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Heavy/power metal band from Kaiserslautern, Germany, formed in 2015 and signed to Napalm Records. Their album Konig und Kaiser, mixed by Jacob Hansen, delivers theatrical power metal built on medieval and mythological themes across thirteen tracks of epic, hammer-wielding grandeur.
Thrash metal band from Halle (Saale), Germany, with roots stretching back to 1989. As one of the oldest thrash acts in eastern Germany, they have delivered decades of relentless, neck-snapping thrash from the former East German underground.
Hammer of Dawn is a melodic thrash metal band from Amsterdam, Netherlands, active since 2021 and delivering aggressive, riff-driven thrash with relentless intensity. The project channels the speed and fury of the genre.
Death metal band from Brilon, Germany, active since 2010. Their gore-soaked approach to death metal channels brutal, unflinching heaviness from the wooded hills of the Sauerland region.
Emerging from Espoo's underground, this melodic death metal act has been forging grim sonic fury since 2016. Technical precision and brutal aggression merge in their approach to the genre.
Heavy metal outfit from Strasbourg in Alsace, active since 2016. Their enigmatic name wraps classic heavy metal traditions in a veil of intrigue from the Franco-Germanic borderlands.
From Worcester in United Kingdom, this stoner rock/doom metal act brings relentless intensity to the regional scene since 2015. Monolithic compositions and oppressive atmospheres define their crushing sound.
Heavy/thrash metal and metalcore band from Hamburg, Germany, formed in 2022. Their versatile sound bridges the gap between traditional heavy metal power, thrash velocity, and metalcore breakdowns from Germany's northern metropolis.
Thrash/death metal band from Grevenbroich, Germany, active since 2013. Their punishing crossover of thrash and death metal delivers relentless aggression from the Rhineland industrial heartland.
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