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Featured Album
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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Heavy thrash band from Eindhoven, formed in 2019. Crimson River delivers sharp, riff-driven metal from the North Brabant capital.
Power-speed metal band from Valledoria in Sassari province, Sardinia, formed in 2020. Crimson Storm delivers anthemic, high-velocity metal from the Mediterranean island.
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Progressive heavy metal band from Bolzano in South Tyrol, formed in 2019. Crimson Sunset blends progressive complexity with classic metal from the bilingual Alpine border region.
Heavy metal band from Alicante, Spain, emerging in 2025. They channel classic heavy metal power from the Mediterranean coast.
Heavy and power metal band from the coastal town of Piombino in Livorno province, active since 2017. Crimson Thunder brings classic European power metal to the Tuscan seaboard.
Heavy and power metal band from Wrocław, active since 2010. Crimson Valley channels classic European power metal from the capital of Lower Silesia.
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Heavy metal band from Mostoles near Madrid, Spain, active since 2005. With two decades of activity, Criteria are veterans of the Madrid heavy metal scene.
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