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Slave to the Scalpel (2021)
Featured Death Metal Album
Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Featured Groove Metal Album
State Of Unrest (2023)
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NWOBHM-inspired heavy metal band from Cleethorpes, England, formed in 2019. They channel the spirit of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal from the Lincolnshire coast.
Heavy metal band from West Warwick, Rhode Island, rooted in the traditional heavy metal sound with melodic sensibilities.
Riverside, New Jersey band working in death-doom, combining the crushing weight of doom metal with the brutality of death metal for a slow, dense, and suffocating sound.
Cleveland, Ohio heavy and power metal band channeling the melodic, anthem-driven energy of classic American power metal.
Greensboro, North Carolina heavy and power metal band rooted in the melodic, high-energy traditions of classic power metal.
Ceremony of Darkness is an Illinois-based alternative and heavy metal band incorporating dark, gothic-tinged atmospherics into a hard rock and metal framework. Their sound balances melodic hooks with a brooding, heavy-edged sensibility.
Ceres is a New York power and heavy metal band crafting anthemic, melody-driven material with a emphasis on powerful vocals and driving guitar work. Their sound draws from the classic US and European power metal traditions.
Heavy metal band from Munster, Germany, formed in 2017. Named after a Welsh enchantress, they forge powerful heavy metal from the Westphalian heartland.
Heavy and power metal band from Poznań, active since 2010. CETI has spent over fifteen years delivering anthemic traditional metal from the capital of Greater Poland.
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