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Progressive and power metal band from Rio de Janeiro, formed in 2004, featuring vocalist Caio "Kai" Alexandre, keyboardist Thales Guimarães, guitarist Daniel "Juca" do Valle, bassist Ivan Osorio, and drummer Eduardo. The band built a discography between 2016 and 2024 before releasing the 12-track full-length Genesis of the End in 2026.
Blazing Heavy / Power Metal from Houston.
McHenry, Illinois's Scars of Armageddon have been delivering power metal with conviction since 2013, drawing from the genre's European tradition of soaring vocals, double-bass gallop, and anthemic songwriting while keeping their feet planted in the American Midwest underground. Their name stakes out the dramatic, end-times register that power metal has always inhabited.
Schakal play heavy and power metal from the Cologne-Leverkusen-Dusseldorf triangle, drawing from three of the Rhine-Ruhr's most vibrant music cities. Their multi-city base reflects the interconnected nature of the North Rhine-Westphalia metal community.
Science Fiction craft atmospheric power/thrash metal from Prague, combining the melodic ambition of power metal with thrash's aggressive edge. Their sci-fi-themed approach brings a conceptual dimension to their heavy compositions.
A short-lived heavy/power metal band from Berg im Drautal in Carinthia, Austria, Scream were formed in 2003 and disbanded in late 2004, with members Guido, Gabriel, and Stefan going on to form the band Painkilla. Their brief existence left them as a minor but documented entry in the regional metal scene of the Carinthian Alps.
Screaming Souls channel power and speed metal from Cologne, delivering high-velocity anthems with soaring vocal lines and galloping rhythms. Active since 2011, they carry the torch of classic European speed/power metal from the Rhineland.
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Sculforge deliver speed and power metal from a Berlin-to-Stuttgart axis, combining the velocity of speed metal with power metal's anthemic grandeur. Their multi-city base reflects a band whose ambitions span the breadth of German metal geography.
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