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Ich hatt einen Kameraden (2016)
Featured Black Metal Album
Les Chants de l'Aurore (2024)
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Featured Power Metal Album
Voyage of the Dead Marauder (2024)
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Death, groove, and thrash metal band from Koprivnica, Croatia with roots dating to 1996. They are among the longest-running extreme metal acts in the Croatian north.
Death metal band from Montpellier, France active since 2012. They deliver aggressive death metal from the Languedoc coast.
Rotterdam-based thrash metal act, active since 2016 delivering palm-muted barrages and speed-freak intensity. Rooted in a country that punches well above its weight in extreme metal, their riffs arrive at terminal velocity with zero tolerance for filler.
Thrash metal band from Thessaloniki, Greece formed in 2022. They deliver explosive thrash from northern Greece.
Løten, Norway — groove metal and thrash metal of the most uncompromising kind. Active since 2007, they deal in whiplash-inducing tempo shifts and gang vocal outbursts. Pure adrenaline translated into riff form.
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Vladimir, Russia — thrash metal of the most uncompromising kind. Active since 2015, they deal in whiplash-inducing tempo shifts and gang vocal outbursts. Pure adrenaline translated into riff form.
Heavy/thrash metal act from Lugano in Switzerland's Italian-speaking Ticino region, delivering muscular, riff-heavy metal since 2016. Their Mediterranean setting adds a distinctive character to their fusion of heavy and thrash metal.
Death/thrash metal band from Le Pradet on the French Riviera, active since 2012. They bring extreme metal aggression from the Var coast.
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