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Power metal act from the Community of Madrid, Spain with roots stretching back to 1998. As one of the longer-running Spanish power metal outfits, they bring nearly three decades of experience to their soaring, melodic sound.
Black metal project from Paris, France active since 2014. They channel plague-themed darkness from the French capital.
Technical death/black metal force from Brussels, Belgium, combining blistering speed, powerful drumming, and melodic solos since 2013. Self-described as an unstoppable entity ready to spread, their releases "We Bring You Epidemia" and "The Inevitable Madness" showcase their fusion of technicality with extreme metal fury.
Death metal act from Annaberg-Buchholz in Saxony's Erzgebirge mountains, Germany, delivering aggressive extremity since 2018. Their name evokes the spreading disdain and contempt that permeates their death metal sound.
Thrash metal band from Marseille, France formed in 2022. They deliver high-velocity thrash from France's Mediterranean port city.
Prague-based metal act that evolved from heavy metal origins into thrash metal territory since 2016. Their stylistic shift reflects a natural progression toward faster, more aggressive songwriting from the Czech capital.
Laying down tracks since 2022, this Reykjavík Death Metal and Technical Death Metal outfit delivers labyrinthine song structures built on chromatic riff mazes. Their place within Iceland's volcanic metal underground speaks to the depth of the region's heavy music culture.
Part of Italy's underrated but thriving metal community, this act channels death metal, metalcore, and thrash metal with a focus on labyrinthine song structures built on chromatic riff mazes. Formed in 2016, based in Bassano del Grappa (Vicenza), the focus remains squarely on devastating rhythmic impact.
Death metal band from Chalon-sur-Saone in Burgundy, France, active since 2016. They deliver aggressive death metal from the Saone-et-Loire department.
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