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Irrational Pull (2020)
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Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland! / Stoßtrupp 1917 (2018)
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Featured Metalcore Album
The Powerless Rise (2010)
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Aargau-based black/pagan metal act fusing raw black metal intensity with folk and pagan thematic elements since 2017. Their approach places ancient European spiritual traditions within a framework of aggressive, tremolo-driven black metal.
Orizzon bring a four-piece lineup — vocalist Tiago Pierucci, guitarist Marcos Duran, bassist Leonardo Gonçalves, and drummer Fabricio Mendonça — to a sound that fuses classic heavy metal muscle with progressive songwriting ambition. Their 2024 debut "Inner" confirmed the band's intent to bridge old-school power and modern technical sensibility without defaulting to either extreme. The result is a progressive metal record that values memorable hooks alongside compositional depth.
Parisian symphonic metal act Orkhys constructs elaborate cinematic compositions that merge orchestral bombast with heavy guitar work. Their grandiose approach favors sweeping melodies and dramatic dynamics, drawing from both the symphonic metal and film score traditions.
Treviso death metal act from the Veneto region, active since 2020. Operating from a city in Prosecco country northeast of Venice, they bring straightforward death metal aggression to an area better known for its wine than its extreme music.
Cologne black metal act with roots stretching back to 1999, making them one of the Rhineland's longest-running black metal projects. Over a quarter-century they have witnessed the German black metal scene's evolution from its raw beginnings to its current diversity.
Moscow heavy metal act formed in 2021, working in the traditional heavy metal idiom from Russia's capital. Their eagle-referencing name and classic metal approach channel strength and soaring ambition.
Wernesgrun black metal project from rural Saxony, formed in 2020. Named with an Old Norse term for fate or primal law, their work channels a sense of inevitability through raw, unadorned black metal.
Denver's Orm dwell in the slow, crushing overlap of sludge, drone, and doom metal, crafting music that moves like magma — deliberate, heavy, and indifferent to urgency. The Mile High altitude seems to have had no effect on their desire to go as low and slow as possible.
Grenoble's Ormagoden hits hard with a thrash-fueled take on heavy metal that channels the raw aggression of 1980s Bay Area thrash with NWOBHM-inspired melodic sensibility. Their riff-driven attack prioritizes speed and energy over studio polish.
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