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Founded in Wiesbaden, Germany in 2007 by vocalist Timmy Rough and drummer Urban Berz, The New Roses channel the hard rock tradition of the late 1980s with clear debts to AC/DC, Guns N' Roses, and Aerosmith. After adopting the name officially in 2012, the band signed to Napalm Records and achieved mainstream chart presence in Germany, with Nothing But Wild (2019) reaching number 10 and Sweet Poison (2022) reaching number 13 on the German album charts. A track from their early career was included on the German soundtrack for the TV series Sons of Anarchy. Their sixth album, Attracted to Danger, was released in 2024.
The Newborn Anger is a heavy/power metal band from Pistoia, Italy, formed in 2023. They combine power metal grandeur with traditional heavy metal muscle and energetic riffing.
The Night Before from Valladolid craft heavy metal charged with the anticipatory tension of their eve-themed name since 2017. Their Castilian heartland base provides a historically rich backdrop for traditional metal from central Spain.
The Night Eternal is a heavy metal band from Essen, Germany, formed in 2021. They play traditional heavy metal from the Ruhr Valley.
The Oath is a heavy/doom metal/rock band from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2013. They play classic heavy metal and doom with a vintage rock sensibility.
The Obsessed formed in Potomac, Maryland in the late 1970s under guitarist and vocalist Scott "Wino" Weinrich, becoming one of the foundational acts in American doom metal. After initial activity through the early 1980s, Weinrich joined Saint Vitus in 1986 before reforming The Obsessed around 1989 and signing to Hellhound Records, which released their self-titled debut followed by Lunar Womb (1991) and The Church Within (1994), the latter picked up by Columbia Records. After a lengthy dormancy, Weinrich relaunched the band fully in 2016, releasing Sacred on Relapse Records in 2017 and Gilded Sorrow in 2024. Weinrich is widely regarded as a foundational figure in doom and stoner metal.
Billings, Montana's The Old Ones have been cultivating their blend of stoner, sludge, and doom metal since 2015, drawing on the isolation of the northern plains to fuel music that is slow, heavy, and oppressive in the best possible sense. Their sound sits in the long shadow of Lovecraftian dread — fitting for a band whose name references forces older than human understanding.
The Ossuary is a doom/heavy metal band from Bari, Italy, formed in 2017. They craft heavy, atmosphere-laden doom metal with traditional heavy metal influences from the Puglia coast.
Heavy metal band from Alagoas, Brazil, led by guitarist and vocalist Marcus Mausan, who also handles bass on most recordings. Their 2023 album Be Free, released across streaming platforms, collects seven tracks whose earliest compositions date to 1995, drawing from classic hard rock, punk, and traditional heavy metal.
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