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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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Steelforce forge heavy and power metal from the Catalan industrial city of Terrassa, channeling the force of steel through anthemic compositions. Active since 2006, they've spent two decades bringing metal power to the Barcelona metropolitan area.
Steelhunter have been forging power and speed metal from Brunswick since 1988, making them one of Lower Saxony's longest-running metal acts. Their nearly four decades of activity span the entire evolution of German power/speed metal.
Stafford's Steeltrooper march at the crossroads of power and thrash metal, delivering anthemic yet aggressive songs since 2018. Their dual approach yields music that is both fist-raising and neck-snapping.
Yekaterinburg's Stellar Wind pair symphonic and power metal from the Ural capital since 2014. Their cosmic-current name channels the solar particle streams into orchestral compositions of celestial power from Russia's fourth-largest city.
Steve Moreton is a solo power metal endeavor from Preston, launched in 2020. The project channels soaring melodies and epic arrangements through one musician's dedicated vision of the genre.
Stormbound channel power and speed metal from Osnabruck, combining anthemic grandeur with breakneck velocity. Formed in 2020, they join Stormblade in making the Lower Saxon city a minor power metal hub.
Stormbreeder forge power metal from Rendsburg in Schleswig-Holstein, channeling the genre's anthemic energy from the banks of the Kiel Canal. Formed in 2020, they bring tempestuous power metal to northern Germany.
StormHammer deliver power metal from Munich, unleashing anthemic compositions with the force of a lightning strike from the Bavarian capital. Active since 2011, they bring thunderous energy to southern Germany's rich power metal tradition.
Stormhunter have been forging power metal from Balingen in the Swabian Alps since 2001, making them veterans of the Baden-Wurttemberg power metal scene. Their quarter-century career of storm-chasing anthems has built a loyal following.
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