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Death metal and melodic death metal band from Thessaloniki, Greece formed in 2023. They bring fresh melodic extremity to the northern Greek metal scene.
Verona's metal underground has produced no shortage of heavy acts, and this black metal, gothic metal, and symphonic metal unit is among them — wielding lush keyboard atmospherics layered over crushing rhythmic power. Uncompromising in their vision, they deliver exactly what their audience demands.
Progressive metal band from Porto, Portugal formed in 2020. Their sound explores progressive metal's structural complexity from Portugal's second-largest city on the Atlantic coast.
From Butte, Montana's isolated high plains, Eternal Season channels the region's forbidding winters into raw black metal that feels genuinely remote and uncompromising since 2021.
Yakima's Eternal Sedation has been running a meat-and-potatoes thrash operation since 2013, delivering straight-ahead aggression rooted in the Pacific Northwest's long tradition of no-bullshit metal.
The Italian city of Paesana (Cuneo) serves as headquarters for this black metal operation, whose arsenal includes corrosive riffing and misanthropic atmosphere. Frostbitten riffing and anti-cosmic lyrical themes define their output.
Wisconsin's Eternal Silence has been carving out a death metal niche in New London since 2014, delivering the kind of grinding, mid-paced brutality that keeps the Great Lakes underground alive.
Thrash metal act from Sontra in Hesse, Germany, delivering relentless aggression since 2005. Their two-decade career reflects enduring commitment to the thrash metal craft from one of Germany's smaller metal communities.
Arkhangelsk, Russia — heavy metal of the most uncompromising kind. Active since 2017, they deal in NWOBHM-rooted riffing with timeless melodic hooks. Twin-guitar interplay and vocal power form the backbone of their sound.
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