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Divine (2024)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Featured Power Metal Album
Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Rio Dell, California's Lady Victoria bring thrash metal aggression from the remote Northern California coast, formed in 2016 with a stripped-down, no-frills attack. Their isolation from the scene's centers only sharpens their outsider edge.
Russian heavy/gothic metal band from Moscow, blending muscular heaviness with dark romanticism since 2021. Their name channels cold, majestic imagery through the dual lens of heavy and gothic metal.
Waltham, Massachusetts' Ladybug Smashers are crossover thrash veterans who have been tearing through the New England scene since 1989. Decades in, their irreverent name masks a genuinely fierce blend of punk aggression and thrash precision.
Boise, Idaho's Laengthengurthe have been grinding out a corrosive mixture of death, thrash, and grindcore since 2006, putting Idaho firmly on the extreme metal map. Their unpronounceable name is a fitting warning label for what's inside.
German black metal act from Bochum blending atmospheric black metal with Icelandic influences since 2020. Their releases 'Solve' and 'Coagula' explore the indifference of existence through stormy, darkly beautiful compositions that have drawn comparisons to Sinmara and Watain.
Italian avant-garde black metal project from Modena, pushing black metal into experimental territory since 2020. Their provocative name signals the transgressive, boundary-defying character of their approach.
German heavy/thrash metal band from Kiel, delivering hard-hitting riffs and aggressive energy since 2015. Their sound channels the crossover territory between traditional heavy metal power and thrash metal velocity.
Laftrache are a black metal and folk band from Villa Alemana, Chile, whose music draws from the legends of the Mapuche and Selknam peoples of southern South America. Their 2017 demo Voces Ancestrales features the Trutruca — a trumpet-like instrument made from colihue wood and cattle horn, created by the Mapuche — as well as a spoken-word sample of a native Selknam woman on the track "El Clamor Selknam." The band was released through Chilean underground label Kuyen Producciones.
German black metal project formed in 2023, bringing raw hostility and atmospheric darkness to the underground. Their approach embraces the genre's primal intensity with a focus on visceral impact.
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