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A Past Embrace (2022)
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Hold Your Children Close and Pray for Oblivion (2016)
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Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland! / Stoßtrupp 1917 (2018)
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Pushing the boundaries of progressive metal and thrash metal, this Italian outfit from Naples has been refining their craft since 2012. Their sound hinges on odd-time signatures woven into surprisingly accessible songwriting, delivered with stubborn authenticity.
Black metal and folk metal project from Martorell, Spain, active since 2021. They fuse the raw intensity of black metal with folk elements drawn from their Catalan surroundings.
Moscow, Russia — brutal death metal and death metal of the most uncompromising kind. Active since 2014, they deal in percussive blast-beat onslaughts and cavernous production. Low-tuned guitars and guttural vocals form the bedrock of their attack.
Folk metal band from Madrid, Spain established in 2015, blending heavy riffs with folk instrumentation. Their releases include the 2016 demo and the full-length Tales from Trollhall.
Part of Italy's underrated but thriving metal community, this act channels thrash metal with a focus on breakneck tempos and razor-sharp riff attacks. Formed in 2014, based in Turin, every track is a masterclass in controlled chaos and kinetic energy.
Melodic death/doom metal band from Lisbon, Portugal launched in 2025. Their name — referencing the ancient Lusitanian deity Endovelicus — roots their sound in Iberian pre-Roman mythology.
Heavy metal band from Kalajoki in northern Finland, active since 2002. With over two decades of experience, they are veterans of Finland's northern heavy metal scene.
Endrah is a São Paulo, Brazil band playing a self-described fusion of death metal, thrash, and hardcore — billed as "Extreme Fight Metal" — founded in 2002 under the name INK before adopting the Endrah name in 2004. The band has headlined eight national tours of Brazil, supported acts including Hatebreed and Brujeria, and released their third full-length album "Bloodshed and Violence" in February 2025.
Mesa, Arizona black metal project channeling the Sonoran Desert's stark, unforgiving landscape into cold atmospheric black metal since 2021. Their music speaks to the particular isolation of the desert Southwest, where emptiness becomes its own kind of terror.
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