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Impetus Odi (2021)
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Trial By Fire (2023)
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Brazen (2024)
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Atmospheric black metal entity from Tilburg, formed in 2023. Their sound envelops the listener in walls of reverb-drenched tremolo picking and shimmering ambient passages that dissolve the boundary between beauty and ferocity.
Danish black metal and powerviolence band from Copenhagen, formed in 2023. They fuse black metal's darkness with powerviolence's short, violent outbursts.
French stoner metal band from Bordeaux, formed in 2020. They deliver heavy, fuzz-laden stoner metal from southwestern France.
Bytom-based gothic metal act active since 2003, interweaving dark romantic atmospheres with heavy guitar work and dramatic vocal performances. Their sound draws from the tradition of Type O Negative and Paradise Lost, balancing heaviness with melancholic beauty.
Czech atmospheric black metal trio from Prague, formed in 2024 and self-described as playing raw cosmic black metal. Their debut album Ignari features four expansive tracks exploring cosmic consciousness and existential themes through raw, ethereal black metal.
Finnish black metal project formed in 2022. They channel sorrowful black metal with a wailing, mournful intensity.
Moscow-based doom metal act active since 2019, crafting monolithic compositions built on slow-burning riffs and an atmosphere of pervasive heaviness. Their patient approach to songwriting lets each chord ring with crushing finality.
German death metal band from Oberhausen, formed in 2022. They deliver crushing death metal with nautical-horror themes from the industrial Ruhr Valley.
Umeå-based black/thrash/heavy metal act forging a potent brew of first-wave black metal attitude and classic heavy metal riffing. Their sound channels the raw spirit of Venom and early Bathory through a Swedish lens.
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