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Divine (2024)
Featured Heavy Metal Album
Agamemnon (2025)
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Featured Power Metal Album
Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
05/07 @ Gramercy Theatre, New York
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Scottish black metal band from Glasgow, formed in 2019 and named after a mountain pass in the Cairngorms. Their sound channels the wild, exposed character of the Scottish Highlands through raw black metal intensity.
Brighton-based duo Lake Malice, comprising vocalist Alice Guala and guitarist Blake Cornwall, fuse hyperpop's neon energy with the crushing weight of alt-metal into something wildly unpredictable. Nominated for Best UK Breakthrough Artist at the Heavy Music Awards, they've toured with Enter Shikari, Skindred, and Bloodywood across the UK and Europe. Their anime-influenced aesthetic and cathartic lyrics about past trauma set them apart from the typical metal newcomer.
Philadelphia's Lake of Bile emerged in 2025 with raw black metal corroded by noise, trading atmosphere for corrosion and melody for abrasion. They represent the most caustic end of Philly's burgeoning underground black metal scene.
Swedish doom/gothic metal band from Boras, formed in 2024 and carrying forward a legendary band name. Their approach blends doom metal's crushing weight with gothic metal's dark romanticism in the tradition of Swedish doom.
Portuguese thrash metal band from Loures with roots back to 2001, making them one of Portugal's longer-running thrash acts. Their two decades of relentless aggression mark them as veterans of the Lisbon-area metal scene.
Instrumental progressive metal act from Sofia, Bulgaria, crafting cerebral, conceptual compositions since 2016. Their self-titled album features ten tracks of vocal-free progressive metal with titles like 'Fractal Intuition' and 'Cognitive Dissonance' reflecting their intellectually-driven approach.
Italian death metal band from Pordenone, delivering raw brutality since 2012. Their sound channels the genre's relentless aggression from the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region.
Spanish avant-garde black metal project from Seville, pushing black metal's boundaries through experimental, unconventional approaches since 2020. Their sound challenges genre conventions with adventurous compositions rooted in Andalusian creativity.
Italian black metal project formed in 2018, channeling ancient Mesopotamian demonic themes through raw intensity. Named after the demon Lamashtu, their sound bridges archaic mythology with blackened aggression.
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