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Infinite Terror (2024)
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With Fang and Claw (2025)
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Featured Metalcore Album
Drowned in my Loneliness (2008)
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Heavy/speed metal act from Odense, Denmark, delivering high-velocity, riff-driven metal since 2015. Their deliberately misspelled name adds a distinctive visual identity to their classic-sounding heavy and speed metal.
Speed/heavy metal act from Copenhagen, Denmark, forging high-velocity, classic metal since 2021. Their craftsman-referencing name captures the detailed, chiseled precision of their speed and heavy metal approach.
Thrash/speed metal band from the Danube town of Lom, Bulgaria, delivering rapid-fire aggression since 2022. Their high-velocity approach channels the genre's classic intensity from one of Bulgaria's smaller but spirited metal communities.
The Norwegian city of Oslo serves as headquarters for this black metal and speed metal operation, whose arsenal includes raw, unbridled velocity channeling early 80s metal fire. Each release demonstrates a commitment to artistic evolution.
A product of Scandinavia's melodic death metal epicenter, this Västerås-based black metal, speed metal, and thrash metal act channels pre-thrash intensity with a melodic edge. Active since 2011, their catalog reveals a band unafraid to explore the darker corners of heavy music.
Thrash/speed metal act from Hamburg, Germany, delivering high-velocity, provocatively named aggression since 2020. Their no-holds-barred approach channels the raw energy and rebellious spirit of the genre's most unrestrained tendencies.
Power and melodic speed metal act from Lower Saxony, Germany, crafting anthemic, high-velocity compositions since 2020. Their Tolkien-referencing name captures the adventurous spirit of their melodic, riff-driven power metal.
Speed metal band from Lille, France active since 2008. They bring blistering velocity and classic speed metal energy from northern France.
The Norwegian city of Gravdal serves as headquarters for this folk metal, heavy metal, and speed metal operation, whose arsenal includes celebratory drinking-song energy fused with genuine heaviness. Each release demonstrates a commitment to artistic evolution.
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