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Epic symphonic metal band from Leuven, Belgium, founded in spring 2013 when violinist Katrien began composing metal symphonies. Their debut 'Opus I: Dawn' fuses classical music and folk melodies with metal of all stripes, featuring violin as a central instrument.
An Arkansas progressive metal project from Siloam Springs blending black metal atmosphere with prog-metal song structures and technical musicianship.
Heavy and power metal band from Tallinn, Estonia, formed in 2021. They deliver melodic, energetic metal from the Estonian capital.
A New Jersey death metal outfit from Woodbridge delivering punishing double-bass-driven brutality and guttural vocals rooted in East Coast death metal traditions.
Thrash metal band from Helsinki, Finland, active since 2009. They deliver aggressive, riff-driven thrash from the Finnish capital.
Polish black metal act from Ełk in the Masurian Lake District, active since 2002. Catriona has spent over two decades crafting black metal from one of Poland's most remote northeastern regions.
Death-thrash outfit from Venice, formed in 2018. Cattivator of Death — blending the Italian 'cattivo' (evil) with English — delivers aggressive extreme metal from the lagoon city.
San Diego's most brutal export, fusing blistering deathgrind with progressive song structures and ferocious vocal range, evolving from raw gore-grind into technically devastating albums like Monolith of Inhumanity and Death Atlas while maintaining their uncompromising pro-animal, anti-human lyrical stance.
Brooklyn sludge metal outfit with ex-members of Nausea and Born Against, churning out discordant, noise-rock-infected heaviness blending hardcore abrasion, sludge crawl, and death metal ugliness.
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