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Calvário is a heavy/doom metal band from Carapicuíba, São Paulo, Brazil, originally formed in 1990 under the name Calvary. The band holds the distinction of being the first Brazilian Christian metal act to release a full-length album, and has been active across several periods since their founding, currently signed to Blood & Iron Records. They were featured in the Brazilian metal fanzine U’loco as early as 1991, cementing their place as pioneers of Christian heavy metal in Brazil.
Post-metal and progressive metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2020. They craft expansive, dynamic compositions from the Greek capital.
Death-thrash act from Szczecin in northwestern Poland, formed in 2025. Calyptra brings fresh extreme metal energy to the Pomeranian scene.
Black metal band from Zaragoza, Spain, formed in 2015. They craft intense, atmospheric black metal from the Aragonese capital.
Death-thrash metal band from the Grand Est region, France, formed in 2019. They merge death metal aggression with thrash speed from eastern France.
Seattle's Camarosmith blended heavy and stoner metal with hard rock swagger during their run in the 2000s, later surfacing on Weedian Records' 2023 Trip to Washington compilation.
Pagan black metal project from Sala in central Sweden, formed in 2022. Camazotz — named after the Mayan bat god — channels dark pagan themes.
Speed-obsessed, blasphemous death metal inspired by Angelcorpse, Krisiun, and Hate Eternal. Releases on Lavadome Productions and Iron Blood and Death Corporation.
Death metal, thrash, and metalcore act from Virneburg, Germany, formed in 2019. They channel a genre-crossing assault from the rural Eifel region of Rhineland-Palatinate.
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