| Band |
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| Abigor |
the first and most important word in Austrian black metal |
| Abysmal Torment |
US death. |
| All is Suffering |
totally essential mix of all that is great about extreme music |
| Anael |
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| Ancient Rites |
Longtime Belgian black metal band |
| Antigama |
"Grinding attitude and ossessive decadentism" |
| Aphotic |
Excellent US doom/death. For fans of mid-era Katatonia. |
| Aphotic |
US doom/death band |
| Apostasy |
Dimmu Borgir as played by bees in a jar. |
| Arcane Church |
UK black metal band |
| Asunder |
Oakland, CA crushing doom metal band feat.members of Weakling, Dystopia, and Skaven. |
| Aurora Borealis |
impossibly fast and precise US death |
| Avernus |
Dark and majestic metal. |
| Azarakian |
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| Berserk |
Spanish, forest dwelling black metal |
| Black Winter |
Greek black metal band |
| Bohren Und Der Club of Gore |
Quintessential catatonic lounge music. CULT! |
| Bunder Nekromunda |
Polish extreme metal band |
| Carnal Redemption |
there will be no order... only chaos! |
| Cobalt |
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| Confessor |
Cult, OLD school death metal band from the glory days of Earache... reformed! |
| CRAWLER |
Italian heavy metal. |
| Cryfemal |
Spanish black metal |
| Cryptopsy |
the final word in technical death |
| Deathbound |
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| Dein Shatten |
German dark metal/industrial/rock. |
| Depression |
German grind |
| Dissector |
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| Distortion Blastwave |
Industrial synth-grind insurgency |
| Emptiness |
Belgian old school black/death with Enthroned member |
| Fornication |
French black/death metal band |
| Grimlore |
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| H-Tray |
French thrash metalcore |
| Hellbox |
Finnish metal/punk in the old school vein |
| Hidden in the Fog |
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| Immortal |
possibly the best black metal band ever |
| Impiety |
kvlt black thrash from Singapore |
| Incinerate God |
Brutal and technical death metal from Minnesota |
| John Wilkes Booze |
Insane, dissonant soul music |
| Kalmah |
Another great Finnish band in the vein of Children of Bodom |
| Kinski |
Mostly instrumental rock/ambient from Seatlle |
| Klimt 1918 fan site |
Site in Italian and English dedicated to the excellent Italian goth/rock/metal band Klimt 1918. |
| Lights, The |
Indie rock band |
| Lost Horizon |
the best power metal band on the planet |
| Morbid Angel |
American death metal gods |
| Morbosidad |
Kvlt war metal! |
| Muse |
Heavy indie rock. Very cool site. |
| Napalmed |
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| Necrophagist |
THE most cult death metal band on the planet |
| Nefarium |
Impossibly fast, precise blast beating black metal from Italy |
| Oxbow |
Maelstrom's favorite subject |
| Predatory |
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| Requiem Aeternam |
Melodic black metal, originally from Uruguay. |
| Root |
The Czech Republic's oldest and best metal band |
| Rudra |
"Vedic metal" from this ethnic Indian band from Singapore |
| Salem |
Israeli metal frontrunner |
| Scent of Death |
Spanish brutality from Gallicia |
| Sentenced |
Finnish heavy metal |
| Sinpularctos |
raw black metal with modern, atmospheric interludes |
| Skull Session |
"state of the art metal band with a relevant aggressiveness" |
| Slats, The |
Clever, slightly geeky indie rock |
| Sluts of Trust |
"Scotland's answer to The Darkness." |
| Soul Shroud |
Melodic death metal |
| Sun Descends |
New thrash band by ex-Exumer member |
| Supared |
Micahel Kiske's (ex-Helloween) new group |
| Through the Discipline |
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| Velvet Darkness |
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| Vesperian Sorrow |
Texas black metal |
| Vinterriket |
Atmospheric/ambient black metal from Germany |
| Record Label |
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| Adipocere Records |
French label comprising offshoots Oaken Shield Records, and featuring bands such as Nehemah. |
| Alarma Records |
Mexican label specializing in death and grind. |
| American Line Productions |
Mexican label with the most infamous of underground bands |
| Arise Records |
Spanish power metal label featuring the great Dark Moor |
| Arrack Records |
Grind label |
| Ars Metalli |
German metal label with such essential bands as Nagelfar and Lunar Aurora. |
| Astralwerks Records |
Indie pop and electronica label. Featuring Air and Kraftwerk. |
| Auris Media |
Israeli label dealing with unusual experimental/avantgarde music. |
| Avantgarde Music |
Italian metal label with bands as Carpathian Forest and Keep of Kalessin |
| Baphomet Records |
Red Stream offshoot label run by Killjoy |
| Battlesk'rs Records |
French black metal label featuring Eternal Majesty and Goatlord Corp. |
| Bones Brigade Records |
French goregrind label |
| Boptart Records |
Indie rock label featuring The Lights. |
| Candlelight Records |
Famous UK label that brought you Emperor and early Opeth |
| Crash Music |
Metal label featuring Evemaster and Psychotogen |
| Crowd Control Activities |
US experimental label featuring Chaos as Shelter and House of Low Culture |
| Crystal Productions |
Independent metal record label, online ordering, audio shows, printing T-shirts and more... |
| Cuneiform Records |
Progressive rock label featuring Univers Zero and Ahvak |
| Drugs Kill Your Mind |
Hardcore and powerviolence DIY label from the Czech Republic |
| Dynamic Arts Records |
Metal label featuring Deathchain |
| Earsay Records |
Israeli record label specializing in obscure progressive rock re-issues. |
| Einheit Produktion |
New German label focusing on folk and Viking metal. |
| Epistrophy Records |
German punk/grind label featuring the essential Bohren Und Der Club of Gore |
| Eulogy Recordings |
Metalcore label featuring Judas Cradle and Evergreen Terrace |
| Evil Horde Records |
Brazillian black/death metal label |
| Flood the Earth Records |
Very promising US label featuring Aphotic and The Gault. |
| Flood the Earth Records |
Northern California label featuring The Gault and Aphotic |
| Flood, The |
c/o MBE 180, Piazza Caiazzo, 3 20124, Milano, Italy |
| Hammerheart Records |
Dutch metal label |
| Howling Bull |
Punk/grind/hardcore label from Japan |
| Initial Records |
Louisville based indie label featuring such bands as Boy Sets Fire, Elliott, Ink & Dagger, The Jazz June, Ultimate Fakebook, The Reputation and more. |
| Jester Records |
Personal label of Kris Rygg of Ulver, feturing bands such as Kare Joao, Ulver and Origami Galactica. |
| Khaaranus Productions |
Czech grind label featuring such outstanding acts as Alienation Mental and Cerebral Turbulency |
| Koch Entertainment |
Label that comprises Music for Nations, featuring Opeth and Anathema |
| Kranky Records |
Chicago-based indie label with such essential bands as Stars of the Lid and Godspeed You BLack Emperor! |
| Metal Blade Records |
The biggest US-based metal label |
| Metal War Productions |
Black, Death, Thrash Label / Distro! |
| Moonfog |
Norwegian label run by Satyr of Satyricon |
| Music for Nations |
British label featuring Lost Horizon and Anathema |
| Old Temple |
Polish based extreme metal label that largely puts out CDR releases. |
| Orderless Evil |
Swedish label that has so far released Dodfodd |
| Ordo Obscuri Domini |
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| Osmose Productions |
Essential French label that first put out Immortal, Marduk, Dark Tranquillity, Absu, etc... |
| Peaceville |
Seminal English label where essential bands like Darkthrone, My Dying Bride and Anathem made their mark. |
| Perverted Taste |
German black metal label featuring great bands such as Ewiges Reich |
| Pluto Records |
Metalcore label featuring Horse the Band |
| Pookh Music |
Discovering and promoting new artists especially from, but not limited to, Israel. |
| Prime Cuts Music |
Extreme metal label from Australia, focusing on killer Aussie talent like Mytile Vey Lorth and The Furor. |
| Prolapse Records |
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| psycheDOOMelic Records |
Specializing in stoner doom like Penance and Pale Divine. |
| Regain Records |
Swedish label, new home of Marduk, Setherial and more |
| Rune Grammofon |
Norwegian experimental/folk label featuring Supersilent |
| Somnambulant Records |
US-based noise label. |
| The End Records |
excellent label featuring Agalloch, Enslaved and Nokturnal Mortum |
| Topheth Project |
Label featuring Grundik+Slava |
| Total Holocaust Records |
Swedish BM label featuring the Xasthur/ Acid Enema split. Kvlt! |
| tUMULt |
THE best label ever! Specializing in cool and cult and weird albums of all kinds, from black metal to country! |
| Unschooled Records |
Electronic music label featuring Multi-Panel |
| Victory Records |
Metalcore label featuring Between the Buried and me and Premonitions of War |
| Woodcut Records |
Finnish black metal label with bands like Horna and Trollheim's Grott |
| Miscellaneous |
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| Abandoned Places |
Site dedicated to photographing abondoned hospitals, factories and castles |
| All Metal Concerts |
website for metal concerts worldwide! |
| Blood Is Truth |
Spanish/English language blog on music and metal. |
| Chaotic Goat |
Scene support from Texas, USA |
| Deathmetal.be |
Belgian death metal scene report |
| Hardebaran |
Belgium-based promotional agency for rock and metal bands. Very professional website. |
| Ideologic |
Everything about the visual and musical art of Stephen O'Malley (Thorr's Hammer, Sunn O))), Khanate, etc... |
| Krazy Fest |
The official site of Louisville, KY's annual summer music festival hosted by Initial Records. Past performers include Thursday, AFI, Jimmy Eat World, Dashboard Confessional, Get Up Kids, Poison the Well, Dillinger Escape Plan, Boy Sets Fire and tons more. |
| Mack Avenue Skullgame |
The best and most brutally honest site to read up on what porn to spend your hard-eraned money on. Written by a bunch of perverts who also happen to be able to write really well. |
| Nightsky Studio |
Pro recording studios of Ron Vento of Aurora Borealis, Maryland, USA. |
| Obscura |
amazing and widely encompassing coverage of band, zine and label news. From the Czech Republic |
| Of Pure Blood |
Graphic & Web Design |
| Rate Rock.com |
Professional site featuring 22 cent downloads of rock and metal bands, and a great poster store! |
| South East Asia Metal Force |
Anything you're ever wanted to know about the indivisual scenes in Southeast Asia |
| The Indie Bible |
10,000 listings for zines and PR people to help you promote your band. |
| Tony Koretz Music |
New Zealand classic rock musician's site. Features his band 8forty8. Koretz also has a recording studio. |
| Valah Metal |
Romanian scene support |
