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Infinite Terror (2022)
Featured Thrash Metal Album
Inhale The Noise (2026)
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Featured Grindcore Album
Apocalypse (2023)
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Death metal/grindcore band from Madrid, Spain, active since 2014. Their relentless blast of brutality and grind erupts from the Spanish capital's extreme underground.
Hindsby is a black metal project from Sipoo, Finland, active since 2019 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Finland black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Hindvir is a pagan black metal band from Toulon, France, formed in 1997. They forge pagan-inspired black metal rooted in ancient traditions.
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Black metal project from Germany, formed in 2026. Their name meaning 'Execution,' they represent the newest wave of uncompromising German black metal.
Heavy/thrash metal band from Fuerteventura, Spain, formed in 2025. Their powerful sound brings heavy and thrash metal to the volcanic Canary Island landscape.
Doom/drone/sludge metal band from Madrid, Spain, active since 2010. Their suffocating blend of drone, doom, and sludge creates an overwhelming wall of sound from the Spanish capital.
Melodic death metal project from Paris, active since 2023. Their memorial-themed name suits emotionally charged compositions blending Scandinavian melodic death metal with Parisian artistic sensibility.
Spanish band from Oiartzun, formed in 2025, spanning heavy metal and melodic hard rock. Their versatile approach blends metal heaviness with accessible rock melodies from the Basque Country.
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