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Evidence (2023)
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Rome power metal act formed in 2023, crafting triumphant melodies and anthemic compositions from Italy's capital. Their soaring approach channels the genre's tradition of heroic energy and vocal grandeur.
Runelord is a heavy/power metal band from Sweden, active since 2018. The band channels epic power metal themes with heavy metal muscle, drawing from the tradition of grand Scandinavian metal storytelling.
Epic Progressive / Power Metal from Austin.
Runway is a power metal band from Nová Bystřice in southern Bohemia, Czech Republic, formed in 2023. The project brings high-energy power metal to the small-town Czech underground near the Austrian border.
Ruthless Order is a melodic death/power metal band from Moscow, Russia, formed in 2010. Their debut album 'Awakened Witnesses of Nascence' features intricate guitar work and atmospheric songwriting that fuses power metal melody with progressive death metal aggression.
Rêkiem is a melodic power/folk metal band from Tres Cantos near Madrid, Spain, active since 1999. Over a quarter century of activity makes them one of the veteran folk-infused power metal acts in the Spanish scene.
Sacrament evolved from power/thrash metal origins into a more power/heavy metal direction, tracing a trajectory from aggressive velocity toward anthemic grandeur. Based in Nuremberg, they draw from Bavaria's rich tradition of melodic European metal.
Sacred Steel are champions of epic power metal from Ludwigsburg, known for their high-pitched vocals, galloping riffs, and themes of steel and battle. As one of Germany's most dedicated true metal acts, they've earned a devoted following in the international power metal underground.
Boston's Sacrum have spent their career since 2008 fusing death and thrash metal into something that carries the intellectual weight of New England's metal scene alongside uncompromising brutality. Their sound is precise without being sterile — angular, riff-forward death/thrash that owes as much to the Bay Area as it does to Europe's extremity.
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