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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Featured Stoner Metal Album
Serpent & Spirit (2021)
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Forged in Espoo's metal community, this progressive/symphonic metal act channels furious aggression since 2015. Their sound delivers the intensity their genre demands with focused execution.
Hums in the Dark is a experimental progressive metal band from Sweden, formed in 2012. They craft intricate progressive compositions with technical ambition.
New York's Hung take the melodic and progressive side of death metal seriously, building dense, shifting compositions since 2014 that reward repeated listens. Technically ambitious without losing sight of the riff.
Hung on Horns is a progressive/post-metal band from London/Bournemouth, England, formed in 2016. They craft intricate progressive compositions with technical ambition.
Black death metal act from Worcester in the West Midlands, active since 2012. Their hate-filled name broadcasts over a decade of unrelenting extremity from England's cathedral city country.
Progressive doom/death metal band from North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, active since 2017. Their ambitious approach merges the crushing weight of doom-death with progressive complexity and dynamic shifts.
Hailing from Oulu in Finland, this progressive death/thrash metal outfit channels aggressive energy since 2018. Drawing on classic blueprints, they deliver visceral extremity with conviction.
Black metal project from Barembach in the Vosges mountains of Alsace, active since 2022. Their morbid landscape name draws on the dark forests and misty peaks of eastern France for atmospheric black metal.
Metalcore outfit from Cáceres in Extremadura, newly formed in 2025. Their introspective name hints at compositions exploring inner landscapes through the aggressive vehicle of modern metalcore.
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