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ManiaCult (2021)
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Soundtrack to Your Escape (The Quiet Place Version) (2022)
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Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
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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.
Symphonic melodic death metal act from Vienna, Austria, formed in 2018. Their concept album "Dream" weaves atmospheric storytelling through intricate solos and symphonic arrangements, drawing comparisons to Wintersun and Aether Realm.
Southern/groove metal power trio from Frome in Somerset, active since 2015, self-described as pure West Country metal. Their releases including the I Am the Dark EP deliver groove-laden, no-frills, in-your-face heaviness with regional pride.
French thrash metal band from Meru in the Oise, active since 1997. With nearly three decades of thrash, they are a veteran of the northern French metal scene.
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.
Heavy metal outfit from Zalaegerszeg, formed in 2011. Their material channels the spirit of iron-fisted riffing and anthemic songwriting that has defined heavy metal since its inception.
Eastbourne doom/sludge metal and hardcore band formed in 2022, creating what they call chaos sludge n' doom. Their 2024 album Low End Scum delivers gnarly, uncompromising bass-heavy beats with visceral confrontational energy.
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.
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