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Vault Of Horrors (2024)
Featured Stoner Metal Album
Wild Child (2023)
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Soundtrack to Your Escape (The Quiet Place Version) (2022)
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Born in the crushing underground of Szentes, this progressive death metal act has delivered unflinching intensity since 2017. Drawing on classic blueprints, they deliver visceral extremity with conviction.
An uncompromising thrash metal project from Sundsvall, active since 2020. Drawing on both Bay Area and Teutonic thrash, they deliver relentless aggression.
Melodic death metal newcomers from Diepenbeek, Belgium, formed in 2025. Emerging from the same Limburg scene that produced Hemelbestormer, they bring fresh melodic death metal energy to the Belgian heavy music landscape.
Black metal band from Erfurt, Germany, active since 2002. Over two decades of cold, uncompromising black metal from the Thuringian capital have made them one of the region's most enduring underground acts.
A thunderous brutal death metal/deathcore entity from Finland, active since 2024. Technical precision and brutal aggression merge in their approach to the genre.
Death metal/grindcore band from Estepona, Spain, active since 2000. A quarter century of gore-drenched extremity from the Costa del Sol makes them one of Spain's most enduring grind acts.
A scorching thrash metal with rock 'n' roll influences entity from Savonlinna, contributing to the finnish underground since 2000. Razor-sharp riffing and breakneck tempos carry the spirit of classic thrash.
Based in Hyvinkää, this black metal project has been a fixture of Finland's underground since 2011. Rooted in orthodox black metal, their work channels darkness with unwavering conviction.
Black metal project from Germany, active since 2012. Their grim approach channels the darkest currents of the German black metal underground with raw, unyielding intensity.
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