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Slave to the Scalpel (2021)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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State Of Unrest (2023)
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San Antonio's Earthen has been operating in the heavy doom metal tradition since 2005, a Texas band that moves at a funeral pace and draws on the long shadows the state's harder rock history casts over everything beneath it.
Part of Italy's underrated but thriving metal community, this act channels heavy metal and power metal with a focus on operatic vocal delivery over fleet-fingered guitarwork. Formed in 2016, speed and melody coexist in carefully calibrated balance.
Boston's Earthlore moves through psychedelic heavy metal, stoner, and doom with the measured confidence of a band that knows the territory — formed in 2019 and building something warmer and more textured than pure doom alone.
Straddling the line between heavy metal and power metal, this Italian actfrom Sarzana (La Spezia) fuses uplifting harmonic progressions and virtuosic instrumental interplay into a cohesive whole. They've been at it since 2012, and anthemic choruses and virtuosic solos define their approach.
Heavy metal and thrash band from Salo, Finland formed in 2019. They bring classic heavy metal power with a thrash edge from southwestern Finland.
Rising from Gothenburg's metal underground, this Swedish act forges Heavy Metal and Progressive Metal built on genre-bending ambition that refuses easy categorization. Each release demonstrates a commitment to artistic evolution.
Heavy metal and power metal band from Northeast England, formed in 2021. They bring epic, powerful metal from the north of England.
Heavy metal band from Zagreb, Croatia active since 2006. With nearly two decades of history, they are fixtures of the Croatian heavy metal scene.
Austrian heavy metal outfit from Graz whose sound has evolved from hard rock origins into heavier, more aggressive territory. Their catalog includes albums "Moonburnt" and "Taurus," with the band declaring themselves now "deadlier than thousand guns."
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