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Operating between Minsk and Kyiv, Seven Seals craft progressive power metal that balances soaring vocal melodies with elaborate arrangements. Their music draws on both Eastern European musical sensibility and the anthemic grandeur of the European power metal tradition.
Seven Thorns deliver power metal from Copenhagen, channeling the genre's anthemic grandeur through fairytale and fantasy-inspired compositions. Active since 2020, they bring thorny power metal to the Danish capital's diverse scene.
Salt Lake City's Sevenpoint have been forging a path through heavy and power metal since 2016, drawing on the epic melodic sensibilities of the power metal tradition while grounding their sound in the hard-hitting fundamentals of traditional heavy metal. Their Utah roots inform a certain grand, wide-open quality to the music.
Sevenseas deliver power metal from Barcelona, channeling the genre's anthemic grandeur with Mediterranean flair. Active since 2014, they bring oceanic ambition to the Catalan power metal scene.
Stockholm's Seventh Dimension pair progressive and power metal from the Swedish capital since 2013. Their extra-dimensional name channels the exploration of planes beyond human perception into technically ambitious compositions.
Seventh Gate have been crafting epic power and progressive metal from Recklinghausen since 1998, making them veterans of the Ruhr Valley's melodic metal scene. Their nearly three decades of activity have produced elaborate, ambitious compositions that channel the grandeur of European power metal.
Severed Hand is a heavy and power metal band from Eatontown, New Jersey, formed in 2023. They traffic in the melodic, riff-driven side of the power metal spectrum, a relatively rare pursuit in the modern New Jersey underground.
Seattle's Shadow Demon crash the gates of classic power metal with the speed and aggression of thrash, a combination they've been building since forming in 2024. The result is a band that pairs galloping melodies and soaring leads with riff-driven ferocity.
Moscow's Shadow Host pair power and thrash metal from the Russian capital since 2020. Their spectral-army name channels ghostly legions into compositions that merge melodic drive with aggressive velocity.
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