This year especially, I made an effort to check out the various black metal acts from the lesser known European region. The band Sanguis (pic) is Austrian.
Ascension, the band's latest offering, is in my active playlist not that the offerings are exceptional but these lads are obviously from the blast-beats-not-obligatory camp. It is rather challenging to slow down one's tempo when it comes to BM, without people tagging you as a doom act.
