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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
Featured Black Metal Album
Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Featured Grindcore Album
The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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Power/thrash/doom metal band from Bremen, Germany, active since 2012. Their versatile sound spans the full range from power metal grandeur through thrash velocity to doom metal weight.
Power metal band from Huckeswagen, Germany, formed in 2021. Their anthemic sound delivers the soaring melodies and galloping rhythms that define the power metal tradition.
Death thrash metal act from Jyväskylä in central Finland, active since 2010. Their morbid name matches a long-running commitment to aggressive Finnish extreme metal from the lakeland region.
Headquakes is a heavy/power metal band from Vajont (Pordenone), Italy, active since 2016 and delivering soaring melodies, epic arrangements, and powerful vocals. The project channels the grandeur and ambition of power metal.
Headstrong is a heavy/power metal band from Nottingham, United Kingdom, active since 2017 and delivering soaring melodies, epic arrangements, and powerful vocals. The project channels the grandeur and ambition of power metal.
Power/progressive metal band from Aalen, Germany, active since 2016. Their intricate compositions merge power metal grandeur with progressive complexity in technically ambitious arrangements.
Heart of Sun is a progressive/power metal band from Milan, Italy, active since 2017 and delivering soaring melodies, epic arrangements, and powerful vocals. The project channels the grandeur and ambition of power metal.
Melodic heavy/power metal band from Siegen, Germany, active since 1994. With three decades of experience, they are one of the longest-running power metal acts in the Westphalian scene.
California's Heathendom formed in 2025 as a symphonic black metal project, layering orchestral grandeur over cold, dissonant riffing in the tradition of the genre's most theatrical practitioners. They're among the newest acts in the domestic symphonic black metal scene, arriving with fully formed ambition.
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