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Victim of the New Disease (2018)
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Walk The Sky (2019)
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Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Heavy metal band from Córdoba, Spain active since 2008. Winternights delivers classic heavy metal from the historic heart of Andalusia, drawing on nearly two decades of commitment to the genre.
Black metal band from Genoa, Italy active since 2012. Winternius delivers cold, atmospheric black metal from the historic maritime republic on the Ligurian coast.
Symphonic power metal band from Milan, Italy formed in 2023. Winteropera brings operatic grandeur to power metal with orchestral arrangements from Italy's cultural and fashion capital.
Progressive death metal band from La Spezia, Italy active since 2007. Winterpath has spent nearly two decades pushing death metal into progressive territory from the Gulf of Poets on the Ligurian coast.
Black metal project from Bavaria, Germany formed in 2020. Winterreich forges cold, harsh black metal from the alpine landscapes of southern Germany.
Black metal band from England formed in 2020. Winters Mourning crafts cold, sorrowful black metal steeped in the bleakness of English winter.
San Luis Obispo's Wintersfear have been honing melodic death metal fused with thrash aggression since 2012, an unusual formation for California's laid-back Central Coast but one that has produced a tight, technically capable band over more than a decade. The melodic and the brutal pull against each other productively in their sound, keeping things sharp and forward-moving.
Black metal band from Bilbao, Spain formed in 2020. Wintershadow channels the cold spirit of black metal through the industrial atmosphere of the Basque Country's largest city.
Atmospheric death/doom metal band from Nowy Sącz, Poland formed in 2020. Wintershadows crafts oppressive atmospheric doom from the Carpathian foothills of southern Poland.
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