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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 band from Bratislava, formed in 2025. Cmÿter brings fresh traditional metal energy to the Slovak capital.
Spring Hill, Florida heavy metal band delivering classic metal riffs with a nod to the genre's foundational power and melody. They carry the torch for traditional heavy metal in Florida's underground scene.
Heavy metal band from Toulouse, France, active since 2007. They deliver classic heavy metal from the Pink City of southwestern France.
Heavy metal band from Berlin, Germany, active since 2001. With over two decades of activity, Cobra are veterans of the Berlin heavy metal scene.
Heavy metal band from Kuortane, Finland, formed in 2023. They deliver classic heavy metal energy from the rural Ostrobothnian countryside.
Heavy metal band from Joensuu, Finland, emerging in 2025. They channel classic heavy metal power from eastern Finland.
Heavy metal band from Nieuw Vennep, North Holland, formed in 2020. Cobra Spell delivers flashy, '80s-inspired traditional heavy metal with a glam edge.
Heavy metal band from Augustdorf, Germany, formed in 2020. They deliver hard-hitting, riff-driven heavy metal from the Teutoburg Forest region of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Oakland, California thrash and heavy metal band Cobweb pull from the Bay Area's legendary thrash tradition while keeping one foot in classic metal territory. Their music has the gritty, street-level intensity that Oakland's underground is known for.
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