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Ceasefire is a power metal band from Buenos Aires, Argentina, whose lineup features vocalist Horacio Alippi, guitarist César Delgado, bassist Andreas Alippi, keyboardist Daniel Tkach, and drummer Pablo Nardelli. The band has been active in Buenos Aires' metal scene since the early 2000s, releasing a demo in 2005 and continuing to develop their melodic, keyboard-driven power metal sound over the following years. Their blend of soaring vocals and dynamic arrangements places them firmly within the Latin American power metal tradition.
Swedish power metal solo project formed in 2025. Cederick delivers instrumental power metal.
Power metal band from Porvoo, Finland, formed in 2014. They deliver melodic, anthemic power metal from the historic Borgå region.
Symphonic power metal band from Valencia, Spain, formed in 2020. They create grand, orchestral metal with soaring vocals and dramatic arrangements.
Celestial Demise plays melodic, anthem-driven power metal with soaring vocals, harmony-rich guitar arrangements, and an epic sensibility drawn from the European power metal tradition transplanted to Boston. Their approach favors grandiose song structures and polished, dramatic performances.
Celestial Tide from Frederick plays melodic, earnest heavy metal and power metal with a focus on strong hooks, clean vocal harmonies, and polished twin guitar arrangements that recall the classic American power metal tradition. Their Maryland roots place them in a region with a long tradition of melodic metal.
Celestial Wizard from Denver blends the occult heaviness of death metal with the anthemic grandeur of power metal and traditional heavy metal, producing a theatrical and heavy sound with equal parts brutality and melody. Colorado's high-altitude isolation lends the material a cosmic, expansive quality.
Melodic death-power metal band from Aix-en-Provence, France. They blend melodic death metal harmonies with power metal hooks from the Provençal heartland.
Power metal band from Seinajoki, Finland, emerging in 2025. They deliver melodic, high-energy power metal from the Ostrobothnian plains.
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