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Slave to the Scalpel (2021)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Featured Groove Metal Album
State Of Unrest (2023)
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Icterus is a heavy metal band from Tychy, Poland, active since 2017 and forging classic heavy metal with conviction and power. The project channels the timeless spirit of traditional metal riffage.
Icy Steel is a heavy metal band from Sassari, Italy, active since 2007 and forging classic heavy metal with conviction and power. The project channels the timeless spirit of traditional metal riffage.
Idill of Chaos is a heavy/groove metal band from Martfű, Hungary, active since 2009 and delivering heavy, rhythmic riffage with crushing mid-tempo intensity. The project channels the headbanging immediacy of groove metal.
Idiots Rule is a heavy metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, active since 2017 and forging classic heavy metal with conviction and power. The project channels the timeless spirit of traditional metal riffage.
Portland's gothic heavy metal outfit blends brooding post-punk atmosphere with traditional metal songwriting, their dark romanticism fitting neatly into the Pacific Northwest's long history of melancholy and overcast skies.
New York heavy metal practitioners who have been delivering no-nonsense traditional metal workouts since 2018, built on strong riffs and classic structures that trust the songs to speak for themselves.
NWOBHM/heavy metal band from Gloucester, formed in 2020. Their sound channels the spirit of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal from the Gloucestershire cathedral city.
Heavy/thrash metal band from Edinburgh, Scotland formed in 2019. Their Irish Gaelic name — meaning 'hell' — channels aggressive metal from the Scottish capital.
Ignis is a heavy metal band from Buenos Aires formed around 2012–2013, built around vocalist Rudy Losada, guitarists Juan Mori and Flavio Lema, bassist Litto Salerno, and drummer Fernando Palamara. The band released their second album Inframundo in 2024, rooted in traditional and melodic heavy metal in the classic European style.
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