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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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AMENRA "Vanuytsel 7"" (2021)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Black metal band from Helsinki, Finland formed in 2016. Warheart delivers cold, aggressive black metal in the proud tradition of Finland's flourishing extreme metal scene.
Death/black metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden active since 2017. Warheim merges death and black metal from Sweden's extreme metal capital.
Crushing Heavy / Groove Metal from Dallas.
Black metal band from Paimio, Finland formed in 2020. Warhorn channels the frozen darkness of southwestern Finland through uncompromising black metal.
Black metal and crust punk band from Saint Petersburg, Russia formed in 2019. WarKarma fuses the raw darkness of black metal with crust punk's urgent aggression from Russia's cultural capital.
Black metal turned death/black metal band from Ankara/Eskişehir, Turkey formed in 2021. Warkazfer channels the darkness of the Anatolian plateau through extreme metal.
German-Austrian power metal act WARKINGS adopt warrior personas — The Tribune, The Crusader, The Viking, and The Spartan — to deliver bombastic anthems steeped in historical warfare and mythology. Following the Sabaton and Powerwolf playbook of theatrical power metal, they have conquered Wacken Open Air and shared stages with Hammerfall across Europe.
Thrash/death metal band from Lecce, Italy active since 2009. Warknife brings over a decade of aggressive thrash and death metal from the heel of Italy's boot in Puglia.
Death metal band from Barysaw, Belarus formed in 2016. Warkraft delivers punishing death metal rooted in brutal riffing and relentless aggression from the Belarusian underground.
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