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State Of Unrest (2023)
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San Bernardino's Powerthrone has been fusing thrash and black metal's most combative qualities since 2012, drawing from the Inland Empire's rough edges to produce something that sounds both sun-scorched and genuinely sinister. The blackened thrash formula here leans hard into speed and venom — riffs that flay rather than groove, with a coldness borrowed from Scandinavian black metal grafted onto the California thrash tradition. Over a decade in, they remain one of the Inland Empire's more committed extreme metal outfits.
Power and thrash metal band with hardcore influences from Guipavas, France, formed in 2008, delivering energetic crossover metal from Brittany. Their versatile approach blends power metal melody with thrash and hardcore aggression.
Heavy metal band from Tilburg and Eindhoven, Netherlands, formed in 2020, delivering vice-grip heavy metal from the twin cities of North Brabant. They bring powerful, riff-driven metal to the Dutch underground.
Saarbrücken's Powerwolf has evolved from a local power metal act formed in 2005 into one of Germany's most theatrical and commercially successful metal exports. Their organ-driven, ecclesiastical aesthetic — werewolves and sacraments — created an instantly recognizable brand that fills arenas across Europe.
A 2025 melodic power metal project from the Franconian town of Hirschaid, PowerWorld arrives with polished compositions that aim for the genre's most anthemic heights. Their Upper Franconian base connects them to Bavaria's broader tradition of technically accomplished melodic metal.
Sludge and thrash metal band from Banska Stiavnica, Slovakia, formed in 2014, whose Latin-style name twists 'peace be with you' into 'pox be with you.' Over a decade of diseased sludge-thrash from the historic mining town.
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Death metal turned heavy and doom metal band from Verkhnee Dubrovo, Russia, formed in 2019, evolving from death metal into heavier doom territory. They bring crushing weight from the Sverdlovsk Oblast.
Heavy metal band from Poland, formed in 2025, whose name means 'music box' in Polish. They bring freshly wound heavy metal to the Polish underground.
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