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Heavy/power metal band from Kyustendil, Bulgaria, a small city in the western part of the country that has nonetheless produced underground metal acts. The band's Bandcamp is listed under 'cardinalsins,' connecting them to a tradition of heavy and power metal with a theatrical or anthemic sensibility. They operate within Bulgaria's relatively sparse regional metal scene outside Sofia and Plovdiv.
The Claymore is a power metal band from Castrop-Rauxel, Germany, active since 2004. Their releases "Monument" and "St. Barbara's Light" deliver classic German power metal with epic compositions spanning nearly two decades.
The Eventide is a heavy/power metal band from Athens, active since 2016. Their music delivers the melodic hooks and triumphant energy of power metal fused with classic heavy metal from the Greek capital.
Epic Power Metal out of Texas.
The Fourth King is a power metal band formed in 2021 in Mexico City, Mexico, dealing in themes of epic fantasy, medieval history, and Christianity. The band released their debut full-length Crowning the King in 2021, followed by Legends in 2022.
The Furies from Palmi in Calabria evolved from metalcore into power and folk metal, named after the Greek goddesses of vengeance since 2011. Over a decade from the Calabrian coast channels the Erinyes' wrath through evolving metal styles.
Antwerp power metal band The Guardian have been active since 1997, building a catalog of independently released material within Belgium's heavy metal underground. The band operates as an unsigned act and represents a consistent commitment to traditional European power metal craftsmanship.
Brussels heavy/power metal band The Guild formed in 2001, blending classic heavy metal and power metal with stoner-influenced riffing across a catalog that includes a demo and a recorded album. The band's Bandcamp handle — diefortheguild — gestures toward the kind of sword-and-sorcery devotion to craft that defines their approach.
São Paulo heavy/power metal band formed in 2018, whose drummer Marcus Dotta recorded the posthumous Warrel Dane album Shadow Work (Century Media, 2018), tracking drums after Dane died of a heart attack in São Paulo in December 2017. The band released the EP Into the Fire on August 29, 2023, and followed it with Welcome (to the Dead) in 2024.
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