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Heavy and power metal band from the coastal town of Piombino in Livorno province, active since 2017. Crimson Thunder brings classic European power metal to the Tuscan seaboard.
Heavy and power metal band from Wrocław, active since 2010. Crimson Valley channels classic European power metal from the capital of Lower Silesia.
Criptal is a heavy metal band from General Pacheco, in the Buenos Aires province of Argentina. Their discography on Metal Archives includes the albums El amanecer de la esperanza and Contra toda tempestad, the latter released in 2014.
Edmonds, Washington heavy and progressive metal band blending the melodic ambition of progressive music with the muscular authority of traditional heavy metal in the Pacific Northwest.
Massachusetts heavy metal act bringing a hard-nosed, no-nonsense approach to the genre — direct songwriting, thick riffs, and an unembellished heaviness grounded in the New England scene.
Salt Lake City heavy metal band forging their sound against the backdrop of Utah's isolated underground, delivering straightforward, hard-hitting metal with a desert-dry intensity.
Queens, New York groove and heavy metal act carrying the borough's working-class grit through heavy mid-tempo riffs and a street-hardened edge forged in the New York underground.
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Heavy metal band from Mostoles near Madrid, Spain, active since 2005. With two decades of activity, Criteria are veterans of the Madrid heavy metal scene.
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