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Let You Go (2024)
Featured Doom Metal Album
The Bestiary (2025)
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Featured Metalcore Album
Halo (2017)
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Spanish heavy metal band from Santander in Cantabria, formed in 2015. Named after the ancient Celtic tribe of the Iberian north, they play traditional heavy metal with historical themes.
Saransk-based power metal act active since 2012, delivering anthemic heavy metal built on soaring vocals, galloping rhythms, and melodic guitar leads. Their compositions embrace the genre's tradition of epic songwriting and technical proficiency.
London-based progressive metal act active since 2009, crafting compositions that push beyond conventional metal structures through complex arrangements and shifting dynamics. Their music rewards attentive listening with unexpected turns and layered instrumentation.
London-based stoner/doom outfit active since 2012, conjuring thick clouds of fuzz-laden riffage and hypnotic, groove-driven compositions. Their sound channels the haze of 1970s proto-metal through a modern lens of distortion-worship and lysergic exploration.
Białystok-based progressive metal act active since 2000, crafting compositions that push beyond conventional metal structures through complex arrangements and shifting dynamics. Their music rewards attentive listening with unexpected turns and layered instrumentation.
Czech black metal project from Prague, formed in 2024. They represent a fresh voice in Prague's active black metal underground.
Milan-based heavy metal act active since 2011, 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.
German thrash metal band from the Herxheim-Hayna area in the Palatinate, formed in 2017. They deliver bright, blazing thrash metal from the wine country of southwestern Germany.
Czech power metal band from Trutnov, formed in 2005. They deliver soaring, anthemic power metal with over two decades of experience in the Czech scene.
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