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A Past Embrace (2022)
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Nothingness (2023)
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Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland! / Stoßtrupp 1917 (2018)
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Five-piece blackened deathcore outfit from Vienna, Austria, inspired by dark Alpine winter nights. Their 2024 debut "Mene Tekel" channels philosophical themes of existence and mortality through heavy, fast riffs and rough vocals with beatdown hardcore influences.
Spanish black metal band from Pontevedra in Galicia, active since 2005. With two decades of history, they are a foundational act in the misty Galician black metal scene.
Czech pagan doom metal band from Pilsen, active since 2003 and self-described as hailing from Boiohaemum, the ancient name for Bohemia. Their releases including Bohemian Winter merge doom metal heaviness with pagan thematic elements.
German progressive death metal band from the Schwerte-Hagen-Schwelm area, formed in 2012. They layer technical complexity and progressive structures onto a death metal foundation.
Beltane is a heavy metal band from Irati, Paraná, Brazil with a prolific independent discography spanning albums such as "The Ritual Has Begun...", "Democide", and "Maledictum". The band delivers a direct, energetic sound rooted in the classic metal and progressive rock of the 1970s and 1980s, and remains active as an independent act. They have self-released numerous full-length albums and EPs over the course of their career.
German black metal band from Cologne, formed in 2013. They deliver dark, ferocious black metal from the Rhineland underground.
French band from Saint-Jean-de-Luz in the Basque Country, active since 1990. Their three-decade evolution from punk/hard rock to crossover/thrash metal reflects a deepening commitment to heaviness.
Spanish gothic/doom metal band from Burgos, formed in 2014. They craft dark, melancholic gothic doom metal from the medieval Castilian city.
Spanish stoner/doom metal band from El Bierzo in León province, formed in 2025. They channel devilish stoner-doom from the mountainous mining region of northwestern Spain.
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