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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
Featured Power Metal Album
No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Heavy/thrash metal band from Bressuire in western France, formed in 2023 and delivering aggressive compositions from the Deux-Sevres department. Their coup d'etat name signals the revolutionary intensity of their metal.
Death/thrash metal band from Valkeala in southeastern Finland, formed in 2019 and fusing death metal's brutality with thrash's velocity. Their Finnish name meaning "claw" captures the predatory intensity of their sound.
Heavy metal band from Odense, Denmark's third-largest city, formed in 2017 and delivering courageous, riff-driven traditional metal. Their name speaks to the bold spirit of their classic heavy metal approach.
Folk/black metal project from Finland, active since 2011 and weaving Finnish folk traditions into black metal. Their over-a-decade output channels the deep-rooted mythology of the Finnish countryside.
Heavy/power/progressive metal band from Narpio in Ostrobothnia, formed in 2022 and blending three distinct metal styles. Their chaotic name suggests the unpredictable, genre-crossing energy of their ambitious sound.
Heavy/power metal band from Athens, active since 2014 and delivering the melodic power and driving intensity that define the Hellenic heavy metal tradition. Their sound channels classic power metal's soaring ambition with traditional heavy metal's riff-driven energy.
Melodic heavy/power metal band from the Fuenlabrada/Parla area south of Madrid, active since 2013 and crafting soaring, anthem-driven compositions. Their coven-derived name adds a witchy mystique to their accessible power metal.
Siemiatycze-based death metal and thrash metal act, active since 2015 delivering technically precise fretwork wrapped in visceral brutality. Rooted in one of Eastern Europe's most formidable metal communities, their recordings carry the stench of early 90s death metal worship.
Trading in pure metallic intensity, this symphonic metal act from Utrecht traffics in orchestral grandeur married to heavy guitar-driven foundations. Since 2014, they've built a catalog that reflects Holland's dense concentration of metal talent.
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