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Ich hatt einen Kameraden (2016)
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Necromanteum (2023)
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State Of Unrest (2023)
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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.
From the wine-producing village of Vetroz in the Valais canton, Pyramide has been building melodic heavy metal since 2015. Their francophone Swiss perspective adds a Gallic flair to classic metal structures, setting them apart from their Germanic Swiss counterparts.
Heavy metal and hard rock band from Bijacovce, Slovakia, formed in 2015, named after the iron sulfide mineral known as fool's gold. Over a decade of gleaming metal from the Spiš region.
Heavy metal band from Ljubljana, Slovenia, formed in 2017, named after the silicate mineral group. They bring mineral-hard heavy metal from the Slovenian capital.
A Brooklyn, New York project that bends psychedelic doom into experimental territory, Python draws on the city's eclectic underground to produce hazy, hallucinatory heaviness that drifts far from conventional song structure into something genuinely strange and immersive.
Speed and heavy metal band with psychedelic rock influences from the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic, formed in 2023. They blend the velocity of speed metal with the expansive, mind-bending qualities of psychedelic rock.
Heavy metal and stoner rock band from Pentenried near Munich, Germany, who described their sound as "Death n Roll" and positioned themselves as restoring rebellion to rock music. Active from 2007 to 2016, they released five recordings including "Pentenridian Space Cowboys" (2007) and their final EP "The Final Hellride" (2016). The band maintained an energetic live presence documented across YouTube and social media.
Heavy metal and hard rock band from San Fernando, Spain, formed in 2017 by self-described "fanatics of Heavy Metal." Their debut EP "Secuestrado" (2017) was self-produced with five tracks recorded by Fernando Ramos at Isla Musica, and the band uses their music to critique corporate systems and modern society. The lineup features Sergio Barrera on vocals and guitar alongside Angel Munoz, Jose M. Gutierrez, and Alejandro Pontones.
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