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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Heavy metal band from São José dos Campos, São Paulo, formed in 2011 and later split up. The band released the album Exhumed on May 1, 2011, available through their Bandcamp page restinpeaceexhumed, and the material was stocked by Heavy Chains Records.
Black/thrash metal band from the Sassari/Valledoria area of Sardinia, active since 2018. Their crude name accompanies aggressive blackened thrash from the Mediterranean island.
Groove metal band from Krems an der Donau in Lower Austria, Restare have an active presence on Spotify, YouTube, and the regional metal live circuit. Their direct, riff-driven approach earns them a place in the mid-Austrian heavy metal underground alongside Danube-region contemporaries.
Symphonic metal band from Nagykáta, Hungary, formed in 2021. Their approach delivers orchestral metal from the small town east of Budapest.
Restful is a heavy metal and hard rock band from Grenoble in the French Alps, active since 2012. The band delivers classic-leaning metal from the Alpine city in southeastern France.
Groove/thrash/power metal band from Moscow, Russia, active since 2017. Their triple-genre approach delivers diverse aggressive metal from the Russian capital.
Progressive metal band from South Holland, with roots dating to 1993. Over three decades of progressive metal represent one of the longest-running Dutch metal projects.
Doom/gothic metal band from Voronezh, Russia, active since 2014. Their approach blends doom metal's weight with gothic atmosphere from central Russia.
Heavy/thrash metal band from Medway, England, active since 2018. Their approach combines classic heavy metal with thrash aggression from the Kent towns.
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