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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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Heavy metal band from Villasor near Cagliari, Sardinia, formed in 2023. Their approach delivers traditional heavy metal from the Sardinian countryside.
Heavy metal band from Verona, Italy, formed in 2019. Their approach delivers classic heavy metal from the Arena city.
NWOBHM and heavy metal band from London, dating back to 1985 and the original New Wave of British Heavy Metal. One of the few surviving acts from that era still recording and performing.
Heavy metal band from Bath, England, active since 2012. Their approach delivers traditional heavy metal from the historic spa city in Somerset.
Florence-area heavy metal act from Calenzano, active since 2011 and delivering classic metal energy from Tuscany's rolling hills. Their riff-driven approach channels the timeless power of traditional heavy metal.
Romulox started up in Milford, Indiana in 2021 playing heavy metal with the earnestness of a scene that hasn't been jaded by trend cycles. Small-town Midwest roots give the project a certain unpretentious directness — this is heavy metal practiced because it matters, not because it's fashionable.
Progressive/heavy metal solo artist from the Netherlands, active since 2020. The project delivers technically ambitious progressive heavy metal.
Room of Madness is a female-fronted heavy metal band from Linköping, Sweden, active since 2017. Fronted by vocalist Agneta Berg, the band blends heavy metal intensity with thrash and progressive elements across releases like 'Satan's Queen' and 'Kingdom of the Dead.'
Rosa Negra is a heavy metal band from Madrid, Spain, active since 1984 — one of the pioneering acts of Spanish heavy metal. Over four decades of activity make them among the most enduring metal bands in the country's history.
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