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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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Hollow Sign is a heavy/power metal band from Wrocław, Poland, active since 2025 and delivering soaring melodies, epic arrangements, and powerful vocals. The project channels the grandeur and ambition of power metal.
Holster is a heavy metal/hard rock band from Paris, France, active since 2020 and forging classic heavy metal with conviction and power. The project channels the timeless spirit of traditional metal riffage.
Holy Cross is a heavy/power metal band from Saint-Étienne, France, active since 2011 and delivering soaring melodies, epic arrangements, and powerful vocals. The project channels the grandeur and ambition of power metal.
Stoner/doom/heavy metal band from Aalborg, Denmark, formed in 2018. Their heavy, fuzz-laden sound blends the weight of doom with stoner grooves and classic heavy metal from northern Jutland.
Holy Kunst is a groove/thrash/heavy metal band from England, formed in 2019. They blend thrash metal's velocity with groove metal's rhythmic punch.
Melodic death metal act from the northern Finnish city of Oulu, active since 2019. Their sound channels the Gothenburg school of melodic death through the lens of Finland's Arctic-adjacent underground.
Drawing from Sestu (Cagliari)'s metal heritage, this epic heavy metal outfit channels fierce energy since 2007. Anthemic choruses and driving rhythms characterize their particular brand of metal.
Rising from Montecatini Terme (Pistoia) in Italy, this heavy metal/hard rock outfit harnesses volatile power since 2014. Twin-guitar harmonies and commanding vocals characterize their sound.
Holy Smoke is a heavy/groove metal band from Tczew, Poland, active since 2017 and delivering heavy, rhythmic riffage with crushing mid-tempo intensity. The project channels the headbanging immediacy of groove metal.
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