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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Serpent & Spirit (2021)
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Special Guest play heavy and power metal from the Saarland town of Schmelz, combining classic metal foundations with power metal's anthemic energy. Formed in 2022, they bring traditional European metal to the French-German border region.
Spectral blend black, thrash, viking, and power metal from the Eifel village of Mullenborn, creating a genre-spanning sound that draws from four distinct metal traditions. Active since 2012, their rural Rhineland-Palatinate base belies the ambitious scope of their musical vision.
Spectral Damnation is a progressive heavy and power metal band from Kingston, New York, formed in 2018, blending the epic melodic ambition of power metal with progressive metal's structural complexity. Their music favors expansive arrangements, technical proficiency, and soaring vocal dynamics.
Spectre Dragon evolved from death/thrash metal origins into a more heavy/power/thrash direction from Bielefeld, broadening their sound while maintaining their aggressive edge. Active since 2017, they represent the stylistic versatility of the Westphalian metal scene.
Spellbinder is a power metal band from Oakland, California, formed in 2001, delivering soaring, melodically driven power metal with the high-register vocals and twin-guitar harmonies characteristic of the American power metal style.
Spellmaster is a power metal band from Massachusetts, formed in 2020, crafting melodic power metal with an emphasis on soaring vocal harmonies and anthemic compositions in the classic American power metal tradition.
Spiritual Sickness is a progressive power metal band from Long Island, New York, formed in 2012, combining the melodic sweep and clean vocal delivery of power metal with the technical complexity and shifting dynamics of progressive metal.
Splintered Throne is a heavy and power metal band from Portland, Oregon, formed in 2012, playing melodic, anthem-driven metal with the soaring vocals and twin-guitar energy that characterize the classic power metal tradition.
Wilmington, North Carolina's Sponsel play a hard-driving blend of heavy, power, and speed metal, channeling the high-energy urgency of the classic American metal underground since 2017.
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