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Unleash the Archers formed in late 2007 in Victoria, British Columbia, founded by vocalist Brittney Slayes and drummer Scott Buchanan while attending the University of Victoria. The band plays a high-octane blend of power metal and traditional heavy metal, distinguished by Slayes's commanding soprano range, and built international recognition through six studio albums on Napalm Records. Abyss (2020) earned a JUNO Award for Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year, and Apex (2017) further established them as one of Canada's leading heavy metal exports.
Unleash Thy Mayhem is a five-piece deathcore outfit from Krakow, Poland, delivering crushing beatdown-infused death metal. Their 2013 self-titled debut was recorded at Scissor Sound Solutions Studio with producer Marcin Szczurek.
Unleashed is a legendary Swedish death metal band from Kungsangen near Stockholm, led by vocalist and bassist Johnny Hedlund with drummer Anders Schultz, and guitarists Tomas Masgard and Fredrik Folkare. Their 2025 album Fire Upon Your Lands on Napalm Records continues a career spanning decades of Viking-themed death metal.
Black and speed metal band from Fano on the Adriatic coast of Italy, active since 2014. Their sound unleashes the feral energy of speed metal fused with black metal's darkness.
Unlife is a brutal death metal and deathcore act from Moscow, Russia, with releases including Portal and Demonstration of Chaos. The project delivers punishing extremity from Russia's capital city.
Heavy metal band from Lleida in Catalonia, Spain, delivering addictive, riff-driven traditional metal since 2015. Their name reflects their commitment to an unrelenting, high-energy approach to classic heavy metal.
Symphonic metal band from Vigo, Galicia, blending orchestral grandeur with heavy metal since 2019. Their sound layers symphonic arrangements and sweeping melodies over a foundation of powerful metal instrumentation.
Dutch black metal band active since 1997 with over a quarter century of underground activity. Their long-running presence makes them one of the most enduring forces in the Netherlands' black metal scene.
Thrash, groove, and death metal band from Dublin, Ireland, active since 2018. Their multi-genre approach combines the speed of thrash with groove metal's rhythmic power and death metal's brutality.
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