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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
Featured Thrash Metal Album
Ad Astra (2025)
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Featured Stoner Metal Album
Serpent & Spirit (2021)
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Power metal band from Thessaloniki, Greece, formed in 2014. They deliver melodic, anthemic power metal from Greece's second-largest city.
Symphonic power metal project from Rome, formed in 2025. Chronosynthesis blends orchestral grandeur with power metal anthems.
Folk and power metal band from Valdepenas in Ciudad Real, Spain, active since 2003. With over two decades of history, Circe blend folk traditions with power metal from the La Mancha wine region.
Power metal band from the Heilbronn/Sinsheim area of Germany, formed in 2016. They craft melodic, anthemic power metal with soaring vocals from the Neckar Valley.
Power-thrash metal band from Friedberg, Germany, active since 2013. They combine the melodic energy of power metal with the aggressive speed of thrash.
Secaucus death/progressive metal act Citadel fuse technical death metal's precision with progressive architecture, building compositions that shift between calculated brutality and melodic expansiveness. Their sound rewards patience as much as headbanging.
Gothenburg power/symphonic metal act active since 2009, crafting orchestral grandeur and soaring melodies from Sweden's second city. Their sweeping sound channels the triumphant energy of both genres.
Staten Island heavy/power metal band Cities have been delivering high-octane traditional metal since the 1980s, and their anthemic choruses and twin-guitar energy helped define the New York heavy metal underground. Their legacy looms large among East Coast metal die-hards.
Falun/Borlänge heavy/power metal act formed in 2015, delivering anthemic compositions with classic metal grandeur from central Sweden's Dalarna region. Their triumphant sound carries the uplifting energy of the power metal tradition.
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