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Black metal band from Mainz, Germany, formed in 2022. Named after the seven-pointed occult symbol, they forge ritualistic black metal from the Rhineland-Palatinate capital.
Heptah is a progressive metal band from Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2012. The quintet — featuring vocalists Rhads Clemente and Ricardo Corsi, guitarists Corsi and Samuel Zechin, bassist Robson Baroli, and drummer Raphael Jorge — released their debut album "Master of Delusion" in September 2012, an 11-track record combining heavy riffs with melodic progressive arrangements.
Rising from Thessaloniki in Greece, this black metal outfit harnesses volatile power since 2016. Steeped in second-wave tradition, their work explores misanthropy and desolation.
Sludge/doom metal band from Roeselare, Belgium, formed in 2021. Their crushing low-end and oppressive atmosphere draw from the heaviest traditions of sludge and doom, delivering punishment from the West Flemish underground.
An established sludge/drone/doom metal voice from Budapest, contributing to Hungary's underground since 2015. Their work explores the genre's darkest corners through immense heaviness.
Heavy metal band from Prague, Czech Republic, formed in 2020. They carry the banner of traditional heavy metal from the Czech capital with commanding riffs and anthemic compositions.
Carrollton, Georgia's Her Name Is Death emerged in 2025 with a triptych of doom, drone, and sludge that moves like a slow flood — irreversible and all-consuming. One of the newer acts in the Southern heavy underground, their intentions are already unmistakably bleak.
Thrash metal band from Pamplona, Spain, formed in 2018. Their aggressive thrash channels the fierce spirit of Navarra from the city famous for the running of the bulls.
Named after the ancient Egyptian city discovered underwater in 2000, Herakleion is a death-thrash trio from New Orleans formed in 2021. Guitarist/vocalist Apollo Xydias, drummer Speed Wilson, and bassist Christian Woerner channel the city's heavy music legacy through a prism of thrash and death metal aggression. Their debut EP 'Curse of Eternity' and follow-up 'Necroverse' capture the raw intensity of a band steeped in New Orleans' tradition of punishing, swamp-bred heaviness.
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