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Proof (2024)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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German heavy metal and hard rock band from Hildesheim, formed in 2012. They bridge heavy metal power with hard rock groove from Lower Saxony.
German heavy metal band from Koblenz, formed in 2018. They deliver riff-driven traditional heavy metal from the confluence of the Rhine and Moselle.
Atmospheric black metal entity from Sweden, formed in 2014. Their sound envelops the listener in walls of reverb-drenched tremolo picking and shimmering ambient passages that dissolve the boundary between beauty and ferocity.
French extreme gothic metal band from Boulogne-sur-Mer, formed in 2024. They push gothic metal into extreme territory from the northern French coast.
Halmstad-based melodic death metal act active since 2015, threading harmonized guitar leads and memorable hooks through aggressive, double-bass-driven arrangements. Their approach balances accessibility with genuine heaviness, drawing from the Gothenburg tradition.
German gothic metal band from Kaiserslautern, formed in 2018. They channel dark, melancholic gothic metal atmosphere from the Palatinate region.
Southern and melodic thrash metal band from Reading, active since 2012, blending hard rock, thrash, doom, southern rock, and progressive metal. Their albums including B.O.D and Isolation showcase an ambitious, genre-crossing approach to heavy music.
Finnish black metal band from Rovaniemi, formed in 2017. They channel dark emotions through black metal from Finnish Lapland.
Black Empire was a black metal band from Contagem, Minas Gerais, Brazil, formed in 2009 with themes centered on Satanism. The band released the album "2000 AD" as an independent act before eventually splitting up. They were part of the active Brazilian underground black metal scene based in the Belo Horizonte metropolitan area.
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