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Black metal band from Paltamo, Finland, formed in 2014, channeling the stark isolation of the Kainuu region through aggressive black metal. Their name blends 'beard' and 'Christ' in provocative fashion.
Parte de Nada is a psychedelic stoner/doom metal band from Córdoba, Argentina, built around the duo of Moco Piovano (guitars, bass, vocals) and Luca Frizza (drums). Their nine-track debut album Atacan Los Monstruos was released on March 14, 2023, recorded at Gran Rosa studio and a mobile studio between 2020 and 2021, with Frizza handling mixing and mastering.
Parth Gallen was a power and speed metal band from Natal active from 2001 to 2005, drawing on fantasy worlds drawn from video games, anime, and epic fiction — references to universes like World of Warcraft and Castlevania ran through their early material. In 2024 the surviving members issued Burning Swans, a collection built from tapes recorded at a 2017 reunion session featuring vocalist Davison Pegado, guitarists Christophe Freire and Roberto Phrankson, drummer T-Rash, and bassist André Rocha.
Assembled from veterans of other extreme music acts in Euclides da Cunha, Parthak built their sound around intricate melodic arrangements grafted onto a death metal foundation — early material leaned toward progressive complexity before the band settled into more streamlined melodic death territory. Their 2008 album Red Sorrow, featuring vocalist Humberto Amorim, guitarist Ítalo Rocha, bassist Júnior Moreira, and drummer Neilton Filho, remains their best-documented statement.
Wichita, Kansas's Parthian draw on Scandinavian melodic death metal as a foundation and fold progressive structures into the mix, arriving at a sophisticated heaviness since 2016. Their songs carry enough emotional weight to match the technical ambition, a balance not every prog-death act achieves.
Black metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2016, named after the mythological leader who first settled Ireland after the Great Flood. They bring Celtic mythology-infused black metal to the Greek scene.
Heavy metal band from Ljubljana, Slovenia, formed in 2018, whose name means 'party' in Slovenian. They deliver classic heavy metal from the Slovenian capital.
Slam and brutal death metal band from Dunfermline, Scotland, formed in 2010, notorious for their colorful, party-themed logo that stands out against the illegible logos of their peers. Behind the humor lies genuinely crushing slam death metal.
Tampa's Party Time live at the chaotic intersection of crossover thrash, hardcore, and old-school metal, delivering the kind of sets that end in sweat and bruised limbs since 2015. Their name is a joke delivered deadpan over d-beats and gang vocals.
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