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Featured Album
The Necrotic Manifesto (Bonus Tracks Edition) (2023)
Featured Death Metal Album
Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
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Featured Sludge Metal Album
AMENRA "Day Is Done" by Nick Drake (2021)
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Since 2019, this Italian heavy metal act has kept the flame of traditional metal burning from Italy. Their sound is built on the genre's bedrock: powerful riffs, commanding vocals, and unwavering commitment.
French heavy metal band from Bordeaux, formed in 2013. They play warrior-themed heavy metal from the wine capital of southwestern France.
Melodic black metal act from Wetteren, Belgium, active since 2014. They temper black metal's cold fury with sweeping melodic passages and atmospheric depth.
Sludge/doom metal band from Rotherham in South Yorkshire, active since 2008, drawing comparisons to Buzzov-en, Eyehategod, and Iron Monkey. Their Gritfarm EP delivers four tracks of crushing sludge recorded at Full Stack Studios, with new material promised on the horizon.
Since 2012, this Italian heavy metal act has kept the flame of traditional metal burning from Udine. Their sound is built on the genre's bedrock: powerful riffs, commanding vocals, and unwavering commitment.
Melodic black metal outfit from Kraków, formed in 2022. Layers of orchestration and twin-guitar harmonies elevate their compositions beyond standard black metal into more expansive territory.
Melodic black metal outfit from Likavka (early); Ružomberok/Poprad (later), formed in 2022. Layers of orchestration and twin-guitar harmonies elevate their compositions beyond standard black metal into more expansive territory.
Danish stoner metal and rock band from Aarhus, formed in 2012. They deliver heavy, groove-laden stoner metal from Denmark's second-largest city.
Spanish sludge metal band from Ispaster in the Basque Country, formed in 2012. They craft crushing sludge metal from the coastal hills of Biscay.
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