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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Free the Witch EP (2018)
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Black Metal project from Netherlands, forging vicious compositions since 2017. Their sound channels tremolo-driven fury and blasting percussion through walls of distortion.
Black metal band from Lorch, Germany, active since 2014. Their name meaning 'Hysteria,' they channel intense, frenzied black metal from the Rhine valley.
Born in the cold underground of Tramagal, this folk/heavy metal act has delivered unflinching intensity since 1996. Their compositions celebrate the timeless formula of powerful riffs and soaring melodies.
Folk/pagan metal band from Hanau, Germany, active since 2017. Named after the Viking poem of wisdom from the Elder Edda, they weave Norse folklore into folk-infused metal from the Main-Kinzig region.
Black metal project from Magdeburg, Germany, active since 2017. Their atmospheric sound channels the cold bleakness of the North German Plain through raw black metal.
An uncompromising black metal project from Gothenburg, active since 2023. Their approach balances melodic undertones with the genre's most aggressive impulses.
Emerging from Imatra's underground, this black/folk metal act has been forging raw sonic fury since 2005. Their compositions evoke desolate landscapes through raw, uncompromising aggression.
Jönköping, Sweden's Hällas formed in 2011 and built a concept-driven 'adventure rock' sound rooted in 1970s progressive rock and hard rock, centered on a fictional medieval universe populated by knights and seers. Their discography progresses from the self-titled 2015 debut EP through Excerpts from a Future Past (2017) and Conundrum (2020), each album adding greater compositional complexity and darker tonal texture. Isle of Wisdom (2022) and Panorama (2026), both released on Napalm Records, have expanded their international profile among listeners drawn to acts like Uriah Heep and early Iron Maiden.
Hämnd is a sludge/post-metal band from Linköping, Sweden, formed in 2024. They blend crushing sludge with post-metal's atmospheric expansiveness.
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