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Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Power and heavy metal band from Wuppertal, Germany, formed in 2014. They craft epic, melodic metal built on soaring vocals and driving guitar harmonies from the industrial Bergisches Land.
California solo project by Agravain that evolved from power/melodic death metal into black, pagan, and folk metal territory, drawing on themes of despair, fantasy, and ancient legend before disbanding around 2010.
Austin heavy and power metal outfit that blended classic metal songcraft with the soaring energy of the power metal tradition.
Virginia doom metal outfit trudging through slow, heavy territory since the late 1990s, carrying on the tradition of funeral-paced riffing and desolate atmospherics.
Power metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2024. They deliver melodic, anthemic power metal from the Greek capital.
Boston progressive and power metal act bringing melodic grandeur and genre ambition to the classic power metal tradition, with swashbuckling imagery built into their identity.
Power and heavy metal band from Prague, Czech Republic, formed in 2014. They craft anthemic, melodic metal built on powerful vocal performances and driving guitar work.
Caravellus is a progressive/power metal band from Recife, Brazil, founded around 2002 by guitarist Glauber Oliveira as a studio project blending heavy metal with Brazilian folk influences such as maracatu, frevo, and ciranda. The band released their debut album "Lighthouse and Shed" in 2007 and followed with "Knowledge Machine" in 2010, distributed across Brazil, North America, Europe, South Korea, and Japan. Their 2022 album "Inter Mundos" features drummer John Macaluso (Ark, Yngwie Malmsteen) and draws on progressive metal influences in the vein of Dream Theater, Symphony X, and fellow Brazilians Angra.
Power metal band from Hameenlinna, Finland, active since 2013. They deliver melodic, anthemic power metal from the historic Tavastian capital.
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