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Irrational Pull (Deluxe) (2020)
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Rarities 1991 - 2001 (2024)
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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
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Heavy metal and melodic hard rock/AOR band from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, active since 2003 and delivering over two decades of hook-laden, accessible metal from the Canary Islands. Their sound bridges classic heavy metal with the polished melodies of AOR.
Vicious Death / Thrash Metal (early); Thrash Metal / Grindcore (later) from Houston.
Straddling the line between death metal and melodic death metal, this Italian actfrom Pordenone fuses technically precise fretwork wrapped in visceral brutality into a cohesive whole. They've been at it since 2008, and their recordings carry the stench of early 90s death metal worship.
Largo, Florida's Krunch has been mixing power metal's soaring ambition with thrash metal's angular aggression since 2017. An unusual combination executed from the Gulf Coast, they bring melodic muscle and speed to a region with deep roots in extreme metal.
Death metal band from Kuopio in eastern Finland, active since 2011 and delivering over a decade of guttural extremity. Their Latin name meaning "blood" or "gore" captures the visceral nature of their death metal.
Krusader is a symphonic power metal band from Jundiaí, São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 1989. The band's debut album "Angus" (2006) is a concept record based on a fantasy saga with a cult following across South America, Japan, Korea, and Italy, featuring vocalist Rick Ricci (known from fellow Brazilian act Skyscraper) alongside guitarist Paulo Soares and keyboardist Fábio Thesta.
Heavy/power metal band from Krosno in southeastern Poland, active since 2018 and delivering the melodic power and driving riffs of the traditional heavy and power metal traditions.
Krushhammer is a black/thrash metal band from Belo Horizonte, Brazil, formed in 2019. The quartet — Marcel Krusher (vocals), Nekrolucifer (guitar), Alberth Desecrator (bass), and Philippe Hellish (drums) — debuted with the EP Speed Blacking Hell before releasing their first full-length, Blood, Violence & Blasphemy, in November 2022 through Helldprod Records and Iron Pegasus Records.
Thrash metal band from Oulu, formed in 2024 and delivering high-speed crushing aggression from northern Finland. Their name signals the pulverizing, bone-breaking impact of their thrash metal.
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