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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
Featured Progressive Metal Album
Death Atlas (2019)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Denver melodic death and power metal band blending soaring power metal ambition with the aggression of melodic death. Colorado's thriving metal scene provides fertile ground for their genre-straddling approach.
Boise death metal and hardcore crossover act bringing Pacific Northwest aggression to a genre-blurring extreme. Their sound is physically confrontational and direct, built for live punishment.
Melodic death-metalcore act from Azov near Rostov-on-Don, active since 2014. CryAgain delivers hook-driven extreme metal from the Don River region.
Melodic death metal band from Jyvaskyla, Finland, formed in 2018. They craft melodic yet intense death metal from the Finnish lake district.
Melodic death-heavy metal band from Helsinki, Finland, active since 2013. They blend melodic death metal harmonies with classic heavy metal hooks.
Melodic death metal band from Solothurn, Switzerland, formed in 2020. They blend the aggression of death metal with melodic guitar harmonies and dynamic song structures.
Denver's Cryogen deal in melodic death metal with sharp Scandinavian-inflected riffing and aggressive rhythmic drive. Their sound balances hook-laden melodies against pulverizing death metal heaviness.
Melodic death metal band from Ahtari, Finland, active since 2010. They craft cold, melodic death metal from the rural Finnish heartland.
Melodic black-death metal band from Rosslau in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, formed in 2020. They weave melodic elements through a foundation of black and death metal.
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