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For All To Blame (2022)
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Ripping / Pulling / Tearing (2019)
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Rarities 1991 - 2001 (2024)
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Post-black metal act from Hamburg, Germany, expanding the genre's boundaries through atmospheric, textural compositions since 2012. Their name evokes vast, energetic voids that characterize their approach to post-black metal's expansive soundscapes.
Chicago's Energy Vampires arrived in 2025 with a heavy and power metal hybrid that sinks its teeth into soaring melodies and muscular riffwork. Fresh out of the gate, they bring a theatrical bite to the Windy City's metal underground.
A veteran presence in upstate New York's thrash metal scene, Gloversville's Enertia has been delivering relentless speed and technical precision since 1996. Decades of experience show in the tightness of their riffs and the controlled ferocity of their live attack.
Avant-garde black metal experimentalists from Venice, Italy active since 1999, fusing first-wave black metal foundations with symphonic and atmospheric explorations. Their releases Baroque Esprit and Aura Sinfonica on Electric Horizon Records feature classically-influenced compositions like "A Disharmonious Suite to Aphrodite" and "Venetian Sunset."
Named for a Pacific atoll obliterated by nuclear testing, Orange, California's Enewetak arrived in 2020 with grindcore intensity fused to metalcore structure — short, violent, and purposefully destructive. Their music moves at the speed of a chain reaction, leaving very little standing.
Power metal band from Helsinki/Porvoo, Finland active since 2014. Their 2014 debut Superhero Diaries - Part I channels classic European power metal in the vein of Helloween, Stratovarius, and Edguy across eleven tracks.
Groove/thrash metal outfit from Alcoi, Spain formed in 2015. They deliver hard-hitting, riff-driven metal fueled by groovy rhythms and thrash aggression from the Valencian Community.
Melodic thrash metal and metalcore act from Lingen/Ems in Lower Saxony, Germany, blending harmonic precision with aggressive energy since 2014. Their approach merges the best of melodic thrash with metalcore's dynamic breakdowns.
Heavy metal band from Saint-Dizier in Champagne, France active since 2014. They carry the heavy metal flame from northeastern France.
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