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Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
Featured Heavy Metal Album
Agamemnon (2025)
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Featured Power Metal Album
Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Heavy metal and hard rock band from Vienna, Austria, formed in 2022. They merge classic heavy metal riffing with hard rock swagger, representing the newer wave of Vienna's traditional metal scene.
Athens-based heavy metal act active since 2025, 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.
Heavy metal and hard rock band from Alstatten, Switzerland, active since 2014. They forge classic heavy metal and hard rock from the Rhine Valley.
French heavy/black metal band from Charleville-Mézières in the Ardennes, formed in 2010. They merge traditional heavy metal with black metal's dark sorcery.
Prato-based progressive heavy metal act active since 2007, incorporating complex arrangements and shifting dynamics into their traditional metal framework. Their compositions push beyond standard structures into more ambitious, exploratory territory.
French hard rock and heavy metal band from Lille, formed in 2018. They play pirate-themed hard rock and heavy metal from northern France.
Sottomarina (Venice)-based heavy metal act active since 2022, 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.
Heavy metal outfit from Norrköping, formed in 2023. Their material channels the spirit of iron-fisted riffing and anthemic songwriting that has defined heavy metal since its inception.
German heavy/thrash metal band from Weinheim, active since 1997. With nearly three decades of history, they are a veteran force in the Baden heavy and thrash metal scene.
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