metal band from Dublin, Ireland active since 2012. Wound upon Wound channels over a decade of anguished darkness through black metal from the Irish capital.
Black metal band from Volos, Greece formed in 2020. Woundcult channels dark, ritualistic energy through black metal from the coastal city at the foot of Mount Pelion.
Black metal and ambient project from Wijchen, Netherlands emerging in 2025. Wraakbloed, meaning "revenge blood" in Dutch, blends raw black metal with ambient atmospherics.
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