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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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AMENRA "Song To The Siren" by This Mortal Coil (written by Tim Buckley) (2021)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Oslo-based stoner/doom outfit active since 2024, conjuring thick clouds of fuzz-laden riffage and hypnotic, groove-driven compositions. Their sound channels the haze of 1970s proto-metal through a modern lens of distortion-worship and lysergic exploration.
Spanish thrash metal band from Madrid, formed in 2021. They deliver high-energy thrash metal from the Spanish capital.
Stoner metal act from Chişinău, formed in 2016. Their compositions ride low-slung grooves through clouds of distortion, evoking the sun-baked psychedelia of the desert rock tradition.
German deathcore band from North Rhine-Westphalia, formed in 2020. They deliver crushing deathcore with punishing breakdowns.
Heavy metal outfit from Ronneby, formed in 2012. Their material channels the spirit of iron-fisted riffing and anthemic songwriting that has defined heavy metal since its inception.
Finnish death/groove metal band from Tampere, formed in 2016. They combine death metal brutality with groove metal's rhythmic hooks.
Spanish thrash/groove metal band from Quel and Arnedo in La Rioja, formed in 2018. They blend thrash and groove metal from the wine country of northern Spain.
London-based sludge metal/hardcore outfit active since 2013, fusing sludge's corrosive weight with hardcore punk's confrontational energy and brevity. Their caustic sound channels the aggression of both worlds into a punishing, feedback-laden assault.
Ryazan-based goregrind outfit active since 2015, reveling in pitchshifted gurgles, blast beats, and medically-themed depravity. Their short, violent compositions waste no time on niceties, delivering maximum grotesquery in minimum time.
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