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French thrash/death metal band from Lille, formed in 2025. They bring blazing death-thrash to northern France.
Blazing Dog is a traditional heavy metal band from Brasília, Brazil, formed in 2009 and playing in the style of classic acts like Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, and Manowar. The band recorded their album "Deus Ex Machina" at Orbis Studio and Jam's Studio in Brasília, covering lyrical themes of history, war, literature, and metal. They remain an independent act within the Brazilian capital's metal scene.
Danish band from Copenhagen, active since 2000, whose sound spans melodic death, gothic, and doom metal with a gothic rock phase in between. Their genre-shifting journey reflects a restless creative evolution over two-and-a-half decades.
Saint Petersburg-based heavy metal act active since 2015, delivering riff-driven compositions rooted in the genre's foundational traditions of power chords, soaring vocals, and galloping rhythms. Their sound carries the unmistakable stamp of classic heavy metal conviction.
Melodic death metal outfit from Bollnäs, formed in 2001. Twin-guitar harmonies and soaring lead work temper the brutality of blast beats and growled vocals, creating compositions that are both punishing and anthemic.
German psychedelic doom metal and rock band from Augsburg, formed in 2018. They merge doom metal's crushing weight with psychedelic textures and cosmic explorations.
Khabarovsk-based death/thrash metal act active since 2023, fusing death metal's guttural intensity with thrash's riff-driven velocity and rhythmic precision. Their high-energy approach delivers the heaviness of death metal married to thrash's urgent momentum.
Leiria-based black/thrash metal outfit active since 2025, fusing black metal's atmospheric venom with thrash's riff-driven velocity. Their high-energy sound channels the raw spirit of early Bathory, Sodom, and Destruction.
London heavy metal band formed in 2015. They channel traditional heavy metal energy with anthemic songwriting.
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