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Evidence (2023)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Italian brutal death metal band from Reggio Emilia, delivering uncompromising extremity since 2010. Their philosophical name signals the cerebral dimension beneath their brutal death metal assault.
French death metal band from Cagnes-sur-Mer, formed in 2023 and delivering raw brutality from the Riviera. Their sound brings death metal's uncompromising heaviness to the Mediterranean coast.
German melodic thrash metal band from Isny im Allgau, blending technical precision with thrash aggression since 2014. Their approach layers melodic sophistication over the genre's high-speed foundation.
Russian black metal project from Moscow, channeling philosophical depth through blackened intensity. Their name, meaning 'word' or 'reason' in Greek, signals the cerebral dimension of their black metal.
Logos was a Buenos Aires heavy metal band founded in 1990 by Alberto Zamarbide, Miguel Roldán, and Adrián Cenci — veterans of the pioneering Argentine act V8 — who released five studio albums including the debut La industria del poder (1993) and Generación mutante (1995), the latter produced by Rudy Sarzo of Ozzy Osbourne and Quiet Riot. The band reunited in 2004 after a six-year hiatus, releasing Plan mundial para la destrucción (2006) and A través de los tiempos (2009) before disbanding in 2013.
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Finnish sludge/doom metal and hardcore band from Karjaa, formed in 2025 and merging abrasive sludge with hardcore's confrontational energy. Their name, meaning 'parasite' in Finnish, signals the invasive heaviness of their sound.
Italian death/thrash metal band from Florence, newly formed in 2025 and named after a Norse mythological event. Their approach channels the chaos of Loki's flyting through aggressive Tuscan metal.
South San Francisco's Lokheira arrived in 2023 with a power metal sound built on soaring vocals, galloping rhythms, and the wide-open ambition of the Bay Area's metal tradition.
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