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Melodic heavy metal and hard rock band from Schaffhausen, Switzerland, active since 2008. They combine the melodic hooks of heavy metal with the groove and attitude of hard rock.
German heavy metal band from Leverkusen, formed in 2016. They play straightforward, hard-hitting heavy metal from the Rhineland.
Since 2007, this Swedish heavy metal act has kept the flame of traditional metal burning from Jönköping. Their sound is built on the genre's bedrock: powerful riffs, commanding vocals, and unwavering commitment.
Black metal duo from Weiz in Styria, Austria, featuring Johannes Maier on guitars and vocals with Sabrina Maier on drums. Their catalog spans the EP "Black Anthem" through the full-length "Fragments of Despair," exploring themes of existential sorrow.
Black Anvil are a black metal and thrash metal band from New York City, formed in 2007 by former members of hardcore punk act Kill Your Idols, including guitarist/vocalist Paul Delaney, guitarist Gary Bennett, and drummer Raeph Glicken. Their debut Time Insults the Mind (2008) was followed by Triumvirate (2010) and Hail Death (2014) on Relapse Records, each album moving further from their hardcore origins toward a dense, riff-driven approach shaped by old-school black metal and classic heavy metal. The band's name references both Black Sabbath and a Judas Priest song.
Prolific black metal and dark ambient project from England, active since 2021, with over fifteen releases on Bandcamp. Their catalog spanning titles like Time Heals Nothing, Rivers of Nihil, and Loveless Suicide channels nihilistic, melancholic themes through dark, introspective extremity.
German heavy metal band from the Cologne-Eifel region, formed in 2011. They deliver classic heavy metal with a sharp, direct attack from the western Rhineland.
Emerging in 2012 from Nootdorp, this death metal act channels the genre's primal aggression through tight, riff-driven compositions. Their recordings carry the unmistakable weight of classic death metal.
Black metal project from Eger, emerging in 2014. Their compositions draw from the wellspring of second-wave Scandinavian tradition while filtering it through the cultural context of their Hungarian origins.
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