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Slave to the Scalpel (2021)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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State Of Unrest (2023)
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Melodic death metal band from Offenburg, Germany, active since 2015. Their melodic approach balances sweeping guitar harmonies with death metal intensity from the Upper Rhine plain.
Death/groove metal band from Eibar, Spain, formed in 2020. Their heavy, rhythm-driven death metal brings groove-laden intensity from the industrial Basque heartland.
Hellway Patrol is a heavy/thrash metal power trio from Londrina, Paraná, Brazil, formed in 2017 by vocalist and bassist Ricardo Pigatto, guitarist Thiago Franzim, and drummer João Bolognini. The band crafts post-apocalyptic and dystopian-themed metal, releasing the EP "Desert Ghost" in June 2018, followed by their self-titled EP.
Hellway Train is a hard rock and traditional heavy metal band from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, relaunched in 2020 by founders Marc Hellway and Vinicius Thram with a renewed focus on classic 1980s heavy metal sounds. The band released the EP "Lockdown Reborn" in November 2020 and their debut full-length album "Borderline" in 2024 via Classic Metal Records.
Death metal band from Wurzburg, Germany, formed in 2024. Their fresh, ferocious sound brings new death metal energy to the Franconian underground.
Hellwrath is a death/thrash metal band from Florence/Prato, Italy, formed in 2021. They forge aggressive extreme metal at the crossroads of death and thrash.
HellXHere is a heavy metal band from Cannes, France, active since 2018 and forging classic heavy metal with conviction and power. The project channels the timeless spirit of traditional metal riffage.
Supergroup formed by Pantera's Vinnie Paul and Mudvayne's Chad Gray. Six studio albums of groove metal. On hiatus since Vinnie Paul's death.
Death metal act from Rouen in Normandy, active since 2012. Their controlling name matches a sound that commands attention through crushing death metal from northern France's historic capital.
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