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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
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Sharing (2022)
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The Seed of Singularity (2024)
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Stuttgart-based act that evolved from alternative/hard rock into melodic heavy metal and hard rock since 2018. Their stylistic evolution reflects a natural progression toward heavier, more muscular songwriting from Germany's automotive capital.
Death metal and melodic death metal artist from Leicester, England active since 2009. They deliver aggressive melodic extremity from the East Midlands.
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Black, death, and gothic metal band from Heraklion, Crete, Greece, active since 2018. They blend multiple extreme metal styles from the largest city on the island of Crete.
Power and progressive metal act from the Hanseatic town of Buxtehude near Hamburg, Germany, crafting anthemic, technically proficient compositions since 2019. Their approach blends the melodic grandeur of power metal with progressive metal's structural complexity.
Black metal and folk metal band from Cambridge, England active since 2003. With over two decades of history, they blend folk elements with black metal from eastern England.
Power metal band from Svatoborice-Mistrin in the Czech Republic's Moravia region, crafting melodic, anthem-driven compositions since 2007. Named after a star from Tolkien's legendarium, their sound carries an epic, fantasy-tinged quality.
Progressive and symphonic metal band from Olten, Switzerland, crafting ambitious, orchestrally infused compositions since 2023. Named after the Spanish explorer, their music charts expansive sonic territories with technical precision and cinematic scope.
Stavanger, Norway — black metal of the most uncompromising kind. Active since 2021, they deal in raw, lo-fi aggression channeled through kvlt aesthetics. Lo-fi authenticity lends their recordings a genuinely oppressive character.
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