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Where Fear And Weapons Meet (2021)
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Hold Your Children Close and Pray for Oblivion (2016)
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Featured Doom Metal Album
Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland! / Stoßtrupp 1917 (2018)
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Heavy/thrash metal act from Lugano in Switzerland's Italian-speaking Ticino region, delivering muscular, riff-heavy metal since 2016. Their Mediterranean setting adds a distinctive character to their fusion of heavy and thrash metal.
Heavy metal band from the famous spa town of Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic, forging traditional metal since 2023. Their name suggests the ecstatic energy they bring to their classic heavy metal approach.
Circle Pines, Minnesota's Extermination Day occupy a corner of the metal universe where heavy doom riffing meets the working-class directness of punk, crafting music since 2020 that hits slowly but hits hard. The suburban Minneapolis origin grounds their sound in a practical, no-nonsense approach to heaviness.
The Swedish city of Dalby/Veberöd serves as headquarters for this heavy metal operation, whose arsenal includes classic metal thunder with a modern edge. The production keeps things raw and honest — no frills, all metal.
Heavy metal band from Barcelona, Spain formed in 2012. They deliver classic heavy metal riffs from the Catalan capital.
Heavy metal band with progressive influences from Irkutsk in eastern Siberia, active since 2005 — two decades of heavy metal from the historic city near Lake Baikal.
Part of Holland's dense concentration of metal talent, this act channels heavy metal with a focus on iron-clad riffs and soaring melodic passages. Formed in 2023, leather-jacket energy translated into headbanging-ready anthems.
Heavy metal band from Bucharest, Romania formed in 2023. Their sound channels traditional heavy metal energy from the Romanian capital.
Heavy metal band from Oloron-Sainte-Marie in the French Pyrenees, with origins dating to 1992. They are one of the longest-running heavy metal acts in the Pyrenean foothills.
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