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Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
Featured Power Metal Album
Big Ship Little Ship / Bassline Junkie (2020)
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Featured Heavy Metal Album
Trial By Fire (2023)
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German death metal band from Gronau/Epe on the Dutch border, formed in 2024. They deliver brutal death metal from the western edge of Westphalia.
German black metal band from North Rhine-Westphalia, formed in 2016. They channel lunar darkness into raw, atmospheric black metal.
German melodic death metal band from Fulda, formed in 2012. They craft Tolkien-inspired melodic death metal from the Hessian highlands.
Rome-based groove metal act active since 2016, anchoring their sound in mid-tempo, syncopated riffing designed to generate maximum physical impact. Their chunky, headbang-inducing compositions channel the spirit of Pantera and Lamb of God.
Cold, unrelenting black metal from Russia, active since 2020. Their sound embodies the genre's core principles: razor-sharp tremolo picking, furious drumming, and an atmosphere thick with hostility and darkness.
Milanese doom metal cult formed in 2009, conjuring occult-drenched traditional doom with a devotion to the genre's Sabbathian roots. Their ritualistic approach and vintage production aesthetic have earned them a dedicated following in Europe's doom underground.
Stoner doom act from Porto, formed in 2024. Their music moves at a glacial pace through layers of fuzz and psychedelic textures, inviting the listener into a trance-like state of heavy meditation.
Forged in 2021 from Russia, this black metal entity delivers uncompromising extremity built on icy tremolo riffs and relentless percussion. Their work carries the cold, misanthropic spirit that defines the genre's most devoted practitioners.
Italian symphonic metal act active since 2015, building their sound on lush orchestral arrangements, soaring vocals, and cinematic compositions. Their music draws from the European symphonic metal tradition of epic, larger-than-life heavy music.
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