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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)
05/07 @ Gramercy Theatre, New York
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Finnish black metal band from Jyvaskyla, active since 2019 and channeling raw Nordic hostility. Their name, meaning 'death light,' reflects the paradoxical illumination within their dark sound.
Polish band from Dukla that evolved from black metal origins into extreme avant-garde metal and avant-garde rock since 2014. Their name, meaning 'hidden light,' reflects the occult, boundary-defying character of their experimental evolution.
Polish power metal band from Warsaw, forging epic anthems since 2004. Their name, meaning 'eternal light,' channels radiant, triumphant energy through two decades of power metal commitment.
Italian atmospheric/technical death metal band from Brindisi in Puglia, formed in 2023 and blending ambiance with precision. Their approach merges atmospheric expansiveness with technical death metal's exacting complexity.
Scottish thrash metal/crossover band from Edinburgh, newly formed in 2025 and merging thrash speed with crossover punk energy. Their approach delivers mosh-ready aggression from Scotland's capital.
German groove metal band from Weikersheim, delivering rhythmically punishing heaviness since 2007. Their long-running commitment to groove metal has produced years of head-nodding, riff-centric material.
Luxúria de Lillith is a melodic black metal band from Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil, founded in 1998 by drummer and vocalist Alysson Drakkar, who remains the sole original member across a lineup that has included more than 25 musicians over the years. The band writes all lyrics in Brazilian Portuguese and explores themes of vampirism, Satanism, and occultism across a catalogue that includes A Volúpia Infernal (2005) and Géhènnòm (2019), the latter recognized as a significant work in Brazilian black metal and the subject of academic study at the Federal University of Goiás.
German black metal project from Landau an der Isar, channeling Luciferian darkness since 2012. Their sound embraces raw black metal hostility through the lens of Bavarian underground extremity.
Madrid-based black metal project that evolved from raw black metal origins in 2016 into symphonic black metal territory. Their sonic evolution traces a path from stripped-down aggression to orchestrally enhanced darkness.
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