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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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State Of Unrest (2023)
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Rift Giant is a sludge/stoner metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in 2017. The band channels massive, low-tuned heaviness through sludge and stoner metal from the Copenhagen underground.
Heavy/power metal band from Belgorod, Russia, active since 2013. Their approach delivers anthemic heavy and power metal from the southern Russian border city.
Rigel is a raw black metal and ambient project from Oulu in northern Finland, active since 2014. Named after the bright star in Orion, the project merges raw black metal with ambient soundscapes from the Finnish north.
Right Before Summer is a metalcore and melodic death metal band from Nagold in the Black Forest region of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, formed in 2013. The band fuses metalcore dynamics with melodic death metal hooks from the northern Black Forest.
Psychedelic doom/stoner metal and rock act from Istanbul's Kadıköy district, formed in 2022 and merging trippy sonic explorations with crushing heaviness. Their genre-spanning approach channels both psychedelia's expansive consciousness and doom's oppressive weight.
Black metal project from Athens, Greece, active since 2015. The project channels righteous fury through black metal from the Greek capital.
Rigid Horns is an atmospheric black metal band from Vantaa in the Helsinki metropolitan area of Finland, active since 2007. Nearly two decades of atmospheric black metal make them veterans of the Finnish extreme metal scene.
Formed in 2023 out of Lubbock, Texas, RigJaw brings a no-frills approach to groove metal rooted in the heavy-working, blue-collar energy of West Texas. Their sound leans on down-tuned riffs and punishing midtempo rhythms that hit like the oil fields the region is known for. A young band with momentum, they're one of the newer acts putting Lubbock on the map for heavy music.
Dallas thrash metal with blistering technical riffs. Mike Scaccia was one of Texas's greatest guitarists.
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