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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
Featured Thrash Metal Album
Ad Astra (2025)
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Featured Stoner Metal Album
Serpent & Spirit (2021)
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NWOBHM heavy metal band from Sheffield, England, active since 1981. One of the original NWOBHM bands, Chinawite have been forging heavy metal from the Steel City for over four decades.
Heavy metal band from Madrid, Spain, formed in 2015. They forge classic heavy metal from the Spanish capital.
Groove, heavy, and thrash metal band from the Bramming/Esbjerg area, Denmark, formed in 2017. They blend heavy grooves with thrash speed from Denmark's west coast.
Heavy metal band from Stockholm, formed in 2021. Chiron — named after the wise centaur of Greek myth — delivers traditional metal from the Swedish capital.
Heavy metal band from Alcorcon near Madrid, Spain, active since 2011. They deliver hard-hitting heavy metal from the Madrid metropolitan area.
Heavy metal band from Peine, Germany, formed in 2018. They forge classic heavy metal driven by powerful riffs and driving rhythms from the Lower Saxon plains.
Heavy thrash act from Mysłowice in Upper Silesia, formed in 2020. Chort — a Slavic demon figure — channels aggressive metal from the Polish industrial heartland.
Madison, Wisconsin heavy metal act Chosen operate in a traditional vein, delivering straightforward metal built on solid riffs and classic songwriting values. Wisconsin's underground keeps the old flame burning.
Heavy metal band from Attersee, Austria, formed in 2019. Emerging from the lakeside town in Upper Austria, they forge traditional heavy metal with a DIY underground spirit.
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