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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Featured Stoner Metal Album
Serpent & Spirit (2021)
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Heavy metal outfit from Växjö, formed in 2019. Their material channels the spirit of iron-fisted riffing and anthemic songwriting that has defined heavy metal since its inception.
Leikanger-based speed/thrash metal outfit active since 2014, channeling the breakneck velocity of early speed metal through a modern thrash lens. Their riff-first approach delivers the kind of neck-wrecking momentum that defined the genre's golden age.
German heavy/groove metal and rock band from Erfurt, formed in 2020. They blend heavy and groove metal weight with hard rock energy from the Thuringian capital.
Voronezh-based power metal act active since 2012, delivering anthemic heavy metal built on soaring vocals, galloping rhythms, and melodic guitar leads. Their compositions embrace the genre's tradition of epic songwriting and technical proficiency.
NWOBHM-influenced heavy metal and hard rock band from Hampshire, formed in 2025. A fresh act channeling classic British heavy metal and hard rock energy.
German heavy/speed metal band from Bad Iburg in Lower Saxony, formed in 2025. They bring blazing speed metal energy paired with traditional heavy metal foundations.
Zadar-based heavy metal act active since 2013, delivering riff-driven compositions rooted in the genre's foundational traditions of power chords, soaring vocals, and galloping rhythms. Their sound carries the unmistakable stamp of classic heavy metal conviction.
Black Rain was a Heavy Metal band from Campos de Jordão, São Paulo, Brazil, listed in the Encyclopaedia Metallum. The band formed and disbanded in 2025, leaving a short-lived presence in the São Paulo state metal underground. Specific releases and lineup details were not documented publicly beyond their Metal Archives entry.
German doom/heavy metal band formed in 2020. They merge doom metal's slow, crushing weight with traditional heavy metal's riff-driven power.
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