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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Head Cage (2018)
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Albuquerque's Enforcer has charted an interesting evolution from heavy and power metal beginnings toward an industrial-thrash hybrid since forming in 2008. The New Mexico desert seems to have pushed them toward harsher, more mechanical territory over time.
Chicago's Enforcer draws on the gravity of doom metal and the grandeur of power metal to build a sound that is both heavy and epic, active in the Windy City scene since 2008. Their songwriting favors weight and atmosphere over speed, letting riffs breathe and expand.
Heavy metal act from Barcelona, Spain active since 2013. They channel classic heavy metal energy from the Catalan capital's vibrant underground scene.
Dayton, Ohio's Engine of Chaos launched in 2023 with a heavy metal sound shaped by the industrial heartland tradition of no-nonsense riffing and direct songwriting. Their music channels the raw, unglamorous energy of a city that has always prized substance over surface.
Emerging from Edinburgh, this British act forges Heavy Metal built on leather-and-studs authenticity in a modern framework. The spirit of NWOBHM burns bright in their songwriting.
Speed/heavy metal act from Copenhagen, Denmark, forging high-velocity, classic metal since 2021. Their craftsman-referencing name captures the detailed, chiseled precision of their speed and heavy metal approach.
Exploring the depths of heavy metal and power metal, this Italian outfit from Sassari has been refining their craft since 2019. Their sound hinges on Helloween-school optimism forged in twin-guitar brilliance, delivered with absolute focus.
Heavy metal band from A Coruna, Spain active since 2013. They fly the flag for traditional heavy metal in the Galician metal scene.
Linköping's metal underground has produced no shortage of heavy acts, and this heavy metal and progressive metal unit is among them — wielding labyrinthine compositions spanning multiple movements and moods. Their sound resists easy categorization, blending influences into something distinctly their own.
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