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Vault Of Horrors (2024)
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Liars & Thieves (2024)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Heavy/power metal band from Cuenca, Spain, active since 2015. Their anthemic sound delivers soaring power metal from the dramatic clifftop city of Castilla-La Mancha.
Thrash metal band from Brondby, Denmark, active since 2011. Their aggressive thrash channels relentless energy from the Copenhagen metropolitan area.
Hellraizer is a heavy metal band from Białystok, Poland, active since 2014 and forging classic heavy metal with conviction and power. The project channels the timeless spirit of traditional metal riffage.
Stoner doom metal outfit from Bordeaux in southwestern France, active since 2013. Their wine-region origins fuel a sound that pairs the heaviness of doom with stoner metal's hazy, groove-laden approach.
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.
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