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Vault Of Horrors (2024)
Featured Stoner Metal Album
Wild Child (2023)
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Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Soundtrack to Your Escape (The Quiet Place Version) (2022)
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Folk and symphonic metal band from Hanover, Germany, formed in 2015. They blend traditional folk instrumentation with symphonic orchestration and heavy metal energy.
Doom and stoner metal band from Aachen, Germany, active since 2014. They deliver thick, fuzz-drenched riffs and heavy grooves rooted in the stoner-doom tradition.
Budapest-based black metal project formed in 2020. Cellar Dweller crafts subterranean, cavernous black metal steeped in darkness and isolation.
Melodic death metal band from Kotka, Finland, formed in 2017. They craft melodic yet aggressive death metal from the southeastern Finnish coast.
Dutch thrash metal band formed in 2015. Cellarpigs delivers raw, aggressive thrash with a no-frills approach.
Heavy metal band from Oldenburg, Germany, formed in 2017. They forge classic heavy metal driven by powerful riffs and traditional metal sensibilities.
Symphonic death metal act from Blagoveshchensk on the Chinese border in Russia's Far East, active since 2016. Cellborn merges orchestral elements with death metal from one of the most remote metal scenes on Earth.
Melodic death metal act from Prešov in eastern Slovakia, formed in 2022. Cellearius delivers hook-driven extreme metal from the Šariš region.
Doom-stoner band from Cherkasy in central Ukraine, active since 2012. Celophys delivers heavy, slow-burning grooves from the Dnieper River city.
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