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Eschatology of War (2021)
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Big Ship Little Ship / Bassline Junkie (2020)
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No More Hollywood Endings (2025)
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Progressive metal outfit from Drammen, formed in 2023. Their work incorporates odd time signatures, extended instrumental passages, and dynamic contrasts that elevate their sound beyond standard metal fare.
German melodic death/power metal band from Düsseldorf, formed in 2021. They blend the melodic sensibility of power metal with the aggression of melodic death metal.
Czech pagan doom metal band from Pilsen, active since 2003 and self-described as hailing from Boiohaemum, the ancient name for Bohemia. Their releases including Bohemian Winter merge doom metal heaviness with pagan thematic elements.
Power metal outfit from Sweden, formed in 2011. Their sound combines high-register vocals with twin-guitar harmonies and double-bass drumming in the grand tradition of melodic heavy metal.
Metalcore and melodic death metal band from Leyland near Preston, formed in 2022, described as one of Preston's heaviest. Their album Absolution Denied features a five-piece lineup delivering crushing metalcore with melodic death metal intensity.
Finnish melodic death/thrash metal and metalcore band from Rovaniemi, formed in 2012. They deliver aggressive melodeath-thrash from the Arctic Circle capital of Finnish Lapland.
Czech death/doom metal project from Prague, formed in 2025, fusing death, doom, and black metal into brooding, heavy compositions. Their early output includes tracks like Corpsick and Betrayal alongside the release Bury the Bodies.
French melodic death metal and metalcore band from Sarrebourg in Lorraine, formed in 2018. They blend melodeath with metalcore from the eastern French borderlands.
Finnish melodic death metal band from Kerava, formed in 2019. They deliver melodic death metal from the Uusimaa region near Helsinki.
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