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Infinite Terror (2024)
Featured Doom Metal Album
With Fang and Claw (2025)
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Featured Metalcore Album
Drowned in my Loneliness (2008)
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German black/death metal band from Dettelbach in Franconia, formed in 2014. They forge a hostile union of black and death metal extremity from the Bavarian wine country.
Spanish black metal band from Huesca in the Pyrenean foothills, formed in 2019. They deliver sacrilegious black metal from the mountainous border region of Aragon.
Stavropol-based black metal act active since 2017, channeling the genre's core tenets of tremolo-driven riffing and blast-beat fury through a Russian lens. Their recordings maintain a commitment to the raw, unvarnished aesthetic that defines underground black metal.
Krasnoyarsk-based atmospheric black metal project active since 2013, layering ethereal textures and tremolo-picked melodies over blast-driven foundations. Their compositions explore vast emotional terrain through cascading guitars and immersive soundscapes.
German black metal band from Oldenburg in Lower Saxony, formed in 2016. They deliver cold, unrelenting black metal from the North German plains.
Spanish death/black metal band from Sant Feliu de Guíxols on the Costa Brava, formed in 2017. They spew bestial death/black metal from the Catalan coastline.
Forged in 2021 from Athens, this black metal entity delivers uncompromising extremity built on icy tremolo riffs and relentless percussion. Their work carries the cold, misanthropic spirit that defines the genre's most devoted practitioners.
French black/thrash metal band from Versailles, formed in 2025. They deliver hammering black/thrash from the palace city near Paris.
Bergen black metal project founded in 2006, exploring cosmic themes through dissonant and atmospheric extremity. Their sound draws from Bergen's storied black metal legacy while reaching toward more experimental territory.
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