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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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No Cross No Crown (2018)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Gothenburg-based black/thrash metal outfit active since 2013, fusing black metal's atmospheric venom with thrash's riff-driven velocity. Their high-energy sound channels the raw spirit of early Bathory, Sodom, and Destruction.
The Hague-based thrash metal act active since 2013, delivering riff-driven aggression rooted in the genre's foundational principles of speed, precision, and relentless energy. Their material channels the spirit of 1980s thrash through a Dutch filter.
Finnish death/black metal band from Lappeenranta, formed in 2025. They deliver miasmic death/black metal from the southeastern border region.
German death metal band from Gronau/Epe on the Dutch border, formed in 2024. They deliver brutal death metal from the western edge of Westphalia.
German melodic death metal band from Fulda, formed in 2012. They craft Tolkien-inspired melodic death metal from the Hessian highlands.
Scottish melodic death/thrash metal band, active since 2002. Over two decades they have built a body of work blending melodic death metal precision with thrash aggression from the Scottish metal underground.
Yekaterinburg-based melodic death metal act active since 2017, threading harmonized guitar leads and memorable hooks through aggressive, double-bass-driven arrangements. Their approach balances accessibility with genuine heaviness, drawing from the Gothenburg tradition.
Emerging in 2013 from Athens, this death metal act channels the genre's primal aggression through tight, riff-driven compositions. Their recordings carry the unmistakable weight of classic death metal.
Dutch sludge/post-metal outfit active since 2023, building dynamic compositions that oscillate between abrasive sludge riffing and atmospheric expanses. Their music trades in tension and release, alternating quiet passages with crushing walls of distortion.
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