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Atmospheric black metal and ambient project from Brussels, Belgium, revealed to be the work of prolific Belgian artist Deha. Their 2023 debut "A Thousand Ways to End it All" fuses mid-tempo black metal with ambient passages and medieval undertones across two 21-minute movements.
Spanish melodic heavy metal and hard rock band from Galicia and Madrid, formed in 2017. Named after the Galician word for mist, they craft melodic heavy metal with hard rock accessibility.
Post-metal band from Lausanne, Switzerland, formed in 2025. Named after one of Switzerland's coldest villages, they explore atmospheric post-metal soundscapes.
Edinburgh-based atmospheric black metal and ambient project weaving cinematic, orchestral arrangements into melancholic black metal since 2014. The project's downtempo and ambient passages create vast emotional landscapes that complement its more extreme moments.
Cold, unrelenting black metal from Glasgow, active since 2023. Their sound embodies the genre's core principles: razor-sharp tremolo picking, furious drumming, and an atmosphere thick with hostility and darkness.
Short-lived solo post-black metal project from Bergerac in the Dordogne, founded by W.A.L in May 2019 and dissolved a year later. In that brief span, three albums emerged including Dreams About Ghosts and L'Etoile Filante, blending black metal rawness with atmospheric and experimental textures.
Occult stoner/doom band from Perpignan in southern France, formed in 2022, singing in both English and French. Their releases including Beltane and L'Oeuvre Au Noir channel Faustian pacts and supernatural themes through heavy, fuzz-drenched grooves.
Thrash/death metal band from Paris, formed in 2024. A fresh entry in the Parisian extreme metal scene delivering aggressive crossover thrash and death metal.
Pagan black metal project rooted from Bassano del Grappa (Vicenza), formed in 2014. Folk instrumentation and nature-worship themes intertwine with blast beats and tremolo picking, creating a bridge between old-world mysticism and modern extremity.
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