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Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
Featured Heavy Metal Album
Agamemnon (2025)
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Featured Power Metal Album
Unholy Savior (2015)
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Groove metal and metalcore band from Aberdeen, Scotland, formed in 2016. They blend heavy grooves with metalcore breakdowns from the Granite City.
Finnish metalcore band active since 2011. They deliver heavy breakdowns and dynamic songwriting in the Scandinavian metalcore tradition.
Annapolis, MD technical death metal project Cleanslate (also operating as Loth) constructs dense, intricately arranged extreme metal with a focus on compositional complexity. Their approach favors precision and dissonance over straightforward brutality.
Salt Lake City act Clear blend metalcore's melodic aggression with death metal's abrasive extremity, occupying the heavier end of the Utah underground scene. Their music is driven by dynamic shifts and a relentless forward momentum.
Black metal and grindcore act from Amsterdam, formed in 2021. Clear History fuses raw black metal with grinding intensity from the Dutch capital.
Thrash metal band from Delmenhorst, Germany, formed in 2018. They deliver fast, aggressive thrash from the Lower Saxon flatlands near Bremen.
Thrash metal band from Syke, Germany, active since 2013. They channel relentless, riff-driven thrash from the suburbs south of Bremen.
Groove metal band from Pettenbach, Austria, formed in 2020. They forge heavy, rhythmic grooves with crushing riffs, drawing from the power of bands like Pantera and Lamb of God.
German metalcore band formed in 2018. They deliver heavy breakdowns and melodic passages rooted in the modern metalcore tradition.
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