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Irrational Pull (2020)
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Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland! / Stoßtrupp 1917 (2018)
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Featured Metalcore Album
The Powerless Rise (2010)
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Symphonic/folk/melodic death metal and metalcore band from Barcelona, active since 2012 and weaving an ambitious tapestry of four distinct metal subgenres. Their Finnish name meaning "cold" signals Nordic influence filtered through Catalan artistry.
French one-man melodic black metal project from Paris, active since 2017, blending black metal with melodic death metal in an instrumental format. The 2017 LP Compendium of Agonies marked a shift toward more continuous, flowing compositions with a wider palette of sonorities, all written, performed, and produced solo.
Heavy metal band from Avila, formed in 2022 and delivering classic, riff-driven metal from behind the medieval walls of one of Spain's most atmospheric cities. Their electricity-referencing name matches the high-voltage energy of their sound.
Six-piece melodic death metal band from Besançon, France, formed in 2024, infusing their sound with folk and black metal elements to tell legends of the Franche-Comté region. Their debut album Mythes et Légendes de la Comté, recorded at Disvlar Studio, weaves regional folklore into a tapestry of melodic extremity.
Turin band formed in 2014, evolving from gothic metal origins into post-metal territory. Their stylistic evolution reflects an expanding sonic palette, moving from gothic metal's dark romanticism toward post-metal's atmospheric expansiveness.
Stoner metal band from Leipzig, formed in 2019 and delivering fuzz-drenched, psychedelia-tinged heaviness from Saxony's cultural capital. Their sound rides the slow-burning grooves characteristic of the European stoner metal underground.
Doom metal band from Oulu, active since 2008 and delivering nearly two decades of crushing heaviness from northern Finland. Their Cyrillic-styled name and Russian-language lyrics set them apart from the typical Finnish metal landscape.
Erupting out of Everett, Washington in 2024, Kyphosis fuse brutal death metal and grindcore with jarring industrial textures — a collision of brute force and mechanical hostility that feels genuinely new even by extreme metal standards.
Progressive metal/rock project from London, active since 2013 and exploring the expansive terrain between progressive rock's experimental ambition and metal's heavier tendencies. Their sound favors complex arrangements and dynamic shifts.
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