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Featured Album
The Blind Leading The Blind (2018)
Featured Grindcore Album
Scum (2017)
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Featured Progressive Metal Album
Grave Mounds And Grave Mistakes (Luxus) (2018)
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Heavy metal solo project from Turin, active since 2013. Chris Holder delivers traditional metal from the Piedmontese capital.
Swedish heavy metal solo project, active since 2021. Christian Liljegren — known from Narnia and other bands — continues to deliver melodic traditional metal rooted in the Scandinavian heavy metal tradition.
Black metal and speed metal act from Kaunas, Lithuania, formed in 2019. Christless channels raw, blasphemous aggression through a classic black-speed metal template.
Heavy and thrash metal band from Cologne, Germany, formed in 2015. They combine the power of classic heavy metal with the aggressive edge of thrash from the Rhineland.
Heavy metal band from Oslo, active since 2006. Chrome Division is the hard rock and heavy metal side project of Dimmu Borgir's Shagrath, delivering biker-themed, riff-driven metal.
Heavy metal band from Rome, formed in 2016. Chronic Hangover brings rough-edged, no-frills heavy metal energy to the Italian capital's scene.
Heavy metal band from Bakel in North Brabant, active since 2013. Chronic Noise delivers straightforward traditional metal from the southern Netherlands.
Heavy metal band from Lyon, France, active since 2004. With two decades of activity, Chronique deliver seasoned heavy metal from France's second city.
Heavy and power metal band from Szolnok, Hungary, formed in 2023. Chronology channels classic European power metal traditions with anthemic energy.
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