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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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No Cross No Crown (2018)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Cleveland's Cross the Rubicon bridges the aggression of death metal with the structured heaviness of metalcore, carving out a brutal sound in the Ohio underground. Their music hits hard with tight riffing and punishing breakdowns.
Heavy metal band from Bratislava, formed in 2020. Cross This Bridge delivers straightforward traditional metal from the Slovak capital.
Doom metal band from Detmold in the Teutoburg Forest, Germany, formed in 2015. They craft slow, crushing doom steeped in oppressive atmosphere.
Albanian groove and thrash metal outfit from Tirana, active since 1998. Their sound evolved from a groove/thrash/heavy metal hybrid in their early years toward a groove and nu-metal direction in later releases.
Power metal band from Dortmund, Germany, formed in 2020. They deliver melodic, high-energy power metal from the Ruhr Valley.
Death-grind act from Sweden, formed in 2021. Crossbow Suicide delivers blast-driven extremity with dark humor.
Black-thrash metal band from Mainz, Germany, formed in 2024. They fuse the raw darkness of black metal with the speed-driven aggression of thrash.
Thrash metal band from Šmarje pri Jelšah in eastern Slovenia, formed in 2019. Crossbreed delivers aggressive thrash from the Styrian hills.
Heavy metal band from Rome, active since 2012. CrossDeath brings classic metal energy to the Italian capital's prolific scene.
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