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A Love To Kill For (2023)
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A Belo Horizonte heavy metal act fronted by vocalist Cynthia Mara, Pleiades built an early reputation opening for Deep Purple on two separate occasions — the first time with guitarist André Mendonça still a teenager. The band contributed a cover of "Woman from Tokyo" to the Deep Purple tribute compilation Woman from Brazil, released by Armadillo Records in 2020.
Death and black metal band from Brasov, Romania, formed in 2021, delivering extreme metal from the dramatic Transylvanian mountain city. They bring dark intensity from the foot of the Carpathians.
Indiana's Plenary Indulgence crawls through the intersection of funeral doom and sludge with crushing deliberateness, building suffocating walls of feedback and grief into extended dirges. Formed in 2022, the project channels the bleakest traditions of the genre — glacial tempos, cavernous tones, and the oppressive weight of something that refuses to end quickly.
Pagan and folk metal band from Gdynia, Poland, active since 2009, drawing from Slavic pagan traditions through folk-infused metal from the Baltic coast. Over fifteen years they have explored the mystical gateway their name suggests.
Désandans's Phenix has been rising through progressive and power metal since 2011, their resurrection-themed name matching the ambition of their Franche-Comté-based project. Their small eastern French village origins belie the grandeur of their symphonic-tinged compositions.
Paris's Phrên — the ancient Greek word for 'mind' — has been crafting funeral doom since 2021, creating compositions that move with the ponderous weight of deep philosophical contemplation. Their French capital base produces music that exists outside of normal temporal experience.
Named after the connecting rod in an engine, Wittgensdorf's Pleuel delivers heavy metal with mechanical precision since 2014. Their Saxon industrial-town origins and automotive namesake perfectly suit their piston-driving approach to classic metal.
Thrash metal and crossover band from Cordoba, Spain, active since 1994, making them one of the longest-running thrash acts in Andalusia. Three decades of aggression mark them as true veterans of the Spanish thrash scene.
Progressive metal band from Tomsk, Russia, formed in 2021, crafting intricate progressive metal compositions from western Siberia. They bring technical ambition to the Siberian metal scene.
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