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Vault Of Horrors (2024)
Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Featured Black Metal Album
Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Yekaterinburg-based melodic death metal act active since 2017, threading harmonized guitar leads and memorable hooks through aggressive, double-bass-driven arrangements. Their approach balances accessibility with genuine heaviness, drawing from the Gothenburg tradition.
German progressive metal band from Würzburg, formed in 2018. They explore fairy-tale darkness through progressive metal's complex arrangements and atmospheric storytelling.
Death, black, and progressive metal band from East Flanders, Belgium, active since 2017. They explore the intersection of extreme metal ferocity and progressive compositional ambition.
Ferrara-based progressive power metal act active since 2007, incorporating complex arrangements and technical proficiency into the anthemic framework of European power metal. Their compositions push beyond standard power metal structures into more adventurous territory.
Urbino-based symphonic metal act active since 2024, building their sound on lush orchestral arrangements, soaring vocals, and cinematic compositions. Their music draws from the European symphonic metal tradition of epic, larger-than-life heavy music.
Prato-based progressive heavy metal act active since 2007, incorporating complex arrangements and shifting dynamics into their traditional metal framework. Their compositions push beyond standard structures into more ambitious, exploratory territory.
Blackcircle are a Santiago-based experimental progressive metal band signed to Australis Records, a Chilean label dedicated to metal from the southern tip of the world. Their album "Requiem in Silence," recorded by brothers Jorge and Raúl Drolett, is an eight-track work blending experimental death metal with black metal atmospheres, released as a 200-copy digipack CD through Australis Records.
Progressive thrash/power metal band from Reading, active since 2012. They blend the technical complexity of progressive metal with the energy of thrash and power metal.
German progressive metal band from Otterstadt and Speyer, formed in 2017. They explore progressive metal's expansive possibilities from the Rhine-Palatinate region.
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