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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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State Of Unrest (2023)
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Oslo's metal underground has produced no shortage of heavy acts, and this doom metal and stoner metal unit is among them — wielding wah-soaked leads and bass-heavy grooves in the tradition of Kyuss and Sleep. Their sound resists easy categorization, blending influences into something distinctly their own.
In existence since 2017, this Black Metal outfit delivers tremolo-picked fury and blast-beat savagery. Their place within Holland's dense concentration of metal talent speaks to the depth of the region's heavy music culture.
Malmö's metal underground has produced no shortage of heavy acts, and this death metal unit is among them — wielding HM-2 filth and d-beat fury in the old Swedish tradition. Their approach favors no-frills brutality over technical showmanship.
Melodic groove metal band from the Black Country in the West Midlands, formed in 2025 and channeling the region's industrial heritage into heavy, riff-driven metal. Their sound balances melodic hooks with the crushing weight of groove metal.
Finnish heavy metal project formed in 2026, with a name meaning "field court" or "court martial" in Finnish. Their military-judicial name suggests the harsh, disciplined nature of their heavy metal approach.
Louisville, Kentucky's Kentucky Chainsaw do exactly what their name implies — grinding, gore-soaked death metal with zero ornamentation and maximum brutality, formed in 2024 and already swinging hard.
Laying down tracks since 2004, this Busto Arsizio (Varese) Death Metal and Progressive Metal outfit delivers polyrhythmic complexity balanced with emotive melodic passages. Their place within Italy's underrated but thriving metal community speaks to the depth of the region's heavy music culture.
Keophsia is a melodic heavy metal band from Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2016. The band released their debut album Loneliness in January 2016, a ten-track record blending melodic and traditional heavy metal elements. They have maintained an independent presence on Bandcamp and SoundCloud since their formation.
Heavy/power metal band from L'Hospitalet de Llobregat in the Barcelona metropolitan area, formed in 2020. Named after the ancient Egyptian pharaoh, their sound channels the epic grandeur of power metal with traditional heavy metal's anthemic drive.
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