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Impetus Odi (2021)
Featured Heavy Metal Album
Trial By Fire (2023)
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Brazen (2024)
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Finnish melodic black metal band from Oulu, formed in 2024. They craft melodic black metal from the cold reaches of northern Finland.
Czech thrash metal band from Kojetín, formed in 2012, whose sound has evolved from thrash metal roots toward a nu-metal influenced direction in later material.
Black metal project from Vukovar, emerging in 1995. Their compositions draw from the wellspring of second-wave Scandinavian tradition while filtering it through the cultural context of their Croatian origins.
Spanish death metal band from Álava in the Basque Country, formed in 2010. They deliver punishing death metal from the Basque interior.
German thrash/heavy metal band from Hildesheim, formed in 2013. They blend thrash metal's aggressive edge with traditional heavy metal foundations.
Progressive death metal band from Manchester, active since 2012. They weave complex arrangements and technical proficiency through a death metal framework in the tradition of progressive extreme metal.
German post-black metal and ambient/post-rock project from Erfurt, formed in 2020. They dissolve black metal into atmospheric post-rock and ambient textures for a contemplative, immersive sound.
German death/black metal band from Frankfurt, active since 1989, making them one of the oldest extreme metal acts in the Rhine-Main region. Their three-and-a-half decades of history span the entire development of German extreme metal.
Death/thrash metal band from Puch, Austria, formed in 2019. They merge the precision of thrash with death metal's brutality in a cross-genre assault.
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