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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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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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Black metal project from Bavaria, Germany, whose name means "miserable" or "wretched" in German, active since 2014. Their desolate moniker captures the bleak, sorrowful atmosphere of their Bavarian black metal.
Doom metal act from Fribourg, Switzerland, forging crushing, slow-paced heaviness since 2022. Their German name, meaning "miserable" or "wretched," captures the emotional desolation at the heart of their doom metal approach.
Elenion is a symphonic power metal band based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, founded by vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Berenice Piceda as a project uniting musicians from South America, North America, Europe, and Asia. The band released their debut album The Symphony of the Night on October 31, 2025, a 23-track record featuring lyrics in English, Spanish, Latin, Greek, and German, blending operatic vocals with orchestral arrangements drawing on Baroque, Celtic, and Brazilian traditions.
Death, melodic death, and progressive metal band from Helsinki, Finland active since 2003. With over two decades of history, they are veterans of the Finnish progressive death metal scene.
Part of Russia's sprawling, uncompromising metal landscape, this act channels black metal with a focus on tremolo-picked fury and blast-beat savagery. Formed in 1999, based in Saint Petersburg, raw production values serve the music's unvarnished intensity.
Heavy/power metal band with folk influences from Hassfurt in Franconia, Germany, blending traditional melodies with metal power since 2013. Their genre-crossing approach weaves folk elements into a heavy and power metal framework.
Melodic thrash metal act from Stuttgart, Germany, delivering precise, harmony-laden aggression since 2009. Their name, the Greek word for "mercy" or "compassion," provides an ironic counterpoint to their relentless thrash metal assault.
Out of Nags Head on the Outer Banks, Elephant play epic heavy metal shaped by the wide Atlantic horizons of their coastal North Carolina home — formed in 2018, they bring genuine weight to a style that rewards it.
On the warpath since 2013, this London Doom Metal and Stoner Metal outfit delivers fuzz-drenched riffs and hypnotic, groove-laden repetition. Their place within the UK's ever-evolving heavy music tradition speaks to the depth of the region's heavy music culture.
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