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Featured Album
Strychnine.213 (Bonus Track Edition) (2023)
Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
A Stare Bound in Stone (2018)
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Featured Death Metal Album
Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
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Forged in Tampere's metal community, this rock (early); black metal (later) act channels grim aggression since 2008. Atmospheric depth and feral intensity coexist in their compositions.
Holy Battalion is a thrash metal band from Sławno, Poland, active since 2020 and delivering aggressive, riff-driven thrash with relentless intensity. The project channels the speed and fury of the genre.
Holy Cross is a heavy/power metal band from Saint-Étienne, France, active since 2011 and delivering soaring melodies, epic arrangements, and powerful vocals. The project channels the grandeur and ambition of power metal.
Holy Death is a black metal project from Kraków, Poland, active since 2019 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Poland black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Stoner/doom/heavy metal band from Aalborg, Denmark, formed in 2018. Their heavy, fuzz-laden sound blends the weight of doom with stoner grooves and classic heavy metal from northern Jutland.
Stoner Metal/Rock outfit rooted in Bologna, channeling blistering underground intensity since 2023. Tight compositions and aggressive delivery characterize their particular approach.
From Palermo in Italy, this power metal act brings relentless intensity to the regional scene since 2022. Riff-heavy compositions and memorable hooks form the core of their output.
Holy Kunst is a groove/thrash/heavy metal band from England, formed in 2019. They blend thrash metal's velocity with groove metal's rhythmic punch.
Melodic death metal act from the northern Finnish city of Oulu, active since 2019. Their sound channels the Gothenburg school of melodic death through the lens of Finland's Arctic-adjacent underground.
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