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A Past Embrace (2022)
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Hold Your Children Close and Pray for Oblivion (2016)
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Featured Doom Metal Album
Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland! / Stoßtrupp 1917 (2018)
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Thrash/groove metal band from Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain, active since 2013. Their powerful crossover merges thrash aggression with groove metal weight from the Basque Country's elegant coastal capital.
Phoenix's Helldemon emerged in 2024 channeling the desert's relentless heat into scorching Bay Area-influenced thrash. Brand new to the underground but already running on full throttle, they hit hard and mean to keep doing so.
Based in Athens, this heavy metal project has been a fixture of Greece's underground since 2015. Powerful vocals and driving riffs define their contribution to traditional metal.
Helldog is a stoner/doom/folk metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, active since 2025 and weaving traditional folk melodies and instrumentation into heavy metal. The project bridges ancient cultural heritage with modern metal power.
Heavy metal/hard rock band from Stuttgart, Germany, active since 2004. Over two decades, they have delivered riff-driven heavy metal with classic hard rock swagger from the capital of Baden-Wurttemberg.
Helldown is a heavy metal band from Swansea, United Kingdom, active since 2017 and forging classic heavy metal with conviction and power. The project channels the timeless spirit of traditional metal riffage.
Belgian groove metal veterans from Mechelen, one of the longest-running acts in the scene with roots stretching back to 1984. Their crushing, groove-driven sound has evolved over four decades of heavy music from the Belgian underground.
Melodic death metal band from Stuttgart, Germany, formed in 2021. Their Scandinavian-influenced melodic death metal brings sweeping guitar harmonies and aggressive rhythms to the Swabian metal scene.
Hellebaard is a black metal project from Netherlands, active since 2010 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Netherlands black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
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