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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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Spanish band from Leioa in the Basque Country, formed in 2020, whose sound evolved from heavy/thrash metal toward alternative rock and nu-metal. Their stylistic shift reflects the genre diversity of the Basque music scene.
Stoner metal act from Viseu, formed in 2016. Their compositions ride low-slung grooves through clouds of distortion, evoking the sun-baked psychedelia of the desert rock tradition.
Marghera (Venice)-based death metal/grindcore outfit active since 2017, blasting through short, ferocious compositions that marry death metal's low-end churn with grindcore's frenetic speed. Their music operates at maximum intensity with minimal patience for subtlety.
German atmospheric black metal band from Bremen, active since 2003. With over two decades of output, they are one of Bremen's longest-running atmospheric black metal projects.
Spanish heavy metal band from Tolosa in the Basque Country, formed in 2020. They play traditional heavy metal from the heart of Basque Country.
Spanish heavy metal band from Biscay in the Basque Country, active since 2009. With over a decade and a half of output, they are a fixture of the Basque heavy metal scene.
Power metal band from Hainburg an der Donau, Austria, active since 2010. They craft melodic, riff-driven power metal rooted in European tradition.
German power/heavy metal band from Bornum, formed in 2016. They deliver anthemic power metal with traditional heavy metal foundations from the Lower Saxon countryside.
German death/thrash metal band from Stuttgart, formed in 2019. They combine death metal's guttural intensity with thrash metal's relentless speed and precision.
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