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Featured Album
ManiaCult (2021)
Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Soundtrack to Your Escape (The Quiet Place Version) (2022)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Featured Death Metal Album
Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
London Apocalypticon - Live at the Roundhouse (2022)
05/22 @ The Paramount in concert with Northwell, Huntington
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A vicious heavy metal entity from Roosendaal, contributing to the dutch underground since 2020. Riff-heavy compositions and memorable hooks form the core of their output.
Hvati is a death metal/crust band from Reykjavík, Iceland, active since 2020 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Emerging from Kristianstad's underground, this atmospheric doom/post-metal/rock act has been forging scorching sonic fury since 2014. Monolithic compositions and oppressive atmospheres define their crushing sound.
Forged in Ingelstad's metal community, this black metal act channels punishing aggression since 2018. Their sound channels tremolo-driven fury and blasting percussion through walls of distortion.
Melodic black/folk metal band from Gadebusch, Germany, formed in 2018. Named after the Norse mythological wellspring, they weave folk melodies into melodic black metal from the Mecklenburg countryside.
Austrian black metal project formed in 2018, named after Hvergelmir, the primordial wellspring of Norse mythology. Their atmospheric approach channels the cold desolation of Nordic landscapes through raw, unrelenting black metal.
Grim black metal from Sweden, contributing to the national scene since 2025. Cold atmospheres and venomous vocals define their particular approach to the genre.
Hvorost is a epic black/folk metal band from Vladivostok, Russia, formed in 2014. They weave folk traditions into heavy metal compositions.
Death/sludge metal and hardcore band from Bielefeld, Germany, active since 2015. Their crushing crossover merges the brutality of death metal with sludge heaviness and hardcore punk intensity.
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