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Where Fear And Weapons Meet (2021)
Featured Grindcore Album
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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Spanish melodic heavy metal band from Madrid, forging hook-driven anthems since 2019. Their name, meaning 'legend,' reflects the epic, larger-than-life character of their melodic heavy metal.
British heavy/thrash metal band from Nottingham, combining classic heavy metal power with thrash aggression. Their name evokes the liberating, no-holds-barred energy of their dual-genre assault.
Heavy metal and hard rock collide in Lick's straightforward approach — a band content to let the riff do the talking without unnecessary ornamentation or geographic grounding.
Port Townsend, Washington's Lickity Split arrived in 2024 with traditional heavy metal in tow, their seaside Olympic Peninsula hometown lending a rugged, blue-collar edge to the classic genre.
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Greek heavy metal band from Chrysoupoli, forging classic heavy metal since 2007. Their electrifying name matches the high-voltage energy of their traditional metal approach.
Finnish black/heavy metal band from Helsinki, formed in 2017 and blending black metal's raw hostility with heavy metal's anthemic power. Their name, meaning 'Fat Juggler' in Finnish, adds absurdist humor to their metallic assault.
Swedish heavy metal band from Orebro, forging classic heavy metal since 2012. Their name suggests the constrained energy that explodes through their powerful riffs.
Belgian hard rock and heavy metal act originally founded in 1983 and reunited in 2012 with their original lineup. Their debut 'Breaking Out' was released on Mausoleum Records, and their 2018 comeback 'The Return of the Pride' marked decades-overdue new material.
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