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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
Featured Black Metal Album
Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Head Cage (2018)
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Heavy metal band from Freckenfeld in the Palatinate region of Germany, delivering classic, riff-centered metal since 2014. Their straightforward approach keeps the tradition of powerful, hook-driven heavy metal alive.
Heavy/speed metal act from Odense, Denmark, delivering high-velocity, riff-driven metal since 2015. Their deliberately misspelled name adds a distinctive visual identity to their classic-sounding heavy and speed metal.
Heavy/thrash metal act from Germany, combining the power of traditional metal with thrash velocity since 2015. Their name evokes the ending of an era of power, driving a sound built on commanding riffs and aggressive tempos.
New Jersey's Endall entered the heavy metal fray in 2025 with a traditional approach that prioritizes songcraft and riff integrity over genre experimentation. Part of the Garden State's long history of producing no-nonsense heavy metal.
Atlanta's Enders Game have been sharpening their melodic thrash attack since 2003, threading tight lead work and catchy hooks through the kind of muscular riffing that defined the Southeast metal underground. Two decades in, they remain one of Georgia's most consistent acts.
Heavy metal band from Zaragoza, Spain formed in 2013, featuring a classic dual-guitar lineup. Their debut EP Desde una Ciudad Inmortal was recorded at Luna Nueva Estudios and showcases their traditional heavy metal sound.
Heavy metal band from Uusimaa, Finland formed in 2023. They bring fresh heavy metal energy from the greater Helsinki region.
Erie doom/heavy metal act that emerged in 2021, channeling the gray skies and industrial decline of Lake Erie's shoreline into slow, crushing heaviness. Their music favors traditional doom's melodic mournfulness over pure sonic punishment.
Milwaukee heavy/doom metal band summoning the Rust Belt's industrial weight through slow, deliberate riffing and traditional doom's reverence for the riff above all else since 2018. Wisconsin's post-industrial gloom rendered in downtuned steel.
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