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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 black metal band from Saarlouis, formed in 2019, whose sound evolved from a black/death/gothic metal and rock hybrid toward a purer black metal direction. Their stylistic refinement reflects an increasingly focused vision.
German speed/thrash metal band from Gladbeck, formed in 2018. They deliver blazing speed/thrash metal from the northern Ruhr region.
German death metal band from Saarland, formed in 2025. They bring fresh death metal brutality to the southwestern German underground.
Darlington-based black metal act channeling the raw fury of the North East English underground across releases Occulta Tenebris and their self-titled record. Dark atmospheric passages give way to relentless tremolo-picked aggression.
German death metal band from Kassel, formed in 2022. They channel punishing death metal from the heart of northern Hesse.
German heavy metal band from Plettenberg in the Sauerland, formed in 2015. They play direct, hard-hitting heavy metal from the wooded hills of Westphalia.
Kraków-based thrash metal/metalcore act active since 2008, bridging old-school thrash's riff-driven attack with metalcore's modern dynamics and breakdown-heavy structures. Their sound draws from both traditions with aggressive conviction.
Danish heavy metal band from Copenhagen, active since 2006. With two decades of experience, they are a veteran presence in Copenhagen's classic metal scene.
Khabarovsk-based gothic metal act active since 2021, interweaving dark romantic atmospheres with heavy guitar work and dramatic vocal performances. Their sound draws from the tradition of Type O Negative and Paradise Lost, balancing heaviness with melancholic beauty.
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