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Unreasonable Doubt (2024)
Featured Sludge Metal Album
A Love To Kill For (2023)
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Featured Thrash Metal Album
Obnoxious (2022)
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Heavy metal/hard rock band from Hungary, active since 2016. Their approach delivers classic heavy metal and hard rock.
Kyiv death metal and grindcore act formed in 2020, delivering rapid-fire extremity from Ukraine's capital. Their grinding assault combines death metal brutality with grindcore velocity.
Thrash metal band from Porto, Portugal, active since 2011. Their long-running project delivers thrash aggression from Portugal's northern capital.
Revulsion is a death metal band from Oulu in northern Finland, formed in 2021. The band channels aggressive death metal from one of Finland's northernmost major cities.
Melodic heavy metal band from Innsbruck, Tyrol, formed in 1986 and active until 1992, Reward were signed to Koch Records and appeared on European metal compilations including The Very Best Heavy Metal From Europe (1989). Their polished, radio-accessible brand of traditional heavy metal was representative of the late-1980s Central European metal movement.
Groove/sludge metal band from Kraków, Poland, active since 2015. Their Latin-inspired name accompanies rhythmically driven heaviness from Poland's cultural capital.
Heavy metal band from Elverum, Norway, active since 2014. Named after the tropical plant, their approach delivers traditional heavy metal from the Hedmark town.
Brutal death metal band from Moscow, Russia, formed in 2024. Their Latin name, meaning 'king of sacred rites,' accompanies punishing brutality from the Russian capital.
Death metal band from Belfast, Northern Ireland, active since 2012. Their long-running project delivers extreme metal from the Northern Irish capital.
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