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Featured Album
Where Fear And Weapons Meet (2021)
Featured Sludge Metal Album
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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Since 2024, this Polish thrash metal act has delivered high-velocity riff assaults from Wrocław. Their sound channels the raw energy of the genre's golden era through tight musicianship.
Finnish heavy metal and hard rock band from Helsinki, formed in 2016. They play energetic heavy metal with hard rock swagger from the Finnish capital.
Palermo-based southern metal act active since 2013, 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.
German power/thrash/heavy metal band from Brunswick, formed in 2024. They draw from three classic metal traditions for a versatile, hard-hitting sound.
Thrash metal outfit from Tromsø, formed in 2016. Their compositions hit with the urgent intensity that defines the genre at its best: fast, tight, and unapologetically aggressive.
German heavy/stoner/southern metal band from Rhineland-Palatinate, formed in 2010. They blend heavy metal foundations with stoner and southern metal grooves for a sun-baked, riff-heavy sound.
Thrash metal outfit from Southampton, formed in 2024. Their compositions hit with the urgent intensity that defines the genre at its best: fast, tight, and unapologetically aggressive.
Lincolnshire-based groove metal/metalcore outfit active since 2021, combining crushing syncopated riffs with metalcore's dynamic song structures and breakdown-heavy approach. Their sound bridges pit-ready heaviness with modern extreme metal aggression.
German heavy metal and hard rock band from Hanau, formed in 2016. They play smoky, riff-driven heavy metal and hard rock from the Main-Kinzig region.
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