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Featured Album
Actin' Up (2023)
Featured Stoner Metal Album
The Mountain Of Gold (2018)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
HYPA HYPA Tour - Live In Ludwigsburg (2023)
05/25 @ The Theater at MGM National Harbor, National Harbor
Featured Progressive Metal Album
The Atlantic Albums (2019)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
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Power and heavy metal band from Pineda de Mar on the Catalan coast, Spain, active since 2013. They deliver melodic, hook-driven metal from the Maresme coastline.
Columbia, Missouri band blending doom metal's lumbering weight, groove metal's mid-tempo punch, and classic heavy metal riffing. Cyanigma crafts a heavy, rolling sound rooted in the riff-first traditions of American metal.
Melodic black-heavy metal band from Barcelona, Spain, active since 2011. They weave melodic elements through blackened metal from the Catalan capital.
Doom-heavy-thrash act from Porto, active since 2016. Cycles blends crushing doom with heavy and thrash metal elements from northern Portugal.
Heavy and power metal band from Sørvik in northern Norway, active since 2000. Cyclophonia has delivered over two decades of melodic metal from the Nordland coast.
Cygnus Rift is a heavy and gothic metal band from Rancagua, in Chile's O'Higgins region, with themes spanning death, power, and revenge. The band released a string of singles from 2022 onward, including 'In My Darkest Hours' and 'Brother's War', before issuing their debut full-length 'Arcane Heptagon Artificers' in 2026.
NWOBHM-inspired heavy metal band from Malvern, England, formed in 2021. They channel the spirit of classic British heavy metal from the Worcestershire hills.
Heavy metal act from Nicosia, Cyprus, formed in 2018, blending groove metal, power metal, and traditional heavy metal. Their versatile sound draws from multiple metal traditions to create a powerful, hook-driven attack.
Olympia, Washington band synthesizing power, progressive, heavy, and thrash metal into a dynamically ambitious and melodically rich sound. Cyperus draws from across the metal spectrum with technical musicianship and broad compositional range.
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