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To Take Your Place (2022)
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Seventh Rum of a Seventh Rum (2022)
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Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
A Stare Bound in Stone (2018)
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Atmospheric black metal and doom act from Piacenza, active since 2014. Chiral crafts expansive, contemplative extreme metal that bridges the atmospheric and doom traditions.
Melodic death metal band from Almelo in Overijssel, active since 2008. Chiraw has spent over fifteen years crafting hook-driven death metal from eastern Netherlands.
Groove, heavy, and thrash metal band from the Bramming/Esbjerg area, Denmark, formed in 2017. They blend heavy grooves with thrash speed from Denmark's west coast.
Heavy metal band from Stockholm, formed in 2021. Chiron — named after the wise centaur of Greek myth — delivers traditional metal from the Swedish capital.
Punishing Progressive Death Metal from Houston.
Tampa's Chiroptera mines the fertile ground between groove metal and metalcore, bringing the Florida city's heavy music heritage into a modern, percussive framework. Their music is kinetic and punchy, built for movement and impact in the live setting.
Heavy metal band from Alcorcon near Madrid, Spain, active since 2011. They deliver hard-hitting heavy metal from the Madrid metropolitan area.
Black and doom metal act from Sion in the Valais canton of Switzerland, formed in 2014. They fuse the icy bleakness of black metal with the crushing weight of doom, drawing on the stark Alpine landscape of their homeland.
Stoner metal band from Portugalete in the Basque Country, Spain, active since 2010. They deliver thick, fuzz-drenched stoner riffs from the industrial Nervion estuary.
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