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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Newsflash (2023)
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Mława-based stoner metal outfit active since 2017, building their sound on thick, fuzz-drenched riffs and a laid-back, groove-heavy approach to heavy music. Their compositions channel the warmth of 1970s proto-metal through walls of modern distortion.
Heavy metal outfit from Groningen, formed in 2011. Their material channels the spirit of iron-fisted riffing and anthemic songwriting that has defined heavy metal since its inception.
German melodic hard rock and heavy metal band formed in 2019. They merge catchy hard rock hooks with heavy metal muscle.
German heavy metal and hard rock band from Nuremberg, formed in 2016. They play riff-driven heavy metal with hard rock swagger from the heart of Franconia.
Bill Ward, the legendary founding drummer of Black Sabbath, hailing from Birmingham. One of heavy metal's most influential percussionists, his jazz-inflected drumming style helped define the sound of an entire genre from the early 1970s onward.
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Spanish heavy/industrial/progressive metal band from Madrid, active since 1993. With over three decades of boundary-pushing output, they are one of Spain's most seasoned progressive-industrial metal acts.
German melodic black/death metal band from Bamberg, formed in 2017. They blend melodic black and death metal with heavy rock influences for a versatile, genre-crossing sound.
Heavy metal and hard rock band from Andover in Hampshire, formed in 2017, described as the British bridge between metal and rock. Their releases including Consume and Untold have built a loyal following across the south of England.
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