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Actin' Up (2023)
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The Mountain Of Gold (2018)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Pagan/black metal band from Athens, one of Greece's longest-running Hellenic pagan metal acts, with roots stretching back to the early 1990s and continuing into 2022. Their music draws deeply from ancient Greek mythology, religion, and philosophy, setting them apart within the broader black metal landscape.
Stoner metal five-piece from Verona, active since 2006, featuring Massimo on guitar, Daniele on drums, Michele on synth, Alessandro on bass, and Enrico on vocals. Their extensive catalog on Argonauta Records includes Colossus, Space Muffin, New Babylon, and The Survivor, establishing them as one of Italy's most prolific stoner rock acts.
Everett, Washington's Kayos Theory have been delivering melodic, anthemic power metal since 2012, drawing on the genre's European traditions while planting their sound firmly in the Pacific Northwest.
Meriden, Connecticut death metal outfit Kayotik have been refining a hard-hitting approach to the genre since 2016 — straightforward, brutal, and built on the fundamentals that make death metal work.
French post-black metal project formed in 2025, building atmospheric, expansive compositions. Their name referencing a Turkic deity adds Central Asian mysticism to their French post-black metal vision.
Atmospheric death metal band from Nantes, formed in 2020 and delivering immersive, sonically dense compositions from western France. Their German-emperor name adds imperial gravitas to their atmospheric extremity.
When Kayzen emerged in 2023 from Warsaw, they brought with them a sound rooted in death metal, gothic metal, and melodic death metal — all punishing grooves interlocked with frenzied tremolo passages. Primal ferocity drives every note of their catalog.
Budapest's metal underground has produced no shortage of heavy acts, and this black metal unit is among them — wielding venomous shrieks over walls of distortion. The compositions unfold with ritualistic patience and venomous intent.
Avant-garde progressive metal/rock band from Toulouse, active since 2013 and pushing musical boundaries from the Pink City. Their decade-plus of adventurous output explores the most experimental reaches of progressive heavy music.
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