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Divine (2024)
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Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Death metal and grindcore outfit from the Bolbec/Le Havre/Rouen corridor in Normandy, France, formed in 2024. The band merges grinding blast-beat intensity with guttural death metal savagery in the tradition of classic grind/death crossover.
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Symphonic heavy metal project from Germany, formed in 2021 and combining orchestral grandeur with traditional heavy metal power. Their compositions layer sweeping symphonic arrangements over heavy riffing.
Thrash metal band from the Legnica/Wroclaw area of Lower Silesia, active since 2018 and delivering high-speed, aggressive thrash. Their sound channels the relentless energy of classic thrash metal from Poland's southwestern industrial region.
When Kyata emerged in 2015 from Barcelos, they brought with them a sound rooted in doom metal and stoner metal — all desert-baked tonality and psychedelic haze over lumbering rhythms. The combination of influences yields something more interesting than any single genre label implies.
The Italian city of Area of Castelli Romani (Rome) serves as headquarters for this black metal operation, whose arsenal includes corrosive riffing and misanthropic atmosphere. Frostbitten riffing and anti-cosmic lyrical themes define their output.
Kybalion is a heavy metal band from Lanús, Buenos Aires, built around brothers Leonardo Fracchia (vocals/guitar) and Maximiliano Fracchia (drums), alongside guitarist Aldo Leipus and bassist Diego Moreno. The band released the full-length album "Hacete cargo" in 2004 on Del Imaginario Discos, and issued a live recording, "Live Sessions," in May 2024 through Black Metal Musicians Productions.
Jönköping's metal underground has produced no shortage of heavy acts, and this black metal unit is among them — wielding dissonant chord progressions shrouded in reverb-drenched malice. Atmosphere and hostility share equal billing in their work.
Trading in pure metallic intensity, this gothic metal act from Rome traffics in romantic melancholy woven through heavy, doom-laden compositions. Since 2015, they've built a catalog that reflects Italy's underrated but thriving metal community.
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