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Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Featured Power Metal Album
Unholy Savior (2015)
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Heavy metal band from Nantes, France, formed in 2015. They deliver classic heavy metal from the Loire-Atlantique capital.
Death metal band from Viroflay near Versailles, France, formed in 2014. They deliver crushing death metal from the Parisian suburbs.
Death metal act from Gothenburg, active since 2014. Creeping Flesh delivers old-school death metal from Sweden's metal capital.
Progressive power metal act from Rome formed in 2020, whose debut EP 'Edge of Deletion' showcases ambitious compositions that blend technical musicianship with soaring melodies. Their intricate arrangements push beyond conventional power metal boundaries into progressive territory.
Progressive death metal act from Oegstgeest, South Holland, with renewed activity since 2015 but a legacy stretching to the early 1990s. Creepmime is a cult name in Dutch progressive death metal.
Castro Valley, California groove and thrash metal band delivering Bay Area heaviness with a streetwise, hard-hitting character. Creepo channels the classic Northern California metal tradition into punchy, riff-driven songs.
Black speed metal project from Ukraine, formed in 2022. Creepotura channels high-velocity blackened extremity.
Brutal death metal act from Lucerne, Switzerland, formed in 2015. They deliver punishing, low-tuned extremity through grinding riffs, guttural vocals, and relentless percussive assault.
El Paso death metal act named with a nod to horror and delivering music with genuine menace and brutality. CreepShow draws on the border city's scrappy underground to produce raw, heavy output.
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