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Backbone — Encounter album cover

Famous Strangers — Self-titled

Canadan • Metal/Rock • 2026

Oskaal — (A)live

Oskaal — (A)live

Norway • Extreme Metal • 2026

Crux Ex — The Merciless Cold album cover

Crux Ex — The Merciless Cold

Spain • Raw Depressive Black Metal • 2026

Eusapia — Relapse album cover

Eusapia — Relapse

United States • Cold Post-Black Metal • 2026

Bloody Invasion — Schattenmemoiren cover

Bloody Invasion — Schattenmemoiren

Germany • Extreme Metal • 2026

A Sow of Violence — The Unravelling Name album cover

A Sow of Violence — The Unravelling

United States • Dark Extreme Metal • 2026

Mortgrim — Evangelium Luciferianum album cover

Mortgrim — Evangelium Luciferianum

Hungary • Atmospheric Black Metal • 2026

Wormquizitor — Esthetic of Fear album cover

Wormquizitor — Esthetic of Fear

Belarus • Blackened Thrash Metal • 2026

Eusapia — Thin Cities / Desert Festival album cover

Eusapia — Thin Cities / Desert Festival

United States • Cold Post-Black Metal • 2026

Violent Omen — Locomotive of Chaos album cover

Violent Omen — Locomotive of Chaos

Ukraine • Progressive Thrash Metal • 2026

Paranoia Church — She Answers to Another Name album cover

Paranoia Church — She Answers to Another Name

Canada • Heavy Progressive Metal • 2026

The Medicines — Desert of Loneliness album cover

The Medicines — Desert of Loneliness

Netherlands • Old-School Post-Punk/Gothic Rock • 2026

HKSPK  — Heimkehr album cover

HKSPK — Heimkehr

Germany • Black/Death Metal • 2026

Simulation Defect — The Kids album cover

Simulation Defect — The Kids

United Kingdom • Technical Death Metal • 2026

Max Enix — Beauty In Darkness album cover

Max Enix — Beauty In Darkness

France • Progressive Metal • 2026

Azgaal — Divine Hitman album cover

Azgaal — Divine Hitman

France • Black Metal • 2026

Sepulcrum — Lacerator album cover

Sepulcrum — Lacerator

Chile • Death Metal • 2026

Urban Spine — Cruelty by Design album cover

Urban Spine — Cruelty by Design

Luxembourg • Heavy Metal • 2026

Culloden — Tales Of The Tyne album cover

Culloden — Tales Of The Tyne

United Kingdom • Heavy Metal • 2026

Bothrash — Almas Poseídas album cover

Bothrash — Almas Poseídas

Costa Rica • Speed/Thrash Metal • 2026

Pusta Noc  — Funus Vampyri album cover

Pusta Noc — Funus Vampyri

Poland • Ceremonial Black Metal • 2026

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