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Featured Album
Eschatology of War (2021)
Featured Power Metal Album
Magellan's Expedition (2022)
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Featured Heavy Metal Album
Among the Shadows (2024)
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Drawing from Santa Venera's metal heritage, this stoner/doom metal outfit channels fierce energy since 2023. Glacial compositions unfold with crushing weight, exploring despair and transcendence.
Thrash metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, active since 2015. Their name meaning 'Horrific' in Danish, they deliver ferocious thrash from the capital.
Black metal band from Hildesheim, Germany, active since 2016. Named after the poisonous plant, they craft dark, atmospheric black metal from the ancient cathedral city of Lower Saxony.
Forged in Luserna San Giovanni (Turin)'s metal community, this folk metal act channels devastating aggression since 2008. Their compositions channel the spirit of their genre through conviction and craft.
Post-Black Metal outfit rooted in Hordaland, channeling harsh underground intensity since 2016. Icy melodies interwoven with blast-beaten fury characterize their output.
Based in Tampere, this avant-garde black metal project has been a fixture of Finland's underground since 2023. Their approach balances melodic undertones with the genre's most aggressive impulses.
Metalcore act from Amiens in northern France, active since 2023. Their mythological name referencing the sea monster Scylla adds epic scope to modern metalcore from the Picardy region.
Atmospheric black metal project from Bulgaria, active since 2009. Their ethereal approach layers misty, contemplative atmospheres over black metal foundations, creating a uniquely introspective take on the genre.
British black metal project active since 2024. Their corrupted name signals a defiant approach to black metal, emerging fresh from the UK underground.
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