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Featured Album
Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
Featured Progressive Metal Album
I Am the Void (Drumcorps Remix) (2024)
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Featured Death Metal Album
Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Canandaigua, New York progressive metal act pushing complexity and texture through layered compositions. Craymeco operates in the introspective space where progressive music becomes genuinely exploratory.
Heavy metal band from Oldenburg, Germany, formed in 2020. They channel classic heavy metal energy with strong riffs and hooks from Lower Saxony.
Death-thrash band from Cheboksary and Novocheboksarsk in the Chuvash Republic, active since 2016. Crazer delivers aggressive extreme metal from the Volga region.
Heavy metal band from Nancy in Lorraine, France, formed in 2015. They deliver energetic heavy metal from the northeastern French city.
Heavy metal act from Turin launched in 2025, carrying forward the classic metal tradition in Piedmont's active music scene. Their approach channels the timeless energy of traditional heavy metal riffing and anthemic song structures.
Heavy metal band from Aureilhan in the Hautes-Pyrenees, France, formed in 2022. They deliver classic heavy metal from the Pyrenean foothills.
Heavy and speed metal band from the Dole/Dijon area of Burgundy, France, formed in 2022. They channel the velocity of speed metal with heavy metal hooks.
North Georgia thrash band from Dawsonville delivering speed and aggression with a raw, working-class edge. Their approach keeps the spirit of old-school thrash alive in the Southern states.
Heavy metal band from Lons-le-Saunier in the Jura, France, formed in 2024. They deliver classic heavy metal from the Franche-Comte region.
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