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Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
Featured Heavy Metal Album
Agamemnon (2025)
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Featured Power Metal Album
Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Finnish heavy metal band from Helsinki, formed in 2021. They play hellish heavy metal from the Finnish capital.
Doom metal outfit from Verona, formed in 2026. Their compositions stretch conventional structures to their limits, filling every measure with oppressive weight and deliberate, devastating momentum.
Abruzzo-based doom metal act active since 2025, crafting monolithic compositions built on slow-burning riffs and an atmosphere of pervasive heaviness. Their patient approach to songwriting lets each chord ring with crushing finality.
German heavy metal band formed in 2016. They play classic, timeless heavy metal with conviction and power.
French heavy/speed metal band from Orléans, formed in 2014. They deliver witchy heavy and speed metal from the historic Loire Valley city.
French heavy/thrash metal band from Aix-en-Provence, active since 2009. They deliver retaliatory heavy and thrash metal from sun-drenched Provence.
Mezzolombardo (Trento)-based southern metal act active since 2014, injecting blues-influenced swagger and whiskey-soaked groove into their heavy, riff-driven sound. Their music channels the spirit of American Southern rock and metal through a Italian perspective.
Finnish heavy metal band from Peräseinäjoki in South Ostrobothnia, formed in 2021. They play classic heavy metal from the rural Finnish flatlands.
Finnish heavy metal and hard rock band from Seinäjoki, active since 2005. With two decades of output, they are a veteran act in the South Ostrobothnian scene.
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