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Slave to the Scalpel (2021)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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State Of Unrest (2023)
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Progressive metal and symphonic metal band from Paris, France formed in 2018. They blend orchestral ambition with progressive metal complexity from the French capital.
Black metal project from Grantham, England formed in 2017. They channel darkness from the Lincolnshire town.
Swiss atmospheric doom and post-metal trio from Bern, whose hypnotic, loop-based compositions oscillate between velvet darkness and flaring bursts of high energy. Their acclaimed albums "Maenad" and "Vexier" have been described as doomgaze, evoking shamanic rituals imbued with psychedelic colors across expansive, carefully crafted compositions.
Progressive and gothic metal project from Salach, Germany, crafting atmospheric, intricate compositions since 2021. Their approach blends the cerebral complexity of progressive metal with the dark romance of gothic metal.
New York thrashers who launched in 2015 with a lean, stripped-down attack that keeps the genre's classic aggression front and center. Their name mirrors their style — sharp edges, no fat.
Stubbornly devoted to the riff, this death metal, metalcore, and thrash metal act from São João da Madeira traffics in guttural vocals and churning downtuned riffs. Since 2015, they've built a catalog that reflects Portugal's intimate but fiercely devoted metal community.
Formed in 2025, this Warsaw Crossover Thrash outfit delivers D.R.I.-descended riffing built for circle pits and stage dives. Their place within Poland's relentlessly productive underground speaks to the depth of the region's heavy music culture.
Extreme gothic metal band from Bacău in northeastern Romania, formed in 2020. Their sound pushes gothic metal into heavier, more extreme territory from the Moldavian region of Romania.
Out of Marfa, Texas — a remote high-desert art town as far from a thriving metal scene as you can get — E.E.O.G. trades on slow, sun-cooked doom and stoner riffs that feel as wide and empty as the Chihuahuan landscape outside their door.
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