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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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Heavy and power metal band from Kramatorsk in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, formed in 2018. Copper Serpent delivers anthemic traditional metal from a city scarred by conflict.
Melodic death-power metal act from Kremenchuk in central Ukraine, active since 2010. Coram Deo — Latin for 'before God' — has spent over fifteen years delivering versatile extreme metal from the Dnieper River city.
Power-thrash metal band from Nottingham, England, formed in 2014. They blend the melodic energy of power metal with thrash metal aggression from the East Midlands.
Progressive power metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2023. They blend soaring melodies with progressive complexity from the Greek capital.
Kenosha, WI power/speed/thrash band that channels the blazing energy of late-80s metal into tight, riff-forward songwriting. Their sound honors the genre's classic roots while hitting hard.
Symphonic power metal act from Ivanovo, formed in 2019. Cotos delivers orchestral, anthem-driven power metal from central Russia.
Baltimore heavy metal band Court Jester play in the traditional mold — riff-driven songs, clean vocals, and a commitment to the classic structures that defined the genre in the 1980s. Their music is unpretentious and direct, made for fans of the form's roots.
Symphonic power metal act from Bratislava, formed in 2017. Courthouse delivers orchestral, anthem-driven power metal from the Slovak capital.
Power metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2023. They deliver melodic, anthemic power metal from the Finnish capital.
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