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Featured Album
Slave to the Scalpel (2021)
Featured Death Metal Album
Hands of Eternity (2024)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Sinner (Unlucky 13th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) (2014)
06/17 @ G Live Guildford, Guildford
Featured Groove Metal Album
The Jester Race (Black Ash-Inheritance Version) (2022)
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Heavy metal band from Madrid, Spain, formed in 2015. They forge classic heavy metal from the Spanish capital.
Death metal band from Yerres near Paris, France, active since 2013. They deliver death metal from the Parisian suburbs.
Heavy metal band from Vänersborg on the shores of Lake Vänern, active since 2014. Crime delivers straightforward traditional metal from western Sweden.
Crime is a duo from Santiago, Chile, whose sound draws equally from classic rock 'n' roll acts like Rose Tattoo and Motörhead and '80s punk. The band released their debut EP "First Crime" through German underground label Dying Victims Productions in 2018, followed by the "Wrong Woman Demo LP" in 2024.
Thrash metal band from Saint Petersburg, formed in 2021. Crime Line delivers aggressive thrash from Russia's northern capital.
Atlanta brutal death and slam act Crime Slug specialize in gutted, ultra-heavy carnage drawn from the most punishing corners of extreme metal. Their music is dense, grotesque, and deeply rooted in the Southern US underground.
Thrash metal band from Trondheim, formed in 2025. Crime Zone brings fresh, aggressive thrash to central Norway.
Groove metal and metalcore act from Craiova formed in 2016, fusing heavy rhythmic weight with aggressive breakdowns from Oltenia's capital. Their dual approach draws power from both groove metal's heft and metalcore's explosive intensity.
Technical Progressive Metal / Grunge / Shred from Dallas.
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