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Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Featured Power Metal Album
Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Dance Devil Dance (Live at Sonic Temple) (2024)
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Black metal project from Leopoldsburg, Belgium, emerging in 2026 as a fresh voice in the country's thriving black metal underground. Their early output signals a commitment to atmospheric darkness and tremolo-driven intensity.
Thrash metal band from Helsinki/Porvoo, Finland active since 2016. They deliver fast, aggressive thrash from the greater Helsinki area.
Black/thrash metal act from the Dinslaken/Essen area of Germany's Ruhr Valley, delivering venomous crossover extremity since 2010. Their approach merges the speed and venom of thrash with black metal's atmospheric darkness.
Black metal project from Wemmel near Brussels, Belgium, formed in 2024, conjuring dark, atmospheric extremity from the Flemish Brabant region. Their early output channels the raw essence of black metal through a distinctly Belgian underground perspective.
The Liechtensteiner city of Vaduz serves as headquarters for this gothic metal operation, whose arsenal includes dark, theatrical compositions balancing heaviness with elegance. Their approach balances aggression with genuine musical substance.
Erbio was a neoclassical power metal band from Viedma, Río Negro, Argentina, formed in 2001 with a lineup that included vocalist Matias Martinez, guitarist David Neumann, and keyboardist Jorge Amarilla. The band released one demo, Todos, in 2007 before eventually splitting up.
Union City, New Jersey's Erciyes Fragment fuse orchestral bombast with melodic death metal shred, the name evoking something ancient and shard-like at the intersection of classical grandeur and modern extremity.
When Erde emerged in 2017 from Warsaw, they brought with them a sound rooted in grindcore and sludge metal — all Southern-fried heaviness with hardcore punk's confrontational energy. Their catalog reveals a band unafraid to explore the darker corners of heavy music.
Gothic metal band from Paris, France active since 2013. They craft darkly atmospheric gothic metal from the French capital.
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