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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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Heavy metal band from Finland active since 2012. They craft classic heavy metal inspired by the lush, forested Finnish landscape.
Hattiesburg's Emerald Heavy live up to their name with Southern-drenched sludge and doom that moves like storm weather rolling in off the Gulf — slow, humid, and impossible to outrun.
Indianapolis death metal outfit Emerald Lord arrived during the pandemic years and have since been quietly building a catalog of riff-forward brutality rooted in the straight-ahead Midwestern death metal tradition.
Firmly rooted in symphonic metal, this Russian actfrom Vladivostok delivers lush keyboard atmospherics layered over crushing rhythmic power without compromise. They've been at it since 2009, and their sound resists easy categorization, blending influences into something distinctly their own.
Akron's Emerald Rage hit hard at the intersection of speed, power, and traditional heavy metal, delivering the kind of fist-pumping anthems and fleet-footed riffing that recalls the best of the Ohio metal underground.
Symphonic and folk metal band from Novy Jicin in Moravia, Czech Republic, blending orchestral grandeur with folk-inspired melodies since 2018. Their approach merges the sweep of symphonic metal with the earthy warmth of Central European folk traditions.
Austin's Emerald Wolfen channel the city's storied stoner and doom heritage into slow, lysergic riff cycles built for volume and open space — music that feels as much at home in the Texas Hill Country as it does in a sweat-soaked venue.
Russian black metal and depressive black metal act, active since 2023 delivering venomous shrieks over walls of distortion. Rooted in one of Eastern Europe's most extreme metal communities, the compositions unfold with ritualistic patience and venomous intent.
Death metal and metalcore band from Lille, France active since 2011. They bring intense, modern extreme metal from France's northern metropolis.
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