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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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German melodic death metal and metalcore band from Magdeburg, formed in 2024. They bring fresh melodeath energy to the Saxony-Anhalt underground.
Swedish melodic thrash metal act active since 2020, tempering the genre's trademark aggression with harmonized guitar leads and dynamic songwriting. Their approach delivers thrash metal's visceral energy without sacrificing melodic accessibility.
Finnish melodic death/black metal band from Jyväskylä, formed in 2015. They forge melodic extreme metal with the skill and precision of their namesake craft.
German melodic death metal band from Marktheidenfeld, formed in 2015. They craft melodic death metal with precision and emotional depth from the Main-Spessart region.
Lisbon-based melodic death metal/metalcore act active since 2011, blending Gothenburg-inspired guitar harmonies with metalcore's dynamic structures and breakdown-driven intensity. Their sound bridges the melodic death metal tradition with modern extreme metal's visceral energy.
Groove metal outfit from Castelo de Paiva, formed in 2010. Their material trades in the satisfying crunch of heavy, rhythmically driven riffs that demand involuntary neck movement.
German melodic death metal band from Grevenbroich, formed in 2016. They craft sharp, fire-forged melodic death metal from the Rhineland.
Czech melodic death metal and metalcore band from Karviná, formed in 2019. Their releases including Pieta and Nákaza combine melodic death metal's twin-guitar harmonies with metalcore's rhythmic punch and breakdowns.
Spanish melodic death metal band from Morales del Rey in Zamora, formed in 2016. They craft melodic death metal from the rural depths of Castile and León.
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