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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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French heavy metal band from Perpignan, formed in 2016. They play wolf-themed heavy metal from the Catalan-French border city.
Finnish heavy/power metal band from Seinäjoki, formed in 2018. They deliver anthemic heavy and power metal from the Ostrobothnian plains.
Built around a Hammond B-3 organ, channeling 70s proto-metal heavyweights like Deep Purple into proggy, jazz-inflected doom.
Skänninge-based heavy metal act active since 2013, delivering riff-driven compositions rooted in the genre's foundational traditions of power chords, soaring vocals, and galloping rhythms. Their sound carries the unmistakable stamp of classic heavy metal conviction.
Spanish heavy metal and hard rock band from L'Hospitalet de Llobregat near Barcelona, formed in 2022. They deliver German-themed heavy metal from the Catalan outskirts.
Heavy/thrash metal band from the Nicosia/Larnaca area of Cyprus, active since 2015. They bring European thrash and heavy metal energy to the Cypriot scene.
Solo project of the renowned Magnum frontman from Derby, exploring heavy metal and hard rock territory outside his main band. His powerful, operatic vocal style carries through melodic compositions that showcase decades of experience on the British rock scene.
Guspini (South Sardinia)-based speed metal outfit active since 2012, delivering breakneck tempos and razor-sharp riffing that recalls the genre's 1980s heyday. Their relentless approach channels the raw velocity of early Exciter and Agent Steel.
Finnish heavy metal and hard rock band from Mikkeli and Hirvensalmi, formed in 2015. They bridge classic heavy metal and hard rock from the eastern Finnish lake country.
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