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Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Steel Engraved forge heavy metal from the Bavarian border city of Passau at the confluence of three rivers, channeling classic metal energy from Germany's southeastern corner. Active since 2019, they bring traditional metal fire to the Danube-Inn-Ilz triangle.
Rome's Steel Flames play heavy metal from the Italian capital since 2022. Their elemental name combines hardness and fire into a fitting descriptor for traditional metal's most incandescent qualities.
Cherepovets' Steel Hammer play heavy metal from the Vologda steel-smelting city since 2016. Their industrial-tool name and origins in one of Russia's major metallurgical centers create a natural alignment between name, place, and sound.
Steel Machine have been forging heavy and speed metal from western Finland and Jyvaskyla since 2013, combining classic metal power with speed metal's velocity. Their machine-named precision channels the industrial efficiency of Finnish metalworking.
Steel Mammoth evolved from stoner/psychedelic rock into heavy metal and punk from the western Finnish port of Pori, tracing a trajectory that broadened their sonic range. Active since 2017, they bring mammoth-scale versatility to the Satakunta scene.
Nashville heavy metal band formed in 2011, carving out a hard-edged niche in a city more commonly associated with country music, drawing on classic American and British heavy metal roots.
Steel Messiah play heavy metal from Ulm, delivering the kind of messianic, riff-driven compositions their name demands. Active since 2016, they bring Swabian steel and classic metal grandeur to the Danube city.
Heavy metal and hard rock band from Cortez, Colorado, formed in 2011, blending melodic hooks with a classic metal sound rooted in the American hard rock tradition of the 1980s.
Steel Night is a heavy metal band from Durango, Mexico, formed in 2017. The band released the full-length Fight till the End in 2019 on Iron Shield Records and the EP Last Warrior in 2023, and appeared on the Metal Relics compilation Hail the Metal World in 2020. Their sound is rooted in traditional heavy metal.
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