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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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Black Ninja (2013)
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Liars & Thieves (2024)
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Witchmoon: The Infernal Masquerade (feat. Marty Friedman) (2026)
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Hard Disk Drive is a heavy metal band from Messinia, Greece, active since 2015 and forging classic heavy metal with conviction and power. The project channels the timeless spirit of traditional metal riffage.
San Francisco's Hard Driver have been trafficking in traditional heavy metal since 2017, a city that once defined the genre's most extreme edges now home to a band with its eye firmly on the classic sound.
Heavy metal and hard rock four-piece from Tyrol, Austria, rooted in the classic sounds of the 1970s and 1980s. Featuring Kaspar Zanon on vocals and guitar, their releases include the album The Nations Dust and the YOU BURN EP.
Brentwood, California's Hard Fail push melodic death metal with enough melodic sensibility to hook you and enough pure death metal weight to follow through since forming in 2018.
Heavy metal band from Sant Boi de Llobregat, Spain, formed in 2018. Their powerful sound delivers traditional heavy metal from the Barcelona metropolitan area.
Heavy/speed/thrash metal band from Blanes, Spain, formed in 2022. Their triple-threat approach combines heavy metal weight, speed metal velocity, and thrash aggression from the Costa Brava.
Heavy metal and hard rock band from Vsetin, Czech Republic, formed in 2017. Their sound draws on the classic traditions of heavy metal and hard rock, delivering powerful riffs from the Moravian Wallachia region.
Hard Ride is a heavy metal band from Kragujevac, Serbia, active since 2018 and forging classic heavy metal with conviction and power. The project channels the timeless spirit of traditional metal riffage.
Hailing from Scotland in United Kingdom, this thrash metal/crossover outfit channels aggressive energy since 2021. Their compositions deliver the genre's essential fury with technical skill.
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