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Undercover Scumbag (2018)
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A Stare Bound in Stone (2018)
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Of Stone, Wind, & Pillor (Remastered) (2021)
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Symphonic power metal band from Nice on the French Riviera, active since 2020 and combining orchestral grandeur with power metal's soaring melodies. Their Mediterranean origins bring warmth and color to the typically northern European genre.
Heavy metal band from Aschaffenburg in Bavaria, formed in 2023 and delivering traditional metal with classic riffing and vocal power. Their sound channels the timeless energy of European heavy metal.
Kerix was a symphonic/gothic metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, signed to Megahard Records. The band contributed the track "New Land" to both Metal Storm VI (2013) and Metal Storm – Christian Metal from São Paulo (2015), establishing them within the Brazilian Christian metal underground. They have since split up.
Raw black metal project from Lahti in southern Finland, formed in 2024 and delivering lo-fi, stripped-back compositions. Their name combining "dungeon" and "angel" imagery captures the paradox of beauty within rawness.
Black metal project from Ubach-Palenberg near the Dutch border in western Germany, active since 2014 and channeling cold, aggressive compositions. Their Germanic-named project draws from the raw traditions of European black metal.
Linköping, Sweden — black metal and pagan metal of the most uncompromising kind. Active since 2014, they deal in ancestral invocations amplified through black metal's sonic template. The combination of influences yields something more interesting than any single genre label implies.
Oxnard, California's Kermz specialize in the most physically punishing end of the death metal spectrum — slam-heavy and brutal, with song structures built to maximize impact and bodily devastation since 2014.
Kern Energie was a thrash metal band from Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico, formed in 2011 and split up by the time of their later releases. They released the EP Giant Impact in 2022 along with accompanying singles.
Heavy/power metal band from Elassona in Thessaly, active since 2008 and delivering the melodic power and driving riffs that define the traditional power metal sound. Their approach blends heavy metal's classic energy with power metal's soaring ambition.
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