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Cazador Nocturno is a heavy metal band from San José, Costa Rica, formed in 2000. The band released their debut full-length Al fin del tiempo in 2019, followed by the EP Pecador in 2022, a recording tracked at Apex Studios in Escazú with mixing and mastering handled at Lúcuma Studios in Cartago. Their music draws on traditional heavy metal songwriting developed over more than two decades on the San José scene.
Black-doom act from Istanbul, formed in 2023. Cazu merges atmospheric black metal with doom pacing from the Bosphorus city.
Raw black metal project originating from Hampshire/Sussex, now based in Manchester, England, active since 2009. Caina craft avant-garde, emotionally intense black metal that pushes the genre's boundaries.
Thrash metal band from Southend-on-Sea, England, active since 2010. They deliver aggressive thrash from the Essex coast.
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Baton Rouge's Cea Serin were a technically proficient progressive metal act combining intricate, jazz-influenced guitar work with the melodic ambition of bands like Fates Warning and Symphony X.
Death-doom metal band from Karlsruhe, Germany, formed in 2017. They combine the crushing heaviness of doom with the aggression of death metal from the Rhine Valley.
Groove and stoner metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2022. They blend heavy grooves with stoner metal's fuzz-laden sound.
Ceasefire is a power metal band from Buenos Aires, Argentina, whose lineup features vocalist Horacio Alippi, guitarist César Delgado, bassist Andreas Alippi, keyboardist Daniel Tkach, and drummer Pablo Nardelli. The band has been active in Buenos Aires' metal scene since the early 2000s, releasing a demo in 2005 and continuing to develop their melodic, keyboard-driven power metal sound over the following years. Their blend of soaring vocals and dynamic arrangements places them firmly within the Latin American power metal tradition.
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