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Featured Album
Irrational Pull (2020)
Featured Doom Metal Album
Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland! / Stoßtrupp 1917 (2018)
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Featured Metalcore Album
The Powerless Rise (2010)
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Malmö-based heavy metal and hard rock outfit active since 2011, blending classic heavy metal riffing with the swagger and groove of hard rock. Their sound channels the spirit of 1970s and 1980s arena rock through crunchy guitar tones and hook-laden songwriting.
Finnish heavy metal band from Alavus, formed in 2014. They play traditional heavy metal from the rural South Ostrobothnia region.
Trenton, New Jersey thrash metal band that has been active since 2009, representing the Garden State's underground metal scene with a straight-ahead aggressive approach to the genre.
Charlotte, North Carolina act that merged death metal and thrash metal during their run from 2014 until splitting up, part of the Carolinas' growing extreme metal underground.
Burbank, California death metal and grindcore band that has been active since 2008, contributing to the Los Angeles area's long history of extreme underground metal.
German heavy/power metal band from Bamberg, formed in 2024. They bring a fresh take on the classic German heavy and power metal tradition that the country is renowned for.
Chernihiv-based death metal/deathcore act active since 2015, fusing death metal's guttural extremity with modern breakdown-heavy dynamics. Their compositions alternate between blasting intensity and crushing, floor-dropping breakdowns.
Philadelphia power-violence and grindcore trio who describe their music as Eternal Microbursts of Electric Power, releasing a string of EPs and split 7-inches including records with Nimbus Terrifix and Chainsaw to the Face alongside albums such as Primordial Paranoia and Psychic Rot.
Sludge metal band from Glasgow, formed in 2019. They bring the weight and abrasive heaviness of the sludge tradition to the Scottish underground metal scene.
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