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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 and power metal outfit from Sofia, Bulgaria, forging anthemic, melody-driven metal since 2022. Their sound draws from the classic European power metal tradition with an emphasis on powerful hooks and soaring arrangements.
Falconara Marittima (Ancona)-based heavy metal act, active since 2023 delivering galloping rhythms and fist-pumping anthems. Rooted in the Mediterranean peninsula's diverse metal ecosystem, melody and muscle share equal billing in their compositions.
Blackened speed/heavy metal band from Purgatório, Portugal formed in 2020. Their Catalan-language name and raw, blackened speed metal approach draw on Iberian underground metal traditions.
Heavy metal band from Vezeronce-Curtin in southeastern France, formed in 2024. They bring fresh heavy metal energy from the Isere region.
Heavy metal band from Grenoble, France active since 2011. They deliver classic heavy metal from the foot of the French Alps.
Death, heavy, and melodic death metal band from London, England active since 2018. They blend traditional heavy metal grandeur with melodic death metal intensity.
Heavy metal and power metal band from Athens, Greece formed in 2019. They bring melodic, powerful metal from the Greek capital.
Multi-genre solo project from Guarda in central Portugal, launched in 2025, blending heavy, groove, and doom metal with electronic elements. Their eclectic approach channels multiple styles from Portugal's highest city.
Underground to the core, this heavy metal act from Nereto (Teramo) traffics in iron-clad riffs and soaring melodic passages. Since 2022, they've built a catalog that reflects Italy's underrated but thriving metal community.
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