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Where Fear And Weapons Meet (2021)
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AMENRA “De zotte morgen” (written by Zjef Vanuytsel) (2020)
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Featured Doom Metal Album
With Fang and Claw (2025)
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Thrash and groove metal band from Batorove Kosihy, Slovakia, formed in 2016, delivering primal evil through aggressive thrash and groove metal. They bring raw energy from the southern Slovak border.
Düsseldorf's Prison of Pain has been channeling Southern groove and metal since 2016, bringing a distinctly American-inflected heaviness to the Rhine-Ruhr metropolis. Their downtuned, swaggering approach owes as much to Pantera and Down as to any European tradition.
Groove metal band from Vladimir, Russia, formed in 2017, delivering rhythmically heavy groove metal from the Golden Ring city. They bring headbanging grooves to the Russian metal scene.
Technical groove metal and metalcore band from South Yorkshire, England, formed in 2018, combining technical precision with groove-laden heaviness and metalcore impact. They bring versatile aggression to the Yorkshire metal scene.
Berlin's Profane Sanctum has been melding melodic death metal with groove-inflected heaviness since 2018. Their capital-city base provides access to Germany's most diverse metal community, feeding a sound that draws from multiple extreme subgenres.
Rotenburg's Project Thunderbolt fires on all cylinders with a heavy-groove-thrash hybrid since 2014. Their Lower Saxon base and electrifying name promise high-voltage metal that hits with the force their moniker demands.
Halle's Path to Exile arrived in 2024 with melodic death metal rooted in the Gothenburg tradition, transplanted to the banks of the Saale River. Their Saxony-Anhalt base places them in the former East German metal underground, a scene with deep resilience.
Melodic groove metal band from Palma, Mallorca, Spain, formed in 2010, delivering hook-laden groove metal from the Balearic Islands. They bring heavy, accessible metal to the Mediterranean island scene.
Groove and sludge metal band from Slovenia, formed in 2019, combining heavy grooves with sludge metal weight. They bring experimental heaviness to the Slovenian metal scene.
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