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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
Featured Grindcore Album
Sharing (2022)
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Featured Progressive Metal Album
The Seed of Singularity (2024)
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Heavy metal band from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2019, evolving from heavy metal origins into hard rock territory. Their stylistic evolution reflects a willingness to explore beyond genre boundaries while maintaining a foundation of heavy riffing.
Heavy metal band from Geneva, Switzerland, active since 2012. Their sound draws on the grand traditions of European heavy metal, delivering powerful riffs and commanding arrangements from the shores of Lake Geneva.
Headless Dawn is a grindcore/death metal band from Netherlands, active since 2022 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Power metal band from Huckeswagen, Germany, formed in 2021. Their anthemic sound delivers the soaring melodies and galloping rhythms that define the power metal tradition.
Death metal outfit from Warrington in Cheshire, active since 2018. Their malevolent name matches dark, crushing compositions emerging from the northwest English underground.
Death thrash metal act from Jyväskylä in central Finland, active since 2010. Their morbid name matches a long-running commitment to aggressive Finnish extreme metal from the lakeland region.
Headlong is a groove metal band from Rawa Mazowiecka, Poland, active since 2020 and delivering heavy, rhythmic riffage with crushing mid-tempo intensity. The project channels the headbanging immediacy of groove metal.
Deathcore and groove metal band from Prostejov, Czech Republic, active since 2016. Their punishing blend of bone-crushing breakdowns and groove-laden heaviness makes for a devastating live experience.
Headpress is a deathcore band from Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom, active since 2014 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
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