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Featured Album
Irrational Pull (2020)
Featured Doom Metal Album
Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland! / Stoßtrupp 1917 (2018)
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Featured Metalcore Album
Dial Tone (2022)
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Moscow-based groove metal/metalcore outfit active since 2016, combining crushing syncopated riffs with metalcore's dynamic song structures and breakdown-heavy approach. Their sound bridges pit-ready heaviness with modern extreme metal aggression.
Teramo-based melodic thrash metal act active since 2010, tempering the genre's trademark aggression with harmonized guitar leads and dynamic songwriting. Their approach delivers thrash metal's visceral energy without sacrificing melodic accessibility.
German speed/thrash metal band from Stuttgart, formed in 2017. They deliver blazing speed and thrash metal from Baden-Württemberg's capital.
German thrash metal and crossover band from Sangerhausen, formed in 2017. They combine thrash metal's ferocity with crossover's punk-infused energy.
Agrigento-based thrash/groove metal act active since 2025, anchoring their riff-driven assault in mid-tempo grooves that demand involuntary headbanging. Their compositions balance thrash metal's speed with the crushing rhythmic weight of groove metal.
French black metal band from Martigues near Marseille, formed in 2018. They deliver cascading black metal from the Provençal coast.
German blackened thrash metal and punk band from Berlin, formed in 2024. They fuse blackened thrash with punk's raw, confrontational spirit.
Death metal band from Belgium, active since 2018. They deliver grim death metal beneath a provocatively irreverent name.
Death/black metal band from Deutschlandsberg, Austria, active since 2010. Their demo material features atmospheric extreme metal with dark, apocalyptic themes and artwork by Dr. Winter.
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