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Hands of Eternity (2024)
Featured Sludge Metal Album
No Cross No Crown (2018)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Warsaw-based thrash/groove metal act active since 2010, 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 deathcore band from Saintes in Charente-Maritime, formed in 2017. They deliver criminal deathcore from the Saintonge region of western France.
Death metal band from Sevlievo, Bulgaria, formed in 2023. They bring fresh death metal aggression from the small town in central Bulgaria.
Skopje/Struga-based black metal/punk hybrid active since 2013, smashing together d-beat aggression with tremolo-picked ferocity. Their stripped-down, confrontational approach owes as much to Discharge as to Darkthrone.
Heerlen-based thrash metal/metalcore act active since 2005, bridging old-school thrash's riff-driven attack with metalcore's modern dynamics and breakdown-heavy structures. Their sound draws from both traditions with aggressive conviction.
German death metal and hardcore band from Karlsruhe, formed in 2018. They fuse death metal's brutality with hardcore's confrontational energy.
German death metal band from Stralsund on the Baltic coast, formed in 2022. They deliver chaotic death metal from the northeastern German shore.
Spanish symphonic death metal band from Toledo, formed in 2022. They layer Egyptian-themed symphonic grandeur over death metal from the ancient Castilian city.
Spanish melodic progressive metal band from Barcelona, formed in 2017. They weave progressive complexity into melodic metal from the Catalan capital.
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