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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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Power metal outfit from Kharkiv, formed in 2019. Their sound combines high-register vocals with twin-guitar harmonies and double-bass drumming in the grand tradition of melodic heavy metal.
Spanish power metal band from Sabadell near Barcelona, formed in 2016. They deliver soaring power metal anthems from the Catalan industrial heartland.
German speed and power metal legends from Krefeld, formed in 1988. Originally rooted in speed metal, they evolved into one of the world's most acclaimed power metal bands, renowned for their epic, Tolkien-inspired compositions and orchestral grandeur.
Athenian heavy/power metal act formed in 2013, delivering dual-guitar harmonies and soaring vocal performances rooted in the classic European power metal tradition. Their compositions channel the epic scope and melodic sensibility that Greek metal has been known for since the days of Manilla Road's Hellenic disciples.
German heavy/power metal band from Neuforweiler, formed in 2012. They deliver commanding power metal with strong heavy metal foundations from the Saarland region.
Power metal outfit from Naxxar, formed in 2016. Their sound combines high-register vocals with twin-guitar harmonies and double-bass drumming in the grand tradition of melodic heavy metal.
Athens-based power metal act active since 1991, delivering anthemic heavy metal built on soaring vocals, galloping rhythms, and melodic guitar leads. Their compositions embrace the genre's tradition of epic songwriting and technical proficiency.
French heavy/power metal band from Perpignan, formed in 2021. They deliver wise heavy and power metal from the Catalan-French border city.
German power/speed metal band from Erfurt, formed in 2012. They combine power metal's anthemic melodies with speed metal's blistering velocity from the Thuringian capital.
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