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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
Featured Black Metal Album
Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Featured Grindcore Album
Head Cage (2018)
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Mezzolombardo (Trento)-based southern metal act active since 2014, injecting blues-influenced swagger and whiskey-soaked groove into their heavy, riff-driven sound. Their music channels the spirit of American Southern rock and metal through a Italian perspective.
Finnish heavy metal band from Peräseinäjoki in South Ostrobothnia, formed in 2021. They play classic heavy metal from the rural Finnish flatlands.
Finnish heavy metal and hard rock band from Seinäjoki, active since 2005. With two decades of output, they are a veteran act in the South Ostrobothnian scene.
French heavy metal band from Perpignan, formed in 2016. They play wolf-themed heavy metal from the Catalan-French border city.
Finnish heavy/power metal band from Seinäjoki, formed in 2018. They deliver anthemic heavy and power metal from the Ostrobothnian plains.
Built around a Hammond B-3 organ, channeling 70s proto-metal heavyweights like Deep Purple into proggy, jazz-inflected doom.
Skänninge-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.
Spanish heavy metal and hard rock band from L'Hospitalet de Llobregat near Barcelona, formed in 2022. They deliver German-themed heavy metal from the Catalan outskirts.
Heavy/thrash metal band from the Nicosia/Larnaca area of Cyprus, active since 2015. They bring European thrash and heavy metal energy to the Cypriot scene.
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