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Black metal project from Mulhouse in Alsace near the Swiss and German borders, active since 2021. Their maleficent name channels dark sorcery into black metal informed by three converging European traditions.
Paris-based heavy metal and rock act active since 2013. Their French name meaning 'evil death' belies a sound that blends classic heavy metal with hard rock swagger from the French capital.
Sludge/Black Metal outfit rooted in Verona, channeling scorching underground intensity since 2024. Their compositions evoke desolate landscapes through raw, uncompromising aggression.
Hell Wehrwolf is a raw black metal project from Vilyuchinsk, Russia, active since 2021 and dealing in lo-fi, primitive black metal hostility stripped to its most essential and aggressive core. The project embraces the rawest traditions of the genre.
Blistering black/death/thrash metal emanating from Sopot, active since 2021 within Poland's metal scene. Steeped in second-wave tradition, their work explores misanthropy and desolation.
HellAriser is a black metal project from Oulu, Finland, active since 2016 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Finland black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Scorching black/doom metal project from Helsinki, carving a path through Finland's underground since 2023. Steeped in second-wave tradition, their work explores misanthropy and desolation.
Based in Florence, this black metal project has been a fixture of Italy's underground since 2011. Atmospheric depth and feral intensity coexist in their compositions.
Hellbomb is a black/thrash metal/hardcore punk act from Saint Petersburg, Russia, active since 2014 and fusing black metal's corrosive darkness with the speed and aggression of thrash. The project delivers volatile crossover fury.
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