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Featured Album
Slave to the Scalpel (2021)
Featured Death Metal Album
Hands of Eternity (2024)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
AMENRA “De zotte morgen” (written by Zjef Vanuytsel) (2020)
05/15 @ Paribu Art - Ana Sahne, İstanbul
Featured Groove Metal Album
State Of Unrest (2023)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
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The Big Gloom from Civitanova on the Adriatic coast deliver blackened sludge and post-metal since 2024. Their name captures the overwhelming darkness that pervades their crushing, atmospheric compositions.
The Covenant from Bilbao are one of Spain's longest-running doom and post-metal acts, active since 1991 in the Basque Country's industrial capital. Over three decades, they have evolved from pure doom into post-metal territory, making them genuine pioneers of the Spanish heavy underground.
The Eagle Signal from Aubagne near Marseille deliver post-metal infused with crust punk's raw energy since 2024. Their military-referencing name drives compositions that signal the charge from Provence's rugged Mediterranean coast.
The Ever Living is a post-metal band from London, formed in 2016. Their music builds from quiet, atmospheric passages into towering crescendos of heavy instrumentation, following the post-metal tradition of dynamic contrast and emotional intensity.
The Fathomless Deep is an avant-garde sludge/post-metal band from the Helsinki metropolitan area, formed in 2011. They push the boundaries of sludge and post-metal with avant-garde compositional approaches.
The Gleam of Last Light is a post-metal/rock band from Athens, active since 2016. Their evocative name captures the twilight atmospherics of their post-metal, building from quiet contemplation to massive sonic crescendos.
San Antonio avant-metal trio weaving post-hardcore, noise rock, and dark post-rock.
The Great Cold is a post-metal/rock band from Marburg, Germany, formed in 2016. They explore the atmospheric expansiveness of post-metal and post-rock.
The Great Procession from France deliver post-metal with the ceremonial, march-like grandeur their name demands since 2022. Their compositions unfold with the stately inevitability of a ritual progression.
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