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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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Heavy metal band from Manresa in Catalonia, Spain, active since 2005. With two decades of history, Criterivm are stalwarts of the Catalan heavy metal tradition.
Heavy metal band from Geneva, Switzerland, formed in 2018. They deliver hard-hitting, riff-driven heavy metal with strong hooks and driving energy.
Murfreesboro, Tennessee heavy metal band channeling the region's strong musical heritage into powerful, riff-forward songs with a Southern swagger and no shortage of volume.
Heavy metal band from Heppenheim on the Bergstrasse, Germany, formed in 2017. They forge classic heavy metal from the wine-growing hills between the Rhine and the Odenwald.
Bronx heavy/thrash outfit Critikill Mass channel the gritty street energy of New York City into a hard-hitting blend of classic metal muscle and crossover aggression.
Heavy metal band from Grenoble, France, formed in 2015. They deliver classic heavy metal from the French Alps.
Heavy metal band from Aosta in Italy's smallest region, nestled in the Alps, active since 2015. Crohm delivers traditional metal from the mountainous border region near France and Switzerland.
Long Island heavy metal band Crom pay homage to the sword-and-sorcery mythology of Robert E. Howard, crafting epic, riff-forward metal steeped in classic 80s tradition.
Albuquerque progressive/power/heavy metal band Cross blend epic song structures with melodic power metal hooks and progressive ambition, representing New Mexico's small but dedicated heavy metal community.
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