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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)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Rehab (24-bit HD Audio, Bonus Tracks Version) (2023)
05/22 @ Yuengling Center, Tampa
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Atmospheric black metal project from Patras, Greece, formed in 2026 and crafting immersive, texture-rich compositions in the atmospheric black metal tradition. Their sound layers tremolo guitars and ambient elements into sweeping, emotionally charged soundscapes.
Helsinki black metal project formed in 2020, with a Swedish name meaning "war wine" or referencing battle frenzy. Their sound channels Scandinavian black metal traditions from the Finnish capital.
Raw black metal project from Madrid, formed in 2026 and delivering deliberately lo-fi, primitive compositions. Their blasphemous name signals the provocative, uncompromising nature of their raw black metal.
When Krijs emerged in 2024 from Enschede, they brought with them a sound rooted in black metal — all raw, lo-fi aggression channeled through kvlt aesthetics. Lo-fi authenticity lends their recordings a genuinely oppressive character.
Decidedly heavy and deliberately confrontational, this heavy metal and power metal act from Älmhult traffics in soaring vocal melodies and triumphant guitar harmonies. Since 2020, they've built a catalog that reflects the Gothenburg school's homeland.
Active in Nizhny Novgorod since 2024, this Russian act forges Thrash Metal built on circle-pit anthems driven by relentless double-kick propulsion. Speed and precision collide in pit-ready anthems.
Finnish black metal project formed in 2018, delivering cold, atmospheric compositions from the underground. Their enigmatic name adds mystery to their dark musical vision.
Voronezh's metal underground has produced no shortage of heavy acts, and this black metal unit is among them — wielding venomous shrieks over walls of distortion. The compositions unfold with ritualistic patience and venomous intent.
Rising from Östhammar's metal underground, this Swedish act forges Thrash Metal built on circle-pit anthems driven by relentless double-kick propulsion. Speed and precision collide in pit-ready anthems.
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