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Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
Featured Power Metal Album
Big Ship Little Ship / Bassline Junkie (2020)
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Featured Heavy Metal Album
Trial By Fire (2023)
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Thrash metal band from Oulu, formed in 2024 and delivering high-speed crushing aggression from northern Finland. Their name signals the pulverizing, bone-breaking impact of their thrash metal.
Thrash metal band from Patras, active since 2002, making them one of the longer-running thrash acts in the Greek scene. Their two-decade commitment to thrash metal speaks to both persistence and dedication to the genre's aggressive energy.
Black/death metal band from Helsinki, formed in 2023 with a Finnish name meaning "crucified." Their extreme metal merges black and death metal's darkest impulses through a Finnish lens.
Technical thrash metal band from Prague, active since 2013 and delivering intricate, riff-dense compositions with progressive complexity. Their approach layers technical precision over a thrash metal foundation.
Part of Portugal's intimate but fiercely devoted metal community, this act channels black metal with a focus on tremolo-picked fury and blast-beat savagery. Formed in 2020, based in Sintra, raw production values serve the music's unvarnished intensity.
Swedish doom metal and heavy metal act, active since 2025 delivering Sabbathian worship filtered through decades of underground evolution. Rooted in Sweden's legendary metal infrastructure, patience is rewarded with crushing, cathartic payoffs.
Koper, Slovenia — black metal of the most uncompromising kind. Active since 2020, they deal in raw, lo-fi aggression channeled through kvlt aesthetics. Lo-fi authenticity lends their recordings a genuinely oppressive character.
Black 'n' roll band from Novi Sad, active since 2015 and merging black metal's corrosive atmosphere with rock and roll's infectious swagger. Their Serbian name meaning "bloodsucker" or "vampire" roots them in Balkan folklore.
Experimental raw black metal project from Oulu, formed in 2024 and pushing black metal's boundaries through unconventional approaches. Their distinctive Finnish name adds an enigmatic quality to their boundary-breaking sound.
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