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Strychnine.213 (Bonus Track Edition) (2023)
Featured Black Metal Album
Death Doom Punks (2026)
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Featured Power Metal Album
Curse of the Crystal Coconut (2020)
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Melodic death/black metal band from Split, Croatia, active since 2014 and blending melodic death metal's sweeping guitar harmonies with black metal's atmospheric darkness. Their sound bridges the intensity of both genres from Croatia's Dalmatian coast.
When Kozit Muileann emerged in 2016 from Saint Petersburg, they brought with them a sound rooted in black metal and raw black metal — all frigid atmospherics and razor-wire guitar tone. Blast beats and shrieked vocals create an impenetrable wall of darkness.
Melodic black metal band from Nova Gradiska in central Croatia, active since 2006 and named after a figure from South Slavic vampire folklore. Their sound channels melodic black metal's blend of aggression and melody through distinctly Slavic cultural themes.
Heavy metal band from Jouy-le-Moutier in the Paris suburbs, formed in 2024 and delivering classic, riff-driven metal. Their sound channels traditional heavy metal's timeless energy from the Ile-de-France region.
Opole, Poland — doom metal and stoner metal of the most uncompromising kind. Active since 2011, they deal in desert-baked tonality and psychedelic haze over lumbering rhythms. Their catalog reveals a band unafraid to explore the darker corners of heavy music.
Black metal project from Greece, formed in 2022 and channeling the raw darkness of the genre through a Hellenic lens. The project draws from Greece's deep tradition of atmospheric and aggressive black metal.
Polish thrash metal act, active since 2023 delivering palm-muted barrages and speed-freak intensity. Rooted in one of Eastern Europe's most formidable metal communities, their riffs arrive at terminal velocity with zero tolerance for filler.
Thrash metal band from Rennes in Brittany, active since 2012 and delivering over a decade of high-speed aggression from northwestern France. Their Dutch-derived name meaning "crows" adds a dark, corvid imagery to their Breton thrash.
Death metal band from Lille in northern France, active since 2015 and delivering a decade of brutal compositions. Their cattle-enclosure name adds a primal, pen-like containment to the savage fury of their sound.
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