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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
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Evidence (2023)
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MMXX - Hypa Hypa Edition (2023)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Absolutely punishing grindcore / powerviolence from Houston.
Hailing from Belgrade in Serbia, this folk/power metal outfit channels aggressive energy since 2023. Twin-guitar harmonies and commanding vocals characterize their sound.
Power metal band from Artes, Spain, formed in 2018. Their epic, anthemic approach channels the soaring grandeur of European power metal from Catalonia.
Los Angeles heavy/power metal act Haven draw on the anthemic tradition of the genre, pairing muscular riffs with melodic vocal hooks that aim for the epic. Formed in 2018, the band channels the sweeping ambition of classic power metal into a contemporary package.
New Jersey's Haven traffic in the soaring melodic hooks and driving rhythm section that define heavy/power metal, carrying forward a tradition of earnest, full-throated metal forged since 2018. There's a guileless energy to their sound that recalls the genre's wide-eyed NWOBHM-influenced roots.
Havenlights is a melodic power metal band from Tuscany, Italy, active since 2021 and delivering soaring melodies, epic arrangements, and powerful vocals. The project channels the grandeur and ambition of power metal.
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.
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