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Vault Of Horrors (2024)
Featured Progressive Metal Album
Grave Mounds And Grave Mistakes (Luxus) (2018)
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Featured Black Metal Album
Death Doom Punks (2026)
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Reykjavik heavy/thrash metal act formed in 2014, delivering aggressive riffing from Iceland's capital. Their name means 'riff' in Icelandic, directly declaring their allegiance to the primacy of the guitar riff.
Heavy/power metal band from Belgorod, Russia, active since 2013. Their approach delivers anthemic heavy and power metal from the southern Russian border city.
Heavy/power metal band from Crete, Greece, formed in 2024. Their Tolkien-referencing name accompanies classic heavy and power metal from the Mediterranean island.
Riotforce is a heavy/thrash metal band from Neuss in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, formed in 2023. The band delivers aggressive heavy-thrash from the city directly across the Rhine from Düsseldorf.
Heavy/thrash metal band from Rotterdam, the Netherlands, active since 2016. Their approach combines classic heavy metal with thrash aggression from the Dutch port city.
Ripe is a heavy metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, active since 2013. The band delivers traditional heavy metal from the Danish capital, part of Copenhagen's thriving metal community.
Heavy/thrash metal band from Teesside, England, active since 2014. Their mythical name accompanies classic heavy and thrash metal from the industrial northeast.
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Riser is a heavy/thrash metal band from Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, formed in 2017. The band delivers aggressive heavy-thrash from the Baltic state's capital city.
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