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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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Black/speed metal band from Sinj, Croatia, formed in 2020 and merging black metal's atmospheric darkness with speed metal's relentless velocity. Their full name, Krucificadores de la Santa Barbara, adds a grandiose, religious dimension to their aggressive sound.
Heavy/speed metal band from Montbéliard, France, formed in 2017 and infusing their metal attack with punk urgency and rockabilly flair. The result is a high-energy hybrid that nods to early speed metal while keeping one foot in rock and roll rebellion.
Black/speed metal band from Giessen in Hesse, formed in 2021 and delivering razor-sharp aggression at breakneck velocity. Their fusion of black metal darkness with speed metal's relentless pace creates a blistering sonic assault.
The Serbian city of Belgrade serves as headquarters for this heavy metal, speed metal, and thrash metal operation, whose arsenal includes raw, unbridled velocity channeling early 80s metal fire. Each release demonstrates a commitment to artistic evolution.
When Kugurak emerged in 2021 from Arkhangelsk, they brought with them a sound rooted in black metal, speed metal, and thrash metal — all pre-thrash intensity with a melodic edge. Their catalog reveals a band unafraid to explore the darker corners of heavy music.
Speed/thrash metal band from Tartu, formed in 2017 and delivering high-velocity aggression with an Estonian identity. Their umlauted name and old-school approach channel the spirit of 1980s speed metal.
Part of Romania's darkly romantic metal heritage, this act channels black metal and speed metal with a focus on relentless velocity and old-school metal purity. Formed in 2026, the results are heavier and more inventive than the genre tag might suggest.
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