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Featured Album
Breaking the Will of God (2020)
Featured Death/Doom Album
Death & Darkness: 2010-2012 (Remastered) (2014)
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Featured Brutal Album
Eternity Denied (2017)
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Progressive sludge metal act from Sicily, formed in 2025. Ciclope — Italian for 'Cyclops' — brings heavy, progressive textures to the island's metal scene.
Heavy metal band from Madrid, Spain, formed in 2023. They channel classic heavy metal energy from the Spanish capital.
Progressive metal band from Valladolid, Spain, formed in 2014. They craft intricate, dynamic compositions from the Castilian heartland.
Cicuta was a death metal band from Santo Antônio de Jesus, Bahia, Brazil, that has since split up. The duo — comprising Pedro Rodrigues on bass, synths, and vocals, and Sérgio Gregório on drums — released a self-titled album with nine tracks. Their music represented a raw, underground strain of Brazilian death metal from the interior of Bahia.
Thrash metal band from Wunnewil, Switzerland, emerging in 2025. They bring fresh, riff-driven thrash energy from the heart of the Swiss Fribourg canton.
Melodic death metal act from Ankara, active since 2010. Cidesphere has spent over fifteen years delivering polished melodeath from the Turkish capital.
Black and death metal act from Split, Croatia, active since 2012. Cidium blends the ferocity of both subgenres against the unlikely backdrop of the Adriatic coast.
Post-metal act from Timisoara, crafting expansive sonic landscapes through dynamic contrasts of heaviness and atmosphere. Their cinematic approach to heavy music draws from the post-metal tradition of building tension through patient crescendos.
Doom-stoner band from Rome, active since 2013. Cielo Drive — named after the infamous Manson murder location — crafts heavy, ominous riffs with a psychedelic edge.
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