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Proof (2024)
Featured Progressive Metal Album
Death Atlas (2019)
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Featured Death Metal Album
Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Austin psychedelic doom — Muddy Waters sitting in with Mastodon.
German sludge/doom metal band from Münster, formed in 2021. They craft slow, crushing sludge-doom from the Westphalian lowlands.
Spanish heavy metal band from Madrid, formed in 2015. They play classic heavy metal from the Spanish capital.
Budapest-based melodic death metal/metalcore act active since 2021, blending Gothenburg-inspired guitar harmonies with metalcore's dynamic structures and breakdown-driven intensity. Their sound bridges the melodic death metal tradition with modern extreme metal's visceral energy.
Jászfényszaru-based groove metal act active since 2025, anchoring their sound in mid-tempo, syncopated riffing designed to generate maximum physical impact. Their chunky, headbang-inducing compositions channel the spirit of Pantera and Lamb of God.
German metalcore and melodic death metal band from Frauenau in the Bavarian Forest, formed in 2011. They combine metalcore dynamics with melodic death metal influences from rural Bavaria.
Danish heavy metal band from Slagelse, active since 2003. With over two decades of burning bright, they are one of Zealand's most enduring heavy metal acts.
Briga de Bar — Portuguese for "Bar Fight" — is a thrash metal band from Belém, Pará, Brazil. The band released their recording "Tropa Banger" in 2015 and remain active as an independent act. They are part of Belém's underground metal scene in the Amazon region of northern Brazil.
Crossover thrash outfit from Skopje, formed in 2000. Their sound channels the spirit of 1980s crossover, fusing hardcore punk's immediacy with thrash metal's technical edge.
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