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Featured Album
Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
Featured Sludge Metal Album
AMENRA "Song To The Siren" by This Mortal Coil (written by Tim Buckley) (2021)
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Featured Doom Metal Album
De Doorn (2022)
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Rehab (24-bit HD Audio, Bonus Tracks Version) (2023)
05/22 @ Yuengling Center, Tampa
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Hrafn Jarl is a melodic death metal band from Bordeaux, France, active since 2021 and blending melodic harmonies with death metal aggression. The project channels the twin-guitar traditions of Scandinavian-influenced melodeath.
Black metal project from Germany, formed in 2025. Named using Old Norse runes, they represent the newest wave of black metal steeped in Norse cultural traditions.
Atmospheric black metal project from Bavaria, Germany, formed in 2021. Their ethereal compositions layer rich atmospheric textures over black metal foundations from the Bavarian landscape.
Black/doom metal band from Gelsenkirchen, Germany, active since 2007. Nearly two decades of merging black metal's cold fury with doom metal's crushing weight from the Ruhr industrial heartland.
Hresvelg is a raw black metal project from Novorossiysk, Russia, active since 2016 and dealing in lo-fi, primitive black metal hostility stripped to its most essential and aggressive core. The project embraces the rawest traditions of the genre.
Black metal band from Santander, Spain, active since 2011. Their cold, uncompromising sound has been a fixture of the Cantabrian black metal scene for over a decade.
Hrmülja is a heavy/stoner/doom metal band from Ludbreg, Croatia, active since 2019 and delivering crushing, fuzz-laden heaviness where doom's oppressive weight meets stoner metal's hazy grooves. The project channels low-end power and psychedelic atmosphere.
Spawned in Bratislava's underground, this death/doom metal outfit channels slovak ferocity since 2023. Heavy, downtuned riffing and relentless percussion drive their compositions.
Hailing from Banská Štiavnica, this thrash metal/crossover/crust outfit channels menacing energy within Slovakia's metal scene. Pit-starting riffs and furious tempos characterize their thrash approach.
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