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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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Progressive metal act from Murnau in Upper Bavaria, Germany, formed in 2024, building intricate compositions from the foothills of the Alps. Their approach brings technical ambition and structural complexity to the Bavarian metal scene.
Progressive metal project from France launched in 2019. They deliver intricate, forward-thinking progressive metal.
Heavy metal and power metal act from the Community of Madrid, Spain formed in 2022. Their debut No Hay Solucion channels classic heavy metal with a raw, no-frills approach.
Death, melodic death, and power metal duo from Leon, Spain featuring Miguel Angel de la Villa on guitar and Javier Gonzalez on bass and vocals. Their 2022 album The Lockdown showcases their evolution from the 2020 EP Tall Tales into more mature, technical compositions.
Misano Adriatico (Rimini), Italy — death metal of the most uncompromising kind. Active since 2009, they deal in punishing grooves interlocked with frenzied tremolo passages. Primal ferocity drives every note of their catalog.
Kyiv's metal underground has produced no shortage of heavy acts, and this brutal death metal and death metal unit is among them — wielding HM-2 filth and d-beat fury in the old Swedish tradition. Their approach favors no-frills brutality over technical showmanship.
Black metal project from Helsinki, Finland active since 2017. They craft atmospheric black metal from the Finnish capital.
The Slovak city of Prešov serves as headquarters for this metalcore, power metal, and progressive metal operation, whose arsenal includes Opeth-school dynamics married to modern progressive sensibility. Each release demonstrates a commitment to artistic evolution.
Black metal project from Germany, channeling Norse mythology and cosmic darkness since 2019. Named after the throne of Odin in Norse cosmology, their sound carries the ancient weight of pagan tradition.
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