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Slovenj Gradec-based stoner metal outfit active since 2017, channeling thick, fuzz-drenched riffs and a laid-back, groove-driven approach to heaviness. Their sound worships at the altar of the almighty riff, drawing from the deep wells of 1970s proto-metal and desert rock.
Athens-based raw black metal project active since 2023, burying its compositions beneath layers of caustic distortion and lo-fi haze. Their uncompromising approach to production channels the most primitive currents of the second wave.
Danish progressive metal band from Aalborg, formed in 2016. They explore progressive metal's expansive possibilities from northern Jutland.
Broadside formed in Richmond, Virginia in 2010 and grew from a regional pop-punk act into a polished alternative rock band centered on Oliver Baxxter's vocals and emotionally direct songwriting. Old Bones established the band for Pure Noise-era pop-punk listeners, with "Coffee Talk" and related songs using bright guitars, quick tempos, and anxious romantic detail. Paradise and Into the Raging Sea broadened the palette, bringing bigger production, more varied rhythms, and a willingness to let the songs lean into pop without removing the guitar foundation. Hotel Bleu and later material with Thriller Records continued that shift, emphasizing atmosphere, hooks, and adult restlessness while keeping the band connected to the scene that first supported them. Broadside are not heavy, but they fit the punk and emo-pop scope through their roots, touring context, and guitar-based urgency. Their strongest work turns self-doubt, distance, reinvention, and relationship strain into compact choruses, and the band's history shows a gradual move from fast scene pop punk toward modern alternative rock without severing the original emotional vocabulary completely.
Huddersfield-based NWOBHM-inspired heavy metal act active since 2019, 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.
German doom metal band from Freiburg im Breisgau, formed in 2019. Named after the legendary Harz mountain peak, they craft heavy, fog-laden doom metal from the Black Forest region.
German black metal band from Bruchsal, active since 2008. They deliver moon-haunted black metal from the Upper Rhine Plain.
Atmospheric black metal entity from Moscow, formed in 2011. Their sound envelops the listener in walls of reverb-drenched tremolo picking and shimmering ambient passages that dissolve the boundary between beauty and ferocity.
Brodequin is a brutal death metal band from Knoxville, Tennessee, formed in 1998 by brothers Jamie and Mike Bailey, named after the medieval torture instrument used to crush limbs. Unusually for the genre, their lyrics—written by Jamie Bailey, a history graduate—focus on historically documented instances of medieval torture and execution rather than invented gore. The band released Instruments of Torture (2000), Festival of Death (2001), and Methods of Execution (2004) before a lengthy hiatus; they reformed in 2015 and released Harbinger of Woe via Season of Mist in 2024.
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