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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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Grand Rapids power/progressive metal outfit blending soaring melodic vocals with technically ambitious arrangements since 2010. Their music balances the anthem-driven energy of classic power metal with the structural complexity of progressive songwriting.
Power metal and symphonic metal band from Joensuu in eastern Finland, formed in 2022. They bring epic, soaring metal from the heart of Finnish Karelia.
Banská Bystrica/Zvolen-based power metal act, active since 2010 delivering uplifting harmonic progressions and virtuosic instrumental interplay. Rooted in a scene with deep roots in the former Czechoslovak underground, anthemic choruses and virtuosic solos define their approach.
Metalcore and power metal band from Paris, France formed in 2018. They blend the intensity of metalcore with the melodic sweep of power metal.
Symphonic power metal band from Turgi, Switzerland, crafting epic, orchestrally enriched compositions since 2011. Their Tolkien-inspired name reflects a taste for fantasy themes delivered through sweeping symphonic arrangements and powerful vocals.
Power metal act from southern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, formed in 2024, crafting anthemic, melody-driven compositions. Their mythologically inspired name evokes the epic, heroic quality of their approach to European power metal.
Chicago's Energy Vampires arrived in 2025 with a heavy and power metal hybrid that sinks its teeth into soaring melodies and muscular riffwork. Fresh out of the gate, they bring a theatrical bite to the Windy City's metal underground.
Power metal band from Helsinki/Porvoo, Finland active since 2014. Their 2014 debut Superhero Diaries - Part I channels classic European power metal in the vein of Helloween, Stratovarius, and Edguy across eleven tracks.
Albuquerque's Enforcer has charted an interesting evolution from heavy and power metal beginnings toward an industrial-thrash hybrid since forming in 2008. The New Mexico desert seems to have pushed them toward harsher, more mechanical territory over time.
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