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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Heavy metal and power metal band from Riihimaki, Finland active since 2009. They deliver classic melodic metal from southern Finland.
Part of the Gothenburg school's homeland, this act channels groove metal with a focus on neck-snapping grooves and mid-tempo crushing power. Formed in 2017, based in Sundsvall, every recording pushes a little further into uncharted sonic territory.
San Francisco's Enchant have spent decades perfecting a strain of progressive metal with strong melodic rock sensibilities — technically accomplished but never cold, with hooks that anchor even their most complex passages. A respected name on the West Coast prog scene.
Milford, Massachusetts outfit Enchanted Exile trade in classic heavy and power metal that owes as much to traditional US metal as it does to European melodic power. Formed in 2015, they bring a no-frills conviction to anthemic, riff-driven songwriting.
Laying down tracks since 2024, this Power Metal and Symphonic Metal outfit delivers orchestral grandeur married to heavy guitar-driven foundations. Their place within Poland's relentlessly productive underground speaks to the depth of the region's heavy music culture.
Straddling the line between black metal and symphonic metal, this Italian actfrom Milan fuses lush keyboard atmospherics layered over crushing rhythmic power into a cohesive whole. They've been at it since 2019, and their sound resists easy categorization, blending influences into something distinctly their own.
UK death/doom metal band formed in 1991 during the golden era alongside Paradise Lost, Anathema, and My Dying Bride. They released their debut Dance the Marble Naked on Century Media Records in 1994 and returned decades later with Cold Soul Embrace in 2022.
Heavy metal band from Kortrijk, Belgium, keeping the flame of classic metal burning since 2011. Their traditional approach emphasizes powerful riffs and soaring melodies rooted in the European heavy metal canon.
Portuguese symphonic heavy/gothic metal band from Lisbon with a discography spanning On Light And Wrath, Mother Hope, Cerberus, and the 2024 orchestral reimagining Symphony of Cerberus on Inverse Records. Their female-fronted sound blends progressive metal complexity with gothic atmosphere across twelve orchestral arrangements.
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