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Proof (2024)
Featured Progressive Metal Album
Death Atlas (2019)
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Make It Rain / On the Other Side of Tonight (2024)
05/07 @ House of Blues Myrtle Beach, North Myrtle Beach
Featured Death Metal Album
Hands of Eternity (2024)
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German metalcore band from Münster, formed in 2019. They deliver hard-hitting metalcore with punishing breakdowns from the Westphalian university city.
German metalcore/thrash metal band from the Neuwied-Koblenz area, active since 2006. With nearly two decades of experience, they are a veteran presence in the Rhineland-Palatinate metal scene.
Moscow-based groove metal/metalcore outfit active since 2016, combining crushing syncopated riffs with metalcore's dynamic song structures and breakdown-heavy approach. Their sound bridges pit-ready heaviness with modern extreme metal aggression.
Teramo-based melodic thrash metal act active since 2010, tempering the genre's trademark aggression with harmonized guitar leads and dynamic songwriting. Their approach delivers thrash metal's visceral energy without sacrificing melodic accessibility.
Agrigento-based thrash/groove metal act active since 2025, anchoring their riff-driven assault in mid-tempo grooves that demand involuntary headbanging. Their compositions balance thrash metal's speed with the crushing rhythmic weight of groove metal.
Budapest-based groove metal/metalcore outfit active since 2011, combining crushing syncopated riffs with metalcore's dynamic song structures and breakdown-heavy approach. Their sound bridges pit-ready heaviness with modern extreme metal aggression.
German melodic death metal and metalcore band from Munich and Holzkirchen, formed in 2018. They pair melodic death metal harmonies with metalcore's punchy breakdowns from Upper Bavaria.
Spanish metalcore band from Madrid, formed in 2013. They play aggressive metalcore with heavy breakdowns from the Spanish capital.
Finnish metalcore band from Turku, formed in 2022. They play aggressive metalcore from Finland's oldest city.
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