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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
Featured Stoner Metal Album
Abridged Dimensions (2025)
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Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
With Oden On Our Side (2015)
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French heavy/speed metal band from Orléans, formed in 2014. They deliver witchy heavy and speed metal from the historic Loire Valley city.
French heavy/thrash metal band from Aix-en-Provence, active since 2009. They deliver retaliatory heavy and thrash metal from sun-drenched Provence.
Mezzolombardo (Trento)-based southern metal act active since 2014, injecting blues-influenced swagger and whiskey-soaked groove into their heavy, riff-driven sound. Their music channels the spirit of American Southern rock and metal through a Italian perspective.
Finnish heavy metal band from Peräseinäjoki in South Ostrobothnia, formed in 2021. They play classic heavy metal from the rural Finnish flatlands.
Finnish heavy metal and hard rock band from Seinäjoki, active since 2005. With two decades of output, they are a veteran act in the South Ostrobothnian scene.
French heavy metal band from Perpignan, formed in 2016. They play wolf-themed heavy metal from the Catalan-French border city.
Finnish heavy/power metal band from Seinäjoki, formed in 2018. They deliver anthemic heavy and power metal from the Ostrobothnian plains.
Skänninge-based heavy metal act active since 2013, 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.
Spanish heavy metal and hard rock band from L'Hospitalet de Llobregat near Barcelona, formed in 2022. They deliver German-themed heavy metal from the Catalan outskirts.
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