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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
Featured Thrash Metal Album
Ad Astra (2025)
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Featured Stoner Metal Album
Free the Witch EP (2018)
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Heavy metal band from Dorsten, Germany, active since 2013. They forge straightforward, riff-driven heavy metal from the northern edge of the Ruhr region.
Thrash metal band from Reutlingen, Germany, formed in 2018. They deliver aggressive, fast-paced thrash from the Swabian Alb foothills.
Doom and sludge metal band from Bournemouth, England, formed in 2015. They deliver crushing doom-sludge from the Dorset coast.
Depressive black metal project from Vilnius, Lithuania, active since 2010. Cheerful Depression — an oxymoronic name befitting the genre — channels deep melancholy through atmospheric black metal.
Death metal and grindcore band from Bonn, Germany, formed in 2021. They deliver irreverent, chaotic extremity with a playful edge from the former West German capital.
Heavy metal band from Wels, Austria, formed in 2022. They deliver classic heavy metal with an emphasis on speed, power, and traditional riffcraft in the vein of the NWOBHM-inspired revival.
Los Angeles black metal outfit Cheldrid conjures cold, abrasive soundscapes rooted in the California underground. Their music channels the raw ferocity of the genre with a distinctly West Coast edge.
Olympia, Washington's Chelicerae weaves progressive ambition into black metal's shadowy framework, crafting intricate compositions that push the genre's boundaries. The band draws from both atmospheric black metal tradition and forward-thinking structure.
Brutal death metal act from Penza in central Russia, formed in 2022. Chelicerae Growth Pathogen delivers pathology-themed brutality with a name referencing arachnid appendages.
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