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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
The Pursuit of Vikings: Live at Summer Breeze (Main Stage) (2018)
05/09 @ Coca-Cola Roxy, Atlanta
Featured Stoner Metal Album
Gossamer Wings of Illusion (2025)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
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Malung-based heavy/power metal ensemble embracing Norse mythology through bombastic, anthemic compositions since 2012. Their epic, chorus-driven approach to Viking-themed power metal has garnered a substantial following online.
Spanish power metal band from Murcia, formed in 2017. They deliver powerful, anthemic power metal from southeastern Spain.
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German power/thrash/heavy metal band from Brunswick, formed in 2024. They draw from three classic metal traditions for a versatile, hard-hitting sound.
German heavy/power metal band from Reichenbach, formed in 2024. They bring anthemic heavy and power metal to the scene.
Finnish melodic power metal band from Oulu, active since 2000. With two-and-a-half decades of soaring melodic power metal, they are one of northern Finland's most established metal acts.
German power metal band from Syrgenstein, formed in 2021. They craft blazing power metal anthems with fiery intensity.
Debrecen-based speed metal outfit active since 2022, delivering breakneck tempos and razor-sharp riffing that recalls the genre's 1980s heyday. Their relentless approach channels the raw velocity of early Exciter and Agent Steel.
Burning Witches formed in Brugg, Aargau, Switzerland in 2015, founded by rhythm guitarist Romana Kalkuhl as an all-female heavy and power metal outfit. Their self-titled debut appeared in 2017, and the band quickly established themselves on the European metal circuit, with Dance with the Devil (2020) charting in both Germany and Switzerland. Signed to Napalm Records, they have released six studio albums, including Inquisition in 2025.
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