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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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Speed metal band from Joensuu, Finland, emerging in 2025. They channel high-velocity metal from eastern Finland.
Malmö speed/thrash metal outfit formed in 2016, delivering breakneck velocity and aggressive riffing from southern Sweden. Their high-octane approach channels the raw energy of classic speed and thrash metal.
Speed-thrash band from Ferrara, formed in 2019. Cocaine Cowboys plays wild, high-velocity thrash and speed metal with outlaw attitude from Emilia-Romagna.
Heavy and speed metal band from Barcelona, Spain, active since 2009. They deliver high-energy metal built on fast riffs and classic heavy metal power from the Catalan capital.
Heavy speed metal band from Tilburg, active since 2013. Conquestador delivers high-velocity traditional metal with conquering spirit from North Brabant.
Speed-thrash metal band from Kallithea, Athens, Greece, active since 2007. They deliver high-velocity thrash from the Greek capital.
Austrian speed and thrash metal project born out of the 2020 pandemic lockdowns. Their 'Pandemic Isolation Demo MMXX' channels quarantine frustration into blistering speed metal with hardcore and punk aggression.
Speed metal act from Varberg on the Swedish west coast, active since 2016. Countenance delivers high-velocity traditional metal from Halland.
Speed metal and punk hybrid from Tyrol, Austria, formed in 2024, living by the motto 'Rock'n'Roll or Die.' Their debut 'Heroin Supremacy' blasts through six tracks of filthy, d-beat-infused speed metal with a street punk attitude.
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