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Featured Album
The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
Featured Death Metal Album
Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
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Featured Sludge Metal Album
Revengeance (2017)
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Since 2014, this Swedish thrash metal act has delivered high-velocity riff assaults from Sundsvall. Their sound channels the raw energy of the genre's golden era through tight musicianship.
German melodic heavy metal band from Trier, formed in 2024. They craft melodic, accessible heavy metal from Germany's oldest city near the Luxembourg border.
Enkhuizen-based heavy metal act active since 2018, 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.
Finnish heavy metal band from Tornio on the Swedish border, formed in 2013. They play Christ-themed heavy metal from the far north of Finland.
German heavy metal band from Remscheid, active since 2002. With over two decades in the scene, they are a stalwart of the Bergisches Land heavy metal underground.
Power metal outfit from Sarpsborg, formed in 2021. Their sound combines high-register vocals with twin-guitar harmonies and double-bass drumming in the grand tradition of melodic heavy metal.
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NWOBHM-influenced heavy metal band from Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire, formed in 2022. Their releases including Declare and Sewn Into Confusion deliver classic heavy metal with punk-inflected energy.
German heavy metal and hard rock band from Hildesheim, formed in 2012. They bridge heavy metal power with hard rock groove from Lower Saxony.
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