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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Liars & Thieves (2024)
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Legendary Belgian heavy/power metal band from Ghent, creating metal history since 1983 with releases on Mausoleum Records. Their nine-album discography spans from the glorious eighties through modern releases like 'Last Tribe Standing,' maintaining their moon-themed identity across four decades.
Blacksburg, Virginia's OverDrive have been delivering melodic heavy and power metal since 2016, trading in soaring hooks, twin guitar work, and the kind of anthemic energy that characterizes the genre's best moments. College-town Virginia might seem like an unlikely home for power metal, but the university setting has clearly fostered musical ambition. They favor melody and momentum in equal measure.
Formed in Los Angeles in 2022, Overlord SR deals in the classic currency of heavy and power metal — soaring vocals, twin-guitar harmonies, and riffs built to outlast the age. Their sound carries the anthemic DNA of the NWOBHM tradition filtered through a modern LA perspective, with enough melodic ambition to push into power metal territory.
Heavy/power metal band from Alessandria, Italy, active since 2006. Nearly two decades of anthemic heavy and power metal from the Piedmont region.
Laurio heavy/power metal act from the Attic coast south of Athens, active since 2017. Named after the ancient silver mines nearby, their location in a historically significant mining town adds depth to their traditional metal approach.
P.A.N.D.E.M.I.A. is a heavy and power metal band from Buenos Aires with roots stretching back to 1997, making them one of the longer-running acts in Argentina's traditional metal underground. The acronym-based name — a stylistic choice common in Argentine metal bands of that era who wanted to signal both seriousness and a kind of programmatic identity — reflects the band's commitment to a muscular, melodically driven heavy metal sound that draws on European power metal traditions while grounding itself in the distinctly Argentine approach to the genre pioneered by acts like Rata Blanca and Horcas. Buenos Aires has always been the nerve center of Argentine metal, and a band surviving from 1997 into the present has navigated through every shift the local scene has undergone: the economic crises of the early 2000s that devastated the music industry, the gradual recovery of live music venues through the 2010s, and the rise of streaming platforms that opened new avenues for underground bands to reach audiences beyond their immediate geography. Power metal as a form suits the Argentine sensibility particularly well — the genre's emphasis on soaring vocal melodies, technical guitar work, and epic themes maps neatly onto a scene that has always prized musicianship and emotional intensity over pure brutality. P.A.N.D.E.M.I.A. represents the resilient core of Buenos Aires's traditional metal scene: bands that have never chased trends, never broken up for commercial reasons, and continue to exist on the strength of genuine conviction and a loyal regional following.
Pagan Throne fuses pagan black metal aggression with epic power metal sweep, centering their lyrics on ancient civilizations, mythology, and battles across a catalog that includes "Swords of Blood" (2015) and "Land of the Greeks" (2023). The band carries a lineage stretching back to the late 1990s under an earlier name, giving their sound a well-honed sense of bombast and conviction.
Power metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2017, delivering epic, sword-wielding power metal from the Greek capital. Their name evokes medieval heroism matching the valiant spirit of their sound.
Power metal band from Arvidsjaur, Sweden, formed in 2015, delivering melodic power metal from above the Arctic Circle. They bring anthemic metal from one of the northernmost metal outposts in Sweden.
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