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Vault Of Horrors (2024)
Featured Stoner Metal Album
Wild Child (2023)
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Soundtrack to Your Escape (The Quiet Place Version) (2022)
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Gothenburg, Sweden — black metal and death metal of the most uncompromising kind. Active since 2014, they deal in raw, lo-fi aggression channeled through kvlt aesthetics. Lo-fi authenticity lends their recordings a genuinely oppressive character.
Black metal project from France launched in 2020. They channel Lovecraftian cosmic horror through raw black metal intensity.
In existence since 2025, this Kazan Black Metal outfit delivers icy tremolo lines cascading over relentless percussion. Their place within Russia's sprawling, uncompromising metal landscape speaks to the depth of the region's heavy music culture.
Part of the island that birthed Sólstafir and Misthyrming, this act channels doom metal and funeral doom metal with a focus on tectonic grooves and sorrowful melodic passages. Formed in 2025, based in Reykjavík, the low end alone could register on seismographs.
Operating out of Reykjavík, this Icelandic act forges Progressive Metal built on genre-bending ambition that refuses easy categorization. Their approach balances aggression with genuine musical substance.
Folk metal and rock act from Nuremberg, Germany, formed in 2023, blending Scandinavian-style folk melodies with heavy metal energy. Their Norse-inspired name hints at a celebratory, mead-hall spirit that infuses their folk-driven compositions.
Reykjavík, Iceland — black metal of the most uncompromising kind. Active since 2014, they deal in raw, lo-fi aggression channeled through kvlt aesthetics. Lo-fi authenticity lends their recordings a genuinely oppressive character.
A product of Russia's vast and intense metal underground, this Moscow-based black metal and raw black metal act channels raw, lo-fi aggression channeled through kvlt aesthetics. Active since 2022, lo-fi authenticity lends their recordings a genuinely oppressive character.
Belgian sludge, screamo, and post-metal band from Ghent, crafting music described as imminent, fierce, and dark since 2014. Their catalog includes the albums "Allure" and "MERE" plus a collaborative split 10" with Amenra.
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