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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
Featured Thrash Metal Album
Ad Astra (2025)
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Featured Stoner Metal Album
Free the Witch EP (2018)
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Nottingham-based grindcore/powerviolence outfit active since 2015, dealing in short, violent compositions that careen between blasting speed and crushing slow sections. Their confrontational approach strips heavy music to its most aggressive core.
Birmingham-based NWOBHM-inspired heavy metal act active since 1984, channeling the raw energy and twin-guitar attack of the late 1970s and early 1980s British heavy metal explosion. Their sound recalls the glory days of Iron Maiden, Saxon, and Diamond Head.
Spanish Celtic/pagan black metal band from Santander, active since 2003. With over two decades of output, they are one of Cantabria's most established acts, blending Celtic folk elements with atmospheric black metal.
German melodic death metal band from Hamburg, formed in 2025. They bring thorny melodic death metal to Hamburg's deep metal tradition.
Punishing brutal death metal from Turin, formed in 2022. Guttural vocals scrape the basement of human register while churning riffs and gravity-blast percussion pummel with mechanical precision.
Since 2023, this Swedish heavy metal act has kept the flame of traditional metal burning from Värnamo. Their sound is built on the genre's bedrock: powerful riffs, commanding vocals, and unwavering commitment.
Stoner metal act from Rostov-on-Don, formed in 2013. Their compositions ride low-slung grooves through clouds of distortion, evoking the sun-baked psychedelia of the desert rock tradition.
Progressive metal outfit from Bergen, formed in 2023. Their work incorporates odd time signatures, extended instrumental passages, and dynamic contrasts that elevate their sound beyond standard metal fare.
Punishing Technical / Progressive Death Metal out of Texas.
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