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Proof (2024)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Samuli Federley creates progressive metal and shred from Helsinki, showcasing virtuosic guitar work and complex arrangements. Formed in 2023, his solo project brings technical ambition to the Finnish progressive scene.
Samurai Code play heavy metal from the Finnish underground, channeling the warrior discipline of their Japanese-inspired name through classic metal compositions. Active since 2018, they bring bushido-themed intensity to the Finnish metal scene.
Nitra's Samuhaya pair doom and black metal with noise and ambient elements since 2022. Their Sanskrit-derived name channels Eastern philosophical concepts into compositions of multi-textured darkness from the ancient Slovak ecclesiastical city.
Thrash metal band from Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, formed in 2012, featuring André Nisgoski (Macumbazilla), Karim Serri and Markos Franzmann (both also of Legacy of Kain), and Fabiano Menon (Dave Evans, Boca Raton). The band released the album Lip Reading the Dead through their Bandcamp page, recorded and released independently in Curitiba.
San Quentin play thrash metal from Euskirchen, named after the notorious California prison in keeping with thrash's tradition of borrowing from American counterculture. Their Rhineland output channels old-school thrash aggression with a modern German edge.
Thrash metal band from Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, formed in 2016. The band — featuring Pablão on vocals, Bruno Vieira on guitars and bass, and Guilherme Kubaski on drums — released the seven-track EP Carnificina dos Deformados in November 2016, available independently through Bandcamp.
Sanctificetur blend atmospheric black metal with ambient from the Dordogne region of southwestern France, creating immersive compositions from one of France's most rural areas. Formed in 2022, they bring sanctified atmospheres to the Perigord countryside.
Death metal band from Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, founded in December 1989. After releasing numerous demos throughout the 1990s and temporarily operating under the name Hellspawn for a 7" EP, the band returned as Sanctifier and released the full-length Daemoncraft in 2012, recorded at Studio R in Natal, followed by Lone Wolf Syndicate in 2018, with lyrics drawing on Lovecraftian themes and the Cthulhu mythos.
Long Island's Sanction have been merging heavy metal's melodic tradition with power metal's bombast and thrash metal's aggression since 2015, producing a sound that feels unmistakably East Coast in its directness. They're part of a New York metal lineage that values both impact and structure, balancing the visceral with the anthemic.
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