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Stuttgart's Pump has been delivering melodic heavy metal since 2015, bringing accessible hooks and driving rhythms to the Swabian capital's metal scene. Their Baden-Württemberg base connects them to a southern German tradition of polished, melodically-focused metal.
Heavy metal band from Boras, Sweden, formed in 2011, delivering over a decade of unadulterated heavy metal from the Vastra Gotaland region. They bring pure metallic energy to the Swedish scene.
Purple AQP is a heavy metal and hard rock solo project by Victor Calvo Llerena, based in Arequipa, Peru. Drawing inspiration from classic heavy metal and hard rock of the 1970s and 1980s, the project released its debut demo Empire Arise in 2019, followed by the full-length Rise and Fall of the Inca's Empire in 2022. The name combines a nod to Deep Purple with AQP, the airport code and common abbreviation for Arequipa.
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.
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