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Actin' Up (2023)
Featured Stoner Metal Album
The Mountain Of Gold (2018)
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Featured Progressive Metal Album
Death Atlas (2019)
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Czech metalcore band from Vodnany, active since 2010 and combining hardcore aggression with metal technicality. Their approach channels metalcore's dynamic intensity from southern Bohemia.
Swiss melodic death/thrash/heavy metal band from Olten, formed in 2023 and blending three metal traditions. Their versatile approach spans melodic sophistication, thrash aggression, and heavy metal power.
Atmospheric black metal project from Utrecht, the Netherlands, active since 2018. The project delivers sweeping, contemplative atmospheric black metal from the historic university city.
Melodic thrash/death metal musician from Novosibirsk, Russia, active since 2019. The project delivers technically proficient melodic extreme metal from Siberia's largest city.
German heavy metal band from Augsburg with extraordinary roots stretching back to 1970, making them one of the oldest metal bands in existence. Their five-plus decades of heavy metal make them true pioneers of the genre.
Swedish heavy metal project formed in 2013, drawing from the classic tradition that defined European metal in the 1980s. Their godly name suits the genre's emphasis on power, glory, and mythological grandeur.
Berlin sludge/stoner/doom metal act delivering triple-layered heaviness since 2021. Named after the largest volcano in the solar system, their sound aspires to similarly colossal proportions through low-tuned, feedback-drenched compositions.
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Parisian outfit Omainen delivers epic power metal sung in Finnish, a rarity in the French scene that gives their soaring melodies and double-bass gallops an unusual flavor. Their anthemic choruses and layered keyboard arrangements draw from the Stratovarius and Sonata Arctica school of composition.
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