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Featured Album
Actin' Up (2023)
Featured Stoner Metal Album
The Mountain Of Gold (2018)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
HYPA HYPA Tour - Live In Ludwigsburg (2023)
05/25 @ The Theater at MGM National Harbor, National Harbor
Featured Progressive Metal Album
The Atlantic Albums (2019)
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Progressive and heavy metal band from Kuopio, Finland, formed in 2017, exploring the erosion of the mind through elaborate progressive metal. They bring experimental ambition to the Savo region's metal scene.
Heavy and power metal band from Jyvaskyla, Finland, formed in 2018, delivering powerful melodic metal from central Finland. They combine heavy metal muscle with power metal grandeur.
Bad Schmiedeberg's Prophets of the Rising Dead evolved from thrash metal origins into melodic metalcore, charting a course from old-school aggression to more hook-driven territory. Their Saxony-Anhalt roots in the former East add resilience to their shape-shifting approach.
Heavy and thrash metal band from Elista, Russia, formed in 2016, delivering addictive metal from the capital of Kalmykia, Europe's only Buddhist-majority region. They bring unique cultural perspective to their thrash.
Stuttgart's Pump has been delivering melodic heavy metal since 2015, bringing accessible hooks and driving rhythms to the Swabian capital's metal scene. Their Baden-Württemberg base connects them to a southern German tradition of polished, melodically-focused metal.
Heavy metal band from Boras, Sweden, formed in 2011, delivering over a decade of unadulterated heavy metal from the Vastra Gotaland region. They bring pure metallic energy to the Swedish scene.
Purple AQP is a heavy metal and hard rock solo project by Victor Calvo Llerena, based in Arequipa, Peru. Drawing inspiration from classic heavy metal and hard rock of the 1970s and 1980s, the project released its debut demo Empire Arise in 2019, followed by the full-length Rise and Fall of the Inca's Empire in 2022. The name combines a nod to Deep Purple with AQP, the airport code and common abbreviation for Arequipa.
Heavy metal turned heavy and speed metal band from Kosice, Slovakia, formed in 2023, evolving into faster territory. They bring fresh metal energy from Slovakia's second-largest city.
Hardcore turned heavy metal band from Skelleftea, Sweden, formed in 2017, evolving from hardcore roots into heavier metal territory. They bring metamorphic intensity from the Vasterbotten coast.
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