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Infinite Terror (2024)
Featured Doom Metal Album
With Fang and Claw (2025)
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Featured Metalcore Album
Drowned in my Loneliness (2008)
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Luxembourgish speed/thrash metal outfit active since 2026, channeling the breakneck velocity of early speed metal through a modern thrash lens. Their riff-first approach delivers the kind of neck-wrecking momentum that defined the genre's golden age.
Finnish black/speed metal band from Raahe, formed in 2024. They deliver bleeding-fast black/speed metal from the Bothnian Bay coast.
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.
German heavy/speed/thrash metal band from Hamburg, active since 2005. They draw from three strands of classic metal for a fast, powerful, and versatile sound.
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.
German speed/thrash metal band from Gladbeck, formed in 2018. They deliver blazing speed/thrash metal from the northern Ruhr region.
Manchester-based NWOBHM-inspired heavy metal act active since 2022, channeling the raw energy and twin-guitar attack of the late 1970s and early 1980s British heavy metal explosion. Their sound recalls the glory days of Iron Maiden, Saxon, and Diamond Head.
Finnish speed metal band formed in 2011. They play fast, sport-like speed metal with relentless energy.
German speed/thrash metal band from Stuttgart, formed in 2017. They deliver blazing speed and thrash metal from Baden-Württemberg's capital.
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