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Featured Album
Where Fear And Weapons Meet (2021)
Featured Sludge Metal Album
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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Finnish black metal band from Turku, formed in 2021. They deliver cross-bearing black metal from Finland's former capital.
Melodic black metal outfit from Sweden, formed in 2017. Layers of orchestration and twin-guitar harmonies elevate their compositions beyond standard black metal into more expansive territory.
German black/thrash metal band from Zerbst in Saxony-Anhalt, active since 2009. They forge a violent blend of black and thrash metal from the eastern German flatlands.
French black metal band from Martigues near Marseille, formed in 2018. They deliver cascading black metal from the Provençal coast.
German blackened thrash metal and punk band from Berlin, formed in 2024. They fuse blackened thrash with punk's raw, confrontational spirit.
Death/black metal band from Deutschlandsberg, Austria, active since 2010. Their demo material features atmospheric extreme metal with dark, apocalyptic themes and artwork by Dr. Winter.
German black metal project formed in 2025. They deliver visceral black metal with an uncompromising approach.
German black metal band from Hanau, formed in 2012. They channel dark, lordly black metal from the Main-Kinzig region of Hesse.
French black/death metal band from Alençon in Normandy, formed in 2019. They deliver lordly black/death metal from the Norman countryside.
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