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Drag Me to Hell (2021)
Featured Doom Metal Album
De Doorn (2022)
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Featured Metalcore Album
Drowned in my Loneliness (2008)
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The Swedish city of Malmö serves as headquarters for this progressive metal operation, whose arsenal includes Opeth-school dynamics married to modern progressive sensibility. Their approach balances aggression with genuine musical substance.
Post-metal band from Tomsk in western Siberia, Russia formed in 2021. Their sound channels atmospheric post-metal from one of Siberia's most important university cities.
Black metal, doom, and stoner metal band from Glasgow, Scotland active since 2013. They deliver a hazy blend of blackened doom and stoner heaviness from Scotland's largest city.
Power metal band from Madrid, Spain, delivering anthemic, high-energy compositions since 2015. Their name evokes freedom and adventure, capturing the spirit of their riff-driven power metal.
Altivole (Treviso)'s metal underground has produced no shortage of heavy acts, and this metalcore and thrash metal unit is among them — wielding palm-muted barrages and speed-freak intensity. Their riffs arrive at terminal velocity with zero tolerance for filler.
Death metal band from Essen in Germany's Ruhr industrial heartland, delivering visceral, provocatively titled extremity since 2018. Their confrontational name sets the tone for an uncompromising approach to the genre.
Death metal act from Glauchau in Saxony, Germany, channeling raw, unfiltered aggression with a characteristically provocative name since 2014. Their no-holds-barred approach reflects the German underground's most confrontational tendencies.
Heavy metal band from Zagreb, Croatia active since 2006. With nearly two decades of history, they are fixtures of the Croatian heavy metal scene.
Power metal act from Bilbao in Spain's Basque Country, crafting triumphant, anthem-laden compositions since 2013. Their Basque-language name roots their power metal in the proud cultural identity of the Basque people.
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