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Featured Album
ManiaCult (2021)
Featured Progressive Metal Album
The Seed of Singularity (2024)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
All Hell's Breaking Loose Down at Little Kathy Wilson's Place - Remastered (2025)
05/24 @ The Waterloo Music Bar, Blackpool
Featured Black Metal Album
Death Doom Punks (2026)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
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Heavy/stoner metal and hard rock band from Jena, Germany, active since 2016. Their groove-laden sound blends heavy metal power with stoner rock warmth from the university city in Thuringia.
Hellkat is a groove/progressive metal band from Katowice, Poland, formed in 2016. They craft intricate progressive compositions with technical ambition.
Hellknights is a death metal/crust punk band from Poltava, Ukraine, active since 2024 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
A savage thrash metal/crust punk entity from Newcastle upon Tyne, contributing to the british underground since 2012. Pit-starting riffs and furious tempos characterize their thrash approach.
Forged in Hyvinkää's metal community, this pagan black metal act channels menacing aggression since 2012. Icy melodies interwoven with blast-beaten fury characterize their output.
Thrash metal band from Trier, Germany, active since 2007. Nearly two decades of thrash metal fury from Germany's oldest city have cemented their place in the Rhineland underground.
Thrash/groove metal band from Langaa, Denmark, formed in 2026. The freshest thrash-groove act in the Danish scene, bringing headbanging energy from central Jutland.
Hellmetall is a thrash/folk metal band from Resia (Udine), Italy, active since 2015 and weaving traditional folk melodies and instrumentation into heavy metal. The project bridges ancient cultural heritage with modern metal power.
Hellminth is a thrash metal band from Västervik, Sweden, active since 2008 and delivering aggressive, riff-driven thrash with relentless intensity. The project channels the speed and fury of the genre.
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