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Featured Album
ManiaCult (2021)
Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Soundtrack to Your Escape (The Quiet Place Version) (2022)
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Featured Death Metal Album
Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
London Apocalypticon - Live at the Roundhouse (2022)
05/22 @ The Paramount in concert with Northwell, Huntington
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Black metal act from Barcelona, Spain, channeling dark, atmospheric extremity since 2014. Their name merges paradise and emperor, reflecting an imperious approach to black metal from Catalonia's capital.
Death metal and progressive metal band from Lille/Arras, France active since 2013. They deliver technically ambitious death metal from the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region.
When Edenshade emerged in 2006 from Macerata, they brought with them a sound rooted in death metal and melodic death metal — all punishing grooves interlocked with frenzied tremolo passages. Primal ferocity drives every note of their catalog.
Melodic heavy metal act from Valencia, Spain, delivering hook-driven, powerful compositions since 2021. Their approach channels the classic melodic metal tradition with a distinctly Spanish character.
When Edera emerged in 2015 from Milan, they brought with them a sound rooted in progressive metal — all genre-bending ambition that refuses easy categorization. Their catalog reveals a band unafraid to explore the darker corners of heavy music.
Depressive black metal project from Finland that launched in 2024. They explore bleak, melancholic black metal atmospheres from the Finnish underground.
British death metal and melodic death metal act, active since 2023 delivering HM-2 filth and d-beat fury in the old Swedish tradition. Rooted in Britain's endlessly regenerating metal lineage, their approach favors no-frills brutality over technical showmanship.
Groove, metalcore, and thrash metal band from Worcester, England launched in 2025. They bring modern, heavy metal energy from the West Midlands.
Heavy, progressive metal and metalcore act from Berlin, Germany, blending technical ambition with aggressive energy since 2014. Their genre-spanning approach combines the cerebral depth of progressive metal with metalcore's visceral impact.
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