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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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Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland! / Stoßtrupp 1917 (2018)
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Emerging from London's underground, this heavy metal, nwobhm act has been forging menacing sonic fury since 2007. Twin-guitar harmonies and commanding vocals characterize their sound.
Raleigh's Hellrazor have been sharpening their thrash attack since 2011, delivering the kind of no-frills neck-wrecking riffs that could only come from a band with something to prove in the American South's underrated metal underground. Fast, lean, and built to destroy.
Black/thrash metal maniacs from Innviertel, Austria, self-described as playing in 'Bastard Mode' since their formation in 2007. Their releases Funeral, Skull Metal, and a split with Tulsa Razor Doom deliver relentless, beer-fueled blackened thrash.
Brooklyn's Hellreign bring a cold, unforgiving black metal aesthetic to New York City, forging bleak tremolo walls and icy atmosphere since 2017. Their urban environment gives the darkness a peculiar, concrete-and-shadow texture.
Thrash/death metal band from Burgas, Bulgaria, active since 2012, known for heavy sound, tempo changes, fast guitar solos, and raw vocals. From early demos like The Face Of Death through The Roots Of Violence, they deliver aggressive Eastern European thrash with modern influences.
Hellriders is a progressive/thrash metal band from Cesena, Italy, active since 2019 and delivering aggressive, riff-driven thrash with relentless intensity. The project channels the speed and fury of the genre.
Emerging from Aberdeen's underground, this black/speed metal act has been forging cold sonic fury since 2015. Atmospheric depth and feral intensity coexist in their compositions.
Doom/stoner metal band from Winterthur, Switzerland, formed in 2014, self-described as lifting classic stoner to the heavy max with a 'Fuzz-a-thonic grunt.' This five-piece steamroller delivers crushing, fuzz-drenched stoner doom from the Swiss mountain foothills.
Hellrot is a black/thrash metal band from Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, originally formed in 2015 and active again from 2019. The band plays blackened speed metal with themes of rock and roll, occultism, and Satan, and released their debut full-length Evil Forces Arise in 2019 followed by Satan's Rock n' Roll in 2020.
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