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ManiaCult (2021)
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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Soundtrack to Your Escape (The Quiet Place Version) (2022)
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Dutch black metal project formed in 2014. Cexyst channels enigmatic black metal atmospheres.
Melodic black-death metal band from Munich, Germany, formed in 2015. They weave melodic elements through blackened death metal from the Bavarian capital.
Black metal band from Agrinio in western Greece, formed in 2019. They deliver atmospheric black metal from the Aetolia-Acarnania region.
Black metal band from Zaragoza, Spain, formed in 2019. They channel dark, atmospheric black metal from the Aragonese capital.
Black metal project from Novosibirsk, formed in 2020. Chaigidiel channels dark, occult black metal from the Siberian capital.
Multi-genre extreme metal band from Piraeus/Athens, Greece, active since 2011. They weave together black metal, death metal, doom, and melodic elements into a despairing, ambitious sound.
Melodic death and black metal band from Novi Marof, Croatia, active since 2010. Chained in Agony merges sweeping melodic leads with the ferocity of blackened death metal.
Black metal project from Ballabio in Lecco province, Lombardy, active since 2013. Chainerdog crafts raw black metal from the foothills of the Italian Alps.
Blackened thrash act from Kraków, active since 2013. Chaingün delivers high-velocity extreme metal from Poland's cultural capital.
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