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Viribus Unitis (2025)
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L'Enfant Sauvage (2012)
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Obnoxious (2022)
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Rooted in Athens's underground, this sludge/doom metal project delivers grim compositions with conviction since 2017. Their work explores the genre's darkest corners through immense heaviness.
Pagan Black Metal project from Finland, forging menacing compositions since 2021. Their compositions evoke desolate landscapes through raw, uncompromising aggression.
Heruka is a symphonic black metal band from Erice (Trapani), Italy, formed in 2019. They layer orchestral grandeur over fierce black metal foundations.
Heruvim is a death metal band from Odesa, Ukraine, active since 2021 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Heryos is a progressive doom/heavy metal act from Aosta, Italy, active since 2023 and channeling monolithic heaviness through its doom metal framework. The project delivers oppressive, glacially paced compositions.
Bred in Quimper's underground, this act delivers brutal epic heavy metal since 2015. Twin-guitar harmonies and commanding vocals characterize their sound.
Black metal project from Brussels, Belgium, active since 2006. Operating from the heart of the Belgian capital, they craft dark, atmospheric black metal that reflects two decades of dedication to the genre's uncompromising aesthetic.
Herzoga is a thrash metal band from Kraków, Poland, active since 2023 and delivering aggressive, riff-driven thrash with relentless intensity. The project channels the speed and fury of the genre.
One-man atmospheric black metal project from Vienna, Austria, established by BS in 2020. Across three numbered releases, Herztod channels solitary melancholy into layered atmospheric compositions that blur the line between depressive black metal and ambient introspection.
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