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Female-fronted symphonic power metal in the European tradition. Features vocalist Chelsea Knaack, formerly of DesDemon.
Melodic death metal outfit from Nantes in western France, active since 2022. Their cascading name matches compositions blending Scandinavian melodic death traditions with the energy of the Loire-Atlantique scene.
Stoner/doom metal band from Hanover, Germany, formed in 2018. Their thick, fuzzy riffs and hypnotic grooves deliver the immersive weight of stoner doom from Lower Saxony's capital.
Helix are a Canadian hard rock and heavy metal band whose history reaches back to 1974, when they began as the Helix Field Band before tightening into the louder, more direct act associated with Brian Vollmer. The group's 1980s run made them a durable name in Canadian heavy rock, especially through No Rest for the Wicked, Walkin' the Razor's Edge, and Long Way to Heaven. Songs such as "Heavy Metal Love," "Rock You," and "Deep Cuts the Knife" show the band's strengths clearly: big gang choruses, punchy guitar riffs, a party-ready sense of movement, and Vollmer's high, gritty voice. Helix were never as dark as some metal peers, but they carried enough riff weight and road-dog volume to belong in the heavy metal and glam-metal continuum. Their long career also matters because the band kept recording and touring through lineup changes, regional shifts, and changing tastes. At their best, Helix sound like working-class arena rock with denim, sweat, and a simple belief that a chorus should hit like a shouted order.
Melodic death metal band from Rivas-Vaciamadrid, Spain, active since 2014. Their cosmic-themed sound delivers sweeping melodic death metal from the Madrid metropolitan area.
Groove metal band from Germany, formed in 2025. Their heavy, rhythm-driven approach brings headbanging grooves and punishing heaviness to the newest wave of German metal.
Heljarmadr is a experimental melodic black/death metal band from Stockholm (early); International (later), Sweden, formed in 2020. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
Emerging from Saumur's underground, this black metal act has been forging savage sonic fury since 2022. Atmospheric depth and feral intensity coexist in their compositions.
Helker is a heavy/power metal band from Buenos Aires founded by guitarist Mariano Ríos and featuring vocalist Diego Valdez, widely regarded as one of Argentina's premier metal exports. The band released three Spanish-language albums — "Legado Secreto" (2001), "Resistir" (2008), and "A.D.N." (2010) — before signing with Germany's AFM Records for their English-language debut "Somewhere in the Circle" (2013) and "Firesoul" (2017), touring alongside Primal Fear, HammerFall, and Gamma Ray.
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