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Featured Album
Older Than The Gods Single (2023)
Featured metallic hardcore Album
The Commitment To Permanence (2023)
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'Battle In The Swamp' (Crash Studio's Demo session (Feb 2007)) (2007)
04/23 @ Sonia, Cambridge
Featured rock and roll Album
Peace, Love, Death Metal (2004)
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Heavy metal band from Stockport near Manchester, England, active since 2011. They deliver classic heavy metal from Greater Manchester.
Heavy metal band from Forlì in Emilia-Romagna, formed in 2023. Circus Nebula brings cosmic-themed traditional metal to the Italian scene.
Gothic black doom act from Turin, active since 2004. Circus of Damnation has spent over two decades crafting dark, theatrical metal that bridges gothic, black, and doom traditions.
Gothic metal, groove, and metalcore band from the Tubingen/Reutlingen area, Germany, active since 2013. They blend dark gothic atmospheres with heavy grooves and metalcore dynamics.
New York progressive metal outfit Circus of Thought weaves shifting time signatures and dynamic contrast into elaborate, hook-laden structures. Their compositions reward careful listening without sacrificing emotional impact.
Black metal band from the Limburg towns of Panningen and Helden, active since 1997. Cirith Gorgor — named after a Tolkien fortress — is one of the Netherlands' longest-running and most respected black metal acts.
Black metal band from Bad Oldesloe in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, formed in 2019. Named after a fortress in Tolkien's Mordor, they channel dark fantasy themes through raw black metal.
Ventura legends Cirith Ungol helped define American doom and epic heavy metal in the late 1970s and '80s with their dark, Tolkien-inspired sound and Tim Baker's instantly recognizable wail. Rediscovered by a new generation of doom devotees, they reunited in 2015 and continue to record.
Stockholm melodic black/heavy metal act formed in 2020, blending the atmospheric intensity of black metal with heavy metal's melodic power. Their cross-genre approach creates a sound both dark and anthemic.
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