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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
Featured Stoner Metal Album
Abridged Dimensions (2025)
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Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
With Oden On Our Side (2015)
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Austrian progressive metal duo from Lower Austria, formed in 2020 by The Raven (Petra Grooves) and The Joker (Andy Gammauf). They blur the borders of modern rock and metal by fusing down-tuned guitars with electronic soundscapes and industrial elements.
Progressive metal act from Ljubljana, active since 2013. Chaosstar crafts intricate, technically-driven progressive metal from the Slovenian capital.
Progressive doom metal band from Vantaa, Finland, formed in 2018. They blend progressive complexity with the crushing weight of doom.
Progressive death metal band from Cologne, Germany. Their 2024 album Echoes Of Light pushes beyond genre boundaries with stunning guitar work and contrasting moods, drawing comparisons to Blue Oyster Cult alongside their death metal roots.
Progressive metal band from Shumen, Bulgaria, formed around 2014. Their debut 'Genesis' was recorded live over four days in Harmanli and mastered in London, balancing doomy heaviness with progressive sophistication to critical acclaim.
Power and progressive metal band from Lucerne, Switzerland, formed in 2015. They blend soaring melodies and intricate progressive arrangements with the bombast and energy of power metal.
Power and progressive metal band from Bietigheim, Germany, formed in 2019. They blend the soaring melodies of power metal with the intricate arrangements of progressive metal.
Charlotte Wessels is a Dutch singer-songwriter who spent over fifteen years as the lead vocalist of symphonic metal band Delain before departing in 2021 to pursue a solo career. Her initial solo output, the Tales from Six Feet Under volumes, was recorded at home and distributed via Patreon, before she signed to Napalm Records and released the full-length The Obsession (2024), which featured collaborations with Simone Simons and Alissa White-Gluz. She has since toured extensively with Epica and Amaranthe on arena-sized European runs.
Progressive death metal act from Wrocław, formed in 2019. Charnel blends technical complexity with death metal weight from the capital of Lower Silesia.
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