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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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No Cross No Crown (2018)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Swiss heavy/progressive metal band from Baden combining nu-metal, groove, and thrash influences with melodic death metal vocals since 2018. Their second album 'Time Fracture' delivers catchy melodies and memorable riffs alongside aggressive vocal approaches across nine diverse tracks.
Greek psychedelic doom metal/rock band from Athens, delivering mind-expanding heaviness since 2015. Their name evokes the regal, transcendent quality of their psychedelic doom approach.
Fort Worth sludge trio that went on a long hiatus then reunited. Features a guest vocal from Craig Welsh of legendary Texas hardcore act Brutal Juice.
French thrash/death metal band from Poitiers, delivering aggressive extremity since 2010. Their sound channels the combined fury of thrash velocity and death metal heaviness.
German sludge/death metal act from Brannenburg, formed in 2024 and merging sludge metal's toxic heaviness with death metal's brutal precision. Their sound occupies the punishing intersection of both extreme genres.
Spanish sludge metal and hardcore band from Mostoles, one of the longer-running acts in this list with roots back to 2000. Their quarter-century of abrasive, punishing heaviness marks them as veterans of the Madrid-area underground.
Louder than Hell is a traditional heavy metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, founded in 2021 by Rock'n Rafa (also of Metaltex) and guitarist Fabio "Grey Wolf" Paulinelli with the stated aim of keeping true heavy metal alive. The band released their debut full-length True Metal till the End in 2021, followed by Possessed by Steel. Their sound draws firmly on classic NWOBHM and US power metal influences.
LouderForce is a heavy metal band from San Luis Potosí, Mexico, formed in 2015. The band self-released a five-track debut EP titled "LouderForce EP" in July 2016. They have remained active as an independent act.
Polish heavy/thrash metal band from Oswiecim, combining classic metal power with thrash velocity since 2017. Their oxymoronic name captures the tension between silence and heaviness in their sound.
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