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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
Featured Power Metal Album
No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Crossover thrash band from Orihuela in Alicante province, Spain, active since 2012. They deliver fast, aggressive crossover thrash from southeastern Spain.
Death metal and melodic death metal band from Lohja, Finland formed in 2020. They deliver aggressive melodic extremity from southern Finland.
Metalcore act from Germany, delivering aggressive, breakdown-heavy compositions since 2014. Their Latin-derived name, meaning "destroyer," captures the demolishing intensity of their metalcore assault.
When Eversoris emerged in 2014 from Istanbul, they brought with them a sound rooted in death metal and melodic death metal — all punishing grooves interlocked with frenzied tremolo passages. Primal ferocity drives every note of their catalog.
West Allis, Wisconsin's Eversoul has been working in the heavy metal and hard rock tradition since 2013, coming out of the Milwaukee-adjacent industrial heartland. Their approach honors classic heavy metal songwriting in a region with a working-class metal heritage that stretches back decades.
Power metal act from Kehl on the Franco-German border in Baden-Württemberg, crafting epic, narrative-driven compositions since 2014. Their fairy-tale-inspired name reflects the storytelling spirit of their approach to European power metal.
Melodic death/black metal act from the ancient Viking town of Ribe, Denmark, blending harmonic richness with extreme metal aggression since 2018. Their approach merges Scandinavian melodic traditions with the ferocity of black and death metal.
Black metal band from Portugal active since 2015. Their Latin name — meaning "invert the sign" — signals an adversarial, anti-establishment approach to black metal.
Heavy metal band from Kokkola, Finland formed in 2018. They bring classic heavy metal from the Ostrobothnian coast.
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