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Running Death is a thrash metal band from Kaufbeuren in the Allgäu region of Bavaria, Germany, active since 2010. Over a decade of thrash metal from the foothills of the Bavarian Alps makes them a fixture of the southern German scene.
Heavy metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2023. Their approach delivers classic heavy metal from the Greek capital.
Running Maiden is a raw old-school heavy metal band from Lucerne, Switzerland, formed in 2022. Their stripped-down, no-frills approach channels the spirit of 1980s NWOBHM and early European heavy metal, with releases including a self-titled record and Live at Trveheim.
Death metal/grindcore band from Born, the Netherlands, formed in 2021. Their playfully dangerous name accompanies extreme metal from the Limburg village.
Avant-garde black metal band from Rzeszów, Poland, active since 2011. Their approach pushes black metal into experimental, boundary-crossing territory from southeastern Poland.
Runway is a power metal band from Nová Bystřice in southern Bohemia, Czech Republic, formed in 2023. The project brings high-energy power metal to the small-town Czech underground near the Austrian border.
Ruohtas is a pagan black metal project from Finland, formed in 2018. The project channels Finnish pagan themes through black metal.
Gällivare black metal and ambient project formed in 2013, channeling extreme darkness and atmospheric textures from above the Arctic Circle in Swedish Lapland. Their remote northern origins lend an authentically isolated, frozen quality to their sound.
Ruoja is a melodic death metal band from Joensuu in eastern Finland, formed in 2018. Named from a Finnish word meaning roughly 'scum,' the band delivers melodic death metal from North Karelia.
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