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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
Featured Power Metal Album
No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Danish stoner metal and rock band formed in 2023. They play riff-driven stoner metal with a cosmic, sky-gazing approach.
Finnish heavy metal band from Peräseinäjoki in South Ostrobothnia, formed in 2021. They play classic heavy metal from the rural Finnish flatlands.
Finnish heavy metal and hard rock band from Seinäjoki, active since 2005. With two decades of output, they are a veteran act in the South Ostrobothnian scene.
French heavy metal band from Perpignan, formed in 2016. They play wolf-themed heavy metal from the Catalan-French border city.
Finnish heavy/power metal band from Seinäjoki, formed in 2018. They deliver anthemic heavy and power metal from the Ostrobothnian plains.
Czech sludge/doom metal band from Holešov, formed in 2014, incorporating drone and noise elements into their crushing sound. Their split release Fullmoon Alchemy Narcotic Session with DROM showcases their ritualistic approach to extreme heaviness.
Built around a Hammond B-3 organ, channeling 70s proto-metal heavyweights like Deep Purple into proggy, jazz-inflected doom.
German stoner/doom metal band formed in 2016. They blend blues-infused stoner grooves with doom metal's crushing weight.
Skänninge-based heavy metal act active since 2013, 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.
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