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Featured Album
Slave to the Scalpel (2021)
Featured Death Metal Album
Hands of Eternity (2024)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
AMENRA “De zotte morgen” (written by Zjef Vanuytsel) (2020)
05/15 @ Paribu Art - Ana Sahne, İstanbul
Featured Groove Metal Album
State Of Unrest (2023)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
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Hecate Enthroned is a symphonic/melodic black metal band from Manchester, England, formed in 2019. They craft atmospheric melodic black metal with sweeping melodies and emotional depth.
Drawing from Turin's metal heritage, this symphonic deathcore outfit channels fierce energy since 2019. Rooted in old-school traditions, their compositions deliver unrelenting heaviness.
Helgrindr is a symphonic black metal band from Puttelange-aux-Lacs, France, formed in 2017. They layer orchestral grandeur over fierce black metal foundations.
Bred in Lille's underground, this act delivers crushing symphonic power metal since 2022. Their work channels the iron spirit of traditional metal through anthemic songwriting.
Female-fronted symphonic power metal in the European tradition. Features vocalist Chelsea Knaack, formerly of DesDemon.
Melodic death metal outfit from Nantes in western France, active since 2022. Their cascading name matches compositions blending Scandinavian melodic death traditions with the energy of the Loire-Atlantique scene.
Hellrune is a symphonic black metal band from Moscow, Russia, formed in 2019. They layer orchestral grandeur over fierce black metal foundations.
Helvort is a symphonic black/death metal band from Chelyabinsk, Russia, formed in 2013. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
Heonia is a symphonic/progressive metal band from Lille, France, formed in 2010. They craft intricate progressive compositions with technical ambition.
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