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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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AMENRA "Song To The Siren" by This Mortal Coil (written by Tim Buckley) (2021)
05/27 @ Théâtre Beanfield, Montreal
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Liars & Thieves (2024)
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Barbarie is a heavy metal band from Berazategui, Buenos Aires, Argentina. The band has released two full-lengths: "Batallas de Liberación" (2013), a nine-track album drawing on Argentine history and featuring guest appearances from notable figures in the local heavy metal scene, and "Hacia un Nuevo Horizonte" (2017).
Spanish heavy metal and hard rock band from Camarma de Esteruelas near Madrid, formed in 2014. They play classic, pirate-themed heavy metal with hard rock roots.
Heavy metal project from Swindon, active since 2018. They channel traditional heavy metal and speed metal energy through blade-and-steel imagery and hard-charging riffs.
Bardoma is a Buenos Aires heavy metal band built around guitarist Eduardo Tobio and vocalist Sabrina Gorosito, with Facundo Alvarado on drums and Matías Lopresti on bass. The band released a self-titled debut in 2024 and followed it with the more metal-focused "En La Zona Letal" in 2026, presenting the new album live at Club V in March of that year.
Cardiff heavy metal band formed in 2019, featuring former Tigertailz vocalist Kim Hooker alongside fellow ex-Tigertailz members Cy and Andy Skinner. Their debut That Which Preys On The Dead captures the spirit of classic heavy metal and glam-inflected hard rock across ten tracks.
Athens-based heavy/thrash metal outfit active since 2021, combining traditional heavy metal's melodic sensibility with thrash's speed and aggression. Their sound occupies the hard-hitting middle ground between classic metal anthems and thrash metal fury.
One of the pioneering Christian heavy metal bands in the United States, Barnabas formed in 1977 and helped lay early groundwork for faith-based hard rock and metal before splitting up.
Fargo, North Dakota's Barnaby Jones deal in a blend of stoner, doom, and heavy metal, carrying on the mid-tempo, riff-heavy tradition of the genre from the Northern Plains underground since 2016.
French heavy metal band from Oloron-Sainte-Marie in the Pyrenees, formed in 2011. They play traditional heavy metal from the mountainous southwest of France.
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