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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
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Evidence (2023)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Heavy metal band from Mataro, Spain, active since 2008. Their name meaning 'Heretics' in Spanish, they deliver nearly two decades of traditional heavy metal from the Catalan coast.
Heavy/power metal band from Santander, Spain, active since 2017. Their anthemic sound carries the European power metal tradition from the Cantabrian coast.
HereLiesIdio is a black/doom metal act from United Kingdom, active since 2025 and merging black metal's cold intensity with doom's suffocating weight. The project inhabits the darkest intersection of both genres.
Herelith is a melodic black/thrash metal band from Stockholm, Sweden, formed in 2020. They craft atmospheric melodic black metal with sweeping melodies and emotional depth.
An established stoner/sludge/doom metal voice from Helsinki, contributing to Finland's underground since 2008. Slow, deliberate riffing and suffocating atmospheres form the foundation of their craft.
Heresi is a black metal project from Stockholm, Sweden, active since 2006 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Sweden black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Black/death metal act from Verviers, Belgium, active since 2013. Their savage blend of black and death metal channels the rawer side of Belgian extreme music with unrelenting ferocity.
Melodic death/black metal project from Germany, formed in 2023. Their fierce blend of melodic precision and black/death metal aggression brings a fresh voice to the German extreme underground.
Fierce technical death metal project from Schio (Vicenza), carving a path through Italy's underground since 2011. Their work explores the genre's heaviest territories through savage delivery.
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