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Progressive metal project from Arbre, Belgium, building intricate, ambitious compositions since 2012. Their approach to progressive metal emphasizes compositional complexity and dynamic range within a heavy framework.
Heavy metal, power metal, and progressive metal band from Villeurbanne near Lyon, France, launched in 2025. They deliver a multi-faceted metal sound from the greater Lyon area.
Death metal band from Lannion in Brittany, France, with roots going back to 1996. They are longstanding veterans of the Breton death metal underground.
Black metal project from Finland active since 2017. Their Finnish-language name meaning 'Inhuman' reflects their misanthropic black metal vision.
Self-described "In Groove We Trust" metal band from Porto/Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal formed in 2004, delivering groove metal with doses of power, melody, and progressive touches. Their 2024 album Momentum — ten tracks produced at Raising Legends Studio and mastered by Max Tomé — showcases a mature groove metal sound built over two decades of Portuguese underground activity.
Out of Okeechobee, Florida, Equalizer level everything in their path with slam and brutal death metal that puts sheer heaviness above all other considerations. Founded in 2020, they carry the Florida death metal tradition into one of the state's most unlikely locations.
Equidnos is a Black/Doom Metal band from Quito, Ecuador rooted in occultist themes. The project released its debut full-length, "Una larga noche de nekromancia 'Kuddesiell Konsinnatio Korporis'", in 2019 through Wolfgang Records, followed by the EP "Instrumentos para medir el viento" in 2021.
Equidnos is a Black/Doom Metal band from Quito, Ecuador rooted in occultist themes. The project released its debut full-length, "Una larga noche de nekromancia 'Kuddesiell Konsinnatio Korporis'", in 2019 through Wolfgang Records, followed by the EP "Instrumentos para medir el viento" in 2021.
Washington State's Equilibrium have been navigating black metal's cold terrain since 2001, channeling the Pacific Northwest's atmospheric bleakness into raw, uncompromising music. Their catalog reflects the region's tradition of isolation-bred intensity.
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