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Daze Of The Week (2026)
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L'Envol (2024)
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Depravity Favours the Bold (2016)
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Heavy metal act from Barcelona, Spain active since 2013. They channel classic heavy metal energy from the Catalan capital's vibrant underground scene.
Dayton, Ohio's Engine of Chaos launched in 2023 with a heavy metal sound shaped by the industrial heartland tradition of no-nonsense riffing and direct songwriting. Their music channels the raw, unglamorous energy of a city that has always prized substance over surface.
Emerging from Edinburgh, this British act forges Heavy Metal built on leather-and-studs authenticity in a modern framework. The spirit of NWOBHM burns bright in their songwriting.
Speed/heavy metal act from Copenhagen, Denmark, forging high-velocity, classic metal since 2021. Their craftsman-referencing name captures the detailed, chiseled precision of their speed and heavy metal approach.
Exploring the depths of heavy metal and power metal, this Italian outfit from Sassari has been refining their craft since 2019. Their sound hinges on Helloween-school optimism forged in twin-guitar brilliance, delivered with absolute focus.
Heavy metal band from A Coruna, Spain active since 2013. They fly the flag for traditional heavy metal in the Galician metal scene.
Linköping's metal underground has produced no shortage of heavy acts, and this heavy metal and progressive metal unit is among them — wielding labyrinthine compositions spanning multiple movements and moods. Their sound resists easy categorization, blending influences into something distinctly their own.
Heavy metal and progressive metal band from Lyon, France active since 1996. With nearly three decades of activity, they are veterans of the French progressive metal scene.
Asheville's Enoch draws on the Blue Ridge Mountain town's fertile heavy underground, blending stoner warmth, sludge filth, and doom's glacial weight into a sound that feels deeply rooted in the Appalachian soil.
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