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Featured Album
Strychnine.213 (Bonus Track Edition) (2023)
Featured Black Metal Album
Death Doom Punks (2026)
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Featured Power Metal Album
Curse of the Crystal Coconut (2020)
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Heavy metal band from Lekeitio, Spain, active since 2014. Their traditional sound delivers classic heavy metal from the picturesque Basque fishing village on the Bay of Biscay.
Spawned in Ferrara's underground, this brutal death metal outfit channels italian ferocity since 2001. Drawing on classic blueprints, they deliver visceral extremity with conviction.
Thrash metal project from Belfast in Northern Ireland, newly formed in 2025. Their micro-tonal name hints at unconventional approaches to thrash metal from across the Irish Sea.
Volatile melodic death/heavy metal/hardcore emanating from Venice/Belluno, active since 2014 within Italy's metal scene. Rooted in old-school traditions, their compositions deliver unrelenting heaviness.
Hoboth is a groove metal band from Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine, active since 2024 and delivering heavy, rhythmic riffage with crushing mid-tempo intensity. The project channels the headbanging immediacy of groove metal.
Bred in Helsinki's underground, this act delivers raw black/death metal since 2023. Cold atmospheres and venomous vocals define their particular approach to the genre.
Operating from Turin, this electronic progressive metal/rock project has been shaping furious sound since 1998. Their work contributes a distinctive voice to their regional underground scene.
Heavy metal act from Bordeaux, active since 2006. Two decades of devotion to the gods of metal from France's wine capital have forged a sound steeped in classic heavy metal tradition.
Operating from Athens, this black metal project has been shaping devastating sound since 2025. Their approach balances melodic undertones with the genre's most aggressive impulses.
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