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Featured Album
Infinite Terror (2024)
Featured Doom Metal Album
With Fang and Claw (2025)
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With Oden On Our Side (2015)
05/12 @ 1st SUMMIT ARENA at Cambria County War Memorial, Johnstown
Featured Metalcore Album
Drowned in my Loneliness (2008)
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The Night Before from Valladolid craft heavy metal charged with the anticipatory tension of their eve-themed name since 2017. Their Castilian heartland base provides a historically rich backdrop for traditional metal from central Spain.
The Night Eternal is a heavy metal band from Essen, Germany, formed in 2021. They play traditional heavy metal from the Ruhr Valley.
The Oath is a heavy/doom metal/rock band from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2013. They play classic heavy metal and doom with a vintage rock sensibility.
The Ossuary is a doom/heavy metal band from Bari, Italy, formed in 2017. They craft heavy, atmosphere-laden doom metal with traditional heavy metal influences from the Puglia coast.
The Poisoned from Manchester deliver thrash and heavy metal with the toxic contamination their venomous name implies since 2012. Over a decade of poisonous compositions from the northwest has produced consistently aggressive metal.
The Prophecy is a melodic heavy/gothic metal band from Munich/Neuried, Germany, formed in 2015. They blend melodic heavy metal with gothic atmosphere.
The Providence is a gothic/heavy metal band from Sassari, Sardinia, Italy, formed in 2008. They blend gothic metal's dark atmospheres with traditional heavy metal power, described as horror metal.
The Raven Inn is a heavy metal/hard rock band from Tallinn, Estonia, formed in 2022. They play classic heavy metal and hard rock from the Estonian capital.
The Reality Machine is a heavy metal band from Pori, Finland, formed in 2024. They play traditional heavy metal from the western Finnish coast.
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