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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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Speedtrap have been delivering heavy and speed metal from the southeastern Finnish city of Lappeenranta since 2009, making them one of Finland's most respected retro-metal acts. Their high-velocity approach channels the spirit of 1980s speed metal through Finnish precision.
Kyiv's Spikers deliver speed metal with punk influences from the Ukrainian capital since 2016. Their puncturing name channels the piercing force of driven nails into compositions of high-velocity, punk-charged intensity.
Rome's Stagediver blend power, speed, and thrash metal with live-show energy since 2021. Their name captures the reckless, physical commitment to heavy music that defines their approach.
Stagefright deliver melodic heavy and speed metal from Hamburg, combining the melodic sophistication of European metal with speed metal's velocity. Formed in 2020, they bring performing-anxiety-themed energy to the Hanseatic city's traditional metal scene.
Stockholm's Starlight pair speed and power metal from the Swedish capital since 2021. Their stellar-illumination name channels the radiance of distant suns into compositions of high-velocity, anthemic intensity.
Steel Machine have been forging heavy and speed metal from western Finland and Jyvaskyla since 2013, combining classic metal power with speed metal's velocity. Their machine-named precision channels the industrial efficiency of Finnish metalworking.
Steel Revenge deliver speed and power metal from the medieval castle town of Jagsthausen in Baden-Wurttemberg, channeling knightly vengeance through high-velocity compositions. Emerging in 2025, they bring historical fury to the Hohenlohe region.
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.
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.
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