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Featured Album
La Grande Mascarade - EP (2024)
Featured Heavy Metal Album
No More Hollywood Endings (2025)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Chapters of Repugnance (Deluxe Reissue) (2018)
05/11 @ Three Links Deep Ellum, Dallas
Featured Stoner Metal Album
Gossamer Wings of Illusion (2025)
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Wroclaw heavy metal act formed in 2021, working in the classic European heavy metal tradition from Lower Silesia's capital. Their Swedish-derived name -- meaning 'unfaithful' -- adds an unexpected Nordic dimension to their Polish heavy metal.
German heavy metal band from Dresden, active since 2010 and delivering classic Saxonian metal. Their name captures the boundary-crossing, sanity-defying character of their heavy metal approach.
Legnica heavy metal act from Lower Silesia, active since 2016. Their straightforward traditional metal approach channels the unadorned, no-nonsense character of this former garrison town in southwestern Poland.
Lappeenranta heavy metal act from southeastern Finland, active since 2016. Their name and straightforward traditional metal approach channel the rebellious, boundary-defying spirit that heavy metal has carried since its inception.
Landau heavy metal act from the Rhineland-Palatinate wine country, active since 2000 and now in their third decade. Their quarter-century career makes them one of the longer-running traditional metal acts in southwestern Germany.
Heavy/power metal band from Alessandria, Italy, active since 2006. Nearly two decades of anthemic heavy and power metal from the Piedmont region.
Warsaw heavy/thrash metal act active since 2012, part of the Polish capital's diverse and prolific metal community. Over a decade they have delivered a style rooted in the foundational sounds of thrash and traditional heavy metal.
Laurio heavy/power metal act from the Attic coast south of Athens, active since 2017. Named after the ancient silver mines nearby, their location in a historically significant mining town adds depth to their traditional metal approach.
Sestri Levante heavy/thrash metal act from the Ligurian Riviera, formed in 2022. Their seaside Genoan-province origins provide scenic contrast to the crushing heaviness they deliver through a traditional thrash-inflected approach.
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