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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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Melodic death-power metal band from Espoo/Helsinki, Finland, active since 2012. They carry the spirit of Finnish melodic death metal with power metal hooks and dynamic songwriting.
Seattle power metal outfit Children of Seraph trades in soaring vocals, anthemic choruses, and technically proficient guitar work rooted in the classic European tradition. Their Pacific Northwest setting hasn't diluted the grandeur of the genre they inhabit.
Power metal band from Boblingen near Stuttgart, Germany, active since 1995. With three decades of history, Chinchilla are stalwarts of the German power metal tradition, delivering melodic, high-energy metal.
Suffern, New York guitarist Chris Caffery is best known as a longtime member of Savatage and Trans-Siberian Orchestra, but his solo catalog explores darker, heavier territory in power and progressive metal. A veteran of the genre's upper tier.
Power metal band from Turku, Finland, emerging in 2025. They deliver melodic, anthemic power metal from Finland's oldest city.
Sunnyside, Washington musician Christopher Vizcarra works in the intersection of neoclassical and power metal, weaving technically proficient guitar work with orchestral sensibility. His compositions lean on melodic grandeur and the kind of disciplined craft that defines the neoclassical metal tradition.
Power and progressive metal band from Dusseldorf, Germany, formed in 2019. They blend the soaring melodies of power metal with progressive complexity and intricate arrangements.
Symphonic melodic death-power metal band from Espoo, Finland, formed in 2018. They blend the melodic sensibility of Scandinavian death metal with symphonic orchestration and power metal hooks.
Heavy and power metal band from Szolnok, Hungary, formed in 2023. Chronology channels classic European power metal traditions with anthemic energy.
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