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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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Gurnee, Illinois heavy metal band delivering traditional hard-hitting metal grounded in strong riffs and a powerful rhythm section. Their sound carries the straightforward conviction of classic American heavy metal.
Progressive groove metal act from Budapest, formed in 2015. Continoom blends heavy grooves with progressive structures and dynamic range across their multifaceted sound.
NWOBHM-inspired heavy metal band from Crowland in Lincolnshire, England, active since 2008. They channel the spirit of classic British heavy metal from the fenlands.
Progressive heavy metal act from Yeysk on the Sea of Azov, active since 2015. Contrust crafts melodic, intricate metal from the Krasnodar coast.
Kansas City's Convulsed grind through brutal death metal with a grindcore-informed hunger for speed and extremity, delivering punishing releases that hit hard and don't overstay their welcome. They're a reliable force in Missouri's underground extreme metal scene.
Heavy and power metal band from Kramatorsk in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, formed in 2018. Copper Serpent delivers anthemic traditional metal from a city scarred by conflict.
Heavy metal band from Brunswick, Germany, formed in 2023. They forge classic heavy metal with strong riffs and driving energy from Lower Saxony.
El Paso's Core Fire bring heavy metal and thrash metal together from the Texas-New Mexico border, forging a sound shaped by the city's isolated desert geography and its position between two major metal scenes. Their music carries the no-frills directness of a border town with something to prove.
Heavy metal band from Ylivieska, Finland, formed in 2018. They deliver classic heavy metal from the northern Ostrobothnian countryside.
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