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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
Featured Thrash Metal Album
Obnoxious Demos (2014)
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Featured Grindcore Album
Mentally Murdered (2019)
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Hellguard is a heavy/power metal band from Bologna/Ferrara, Italy, active since 2024 and delivering soaring melodies, epic arrangements, and powerful vocals. The project channels the grandeur and ambition of power metal.
Hellhaven is a melodic death/power metal band from Mosjøen, Norway, active since 2010 and blending melodic harmonies with death metal aggression. The project channels the twin-guitar traditions of Scandinavian-influenced melodeath.
Heavy/power metal band from Cuenca, Spain, active since 2015. Their anthemic sound delivers soaring power metal from the dramatic clifftop city of Castilla-La Mancha.
Death metal act from Rouen in Normandy, active since 2012. Their controlling name matches a sound that commands attention through crushing death metal from northern France's historic capital.
Helvede is a progressive heavy/power metal band from Varese, Italy, active since 2024 and delivering soaring melodies, epic arrangements, and powerful vocals. The project channels the grandeur and ambition of power metal.
Melodic Power Metal force from Rome, volatile and relentless since 2016. Their work channels the iron spirit of traditional metal through anthemic songwriting.
Epic heavy/power metal and acoustic folk project from Germany, active since 2005. Their dual approach combines the grandeur of epic power metal with intimate acoustic folk arrangements.
Heavy/power metal band from Santander, Spain, active since 2017. Their anthemic sound carries the European power metal tradition from the Cantabrian coast.
Melodic power metal band from Fulda, Germany, formed in 2019, evolving to incorporate groove metal and metalcore elements. Their stylistic expansion demonstrates a willingness to push beyond traditional power metal boundaries.
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