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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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Nightshift is a heavy/speed metal band from Lisbon, Portugal, active since 2020. They deliver classic speed metal from the Portuguese capital.
Florence speed/thrash metal outfit formed in 2015, delivering breakneck velocity and aggressive riffing from Tuscany's capital. Their electrifying approach channels the raw energy of classic speed metal.
Nitrovolt is a heavy/speed metal and hard rock band from Cologne, active since 2015. The band electrifies the Rhineland with high-voltage speed metal and hard rock from Germany's fourth-largest city.
No Silence is a speed/thrash/progressive metal band from Miltenberg in Lower Franconia, active since 2001. Over two decades, the band has blended speed, thrash, and progressive metal from the medieval Main River town.
Florence blackened speed/thrash metal act launched in 2023, fusing the raw velocity of speed metal with black metal's atmospheric darkness. Their incendiary approach channels multiple extreme traditions through a Renaissance city lens.
Nocturnal Reaper is a black/speed metal and hardcore band from London, UK, formed in 2024. Their sound fuses the velocity of speed metal and black metal with hardcore's raw aggression.
Novelty is a speed/thrash metal band from Budapest, Hungary, formed in 2022. They channel the velocity and aggression of old-school speed metal.
Nuctemeron is a black/speed metal band from Trier in the Rhineland-Palatinate, active since 2016. Named after the mystical concept of the twelve hours of the night, the band channels occult speed metal from Germany's oldest city.
Nullfabrik is a black/speed/thrash metal band from Chelyabinsk, Russia, formed in 2024. Their German name — meaning 'zero factory' — adds industrial nihilism to their high-speed metal.
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