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Lonewolf was formed in France in 1992 by vocalist and guitarist Jens Börner, dissolving in 1996 before reforming in 2000 with a renewed focus on speed and heavy metal in the tradition of Running Wild and Grave Digger. The band has since released a prolific string of albums on Massacre Records, among them The Dark Crusade (2009), Cult of Steel (2014), and Division Hades (2020). With over a dozen studio records spanning three decades, they stand as one of the most consistent practitioners of European speed metal to emerge from France.
Long Goodbye are a Durham County metalcore band whose music sits in the harsher edge of current UK hardcore. Emerging with the 2024 release i used to dream of drowning, the group quickly became associated with The Coming Strife Records and a new wave of British bands that combine metallic hardcore, mathcore tension, and chaotic emotional weight. Their songs are short, violent, and tightly wound, with jagged riffs, sudden tempo changes, collapsed grooves, and vocals that sound less like performance than rupture. Long Goodbye fit metal and hardcore scope directly through metalcore and UKHC, especially in the way their music uses breakdowns, dissonance, and panic-stricken rhythm to create pressure. Tracks such as "autolisis," "cauterising incisions," and "endlessly repairing a dying format" show a band interested in discomfort as much as impact. The production keeps the sound raw enough to feel close while still letting each shift land with force. Long Goodbye's appeal is that they do not smooth out their influences. The music feels ugly, anxious, and cathartic, carrying the spirit of heavy hardcore into a more fractured, modern shape built for no-barrier rooms and violent release.
Houston's Long Live The Lights deliver energetic post-hardcore and metalcore that channels the anthemic intensity of Beartooth and Bring Me The Horizon. With polished production and an emphasis on emotional, melodic songwriting backed by heavy breakdowns, the band is establishing itself as a rising voice in the Texas heavy music scene.
Madrid-based thrash/groove metal band formed in 2024, combining thrash speed with groove-heavy breakdowns. Their name references sonic weaponry, reflecting the punishing intensity of their sound.
Risen from the ashes of Soul Inquisition. Active since 2000, making them one of Houston's longest-running doom acts.
Croatian doom/stoner/heavy metal and hard rock band from Rijeka, blending multiple rock and metal styles since 2016. Their versatile approach spans the spectrum from crushing doom to stoner grooves and hard rock energy.
Finnish sludge metal band active since 2015, channeling toxic, abrasive heaviness. Their name, meaning 'hip defect' in Finnish, brings dark humor to their punishing sludge metal approach.
Madrid-based grindcore/death metal band active from 2011, delivering visceral deathgrind with anti-speciesist themes on Willowtip Records. Their album 'Dios Carne' blends blast-beat precision with old-school death metal influence across fourteen tracks of throat-ripping extremity.
Portuguese doom metal band from Funchal in Madeira, newly formed in 2026 and delivering crushing heaviness from the Atlantic island. Their self-deprecating name belies the serious weight of their doom metal approach.
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