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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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Finnish melodic heavy metal and hard rock band from the Kuopio/Iisalmi area, crafting hook-driven anthems since 2017. Their sound blends melodic heavy metal's twin-guitar harmonies with hard rock's accessibility.
Dutch raw black metal/noise project from Amsterdam, formed in 2018 and merging lo-fi hostility with harsh noise. Their vowel-stripped name adds cryptic aggression to their abrasive hybrid sound.
French black metal project from Lille, formed in 2023 and channeling dark intensity. Their name, meaning 'The Paupers' Square,' evokes imagery of death and forgotten souls.
French avant-garde/psychedelic black metal project from Toulouse, formed in 2024 and pushing black metal into experimental, mind-expanding territory. Their approach blends psychedelic textures with avant-garde structures and black metal ferocity.
German heavy metal and hard rock band from Erlangen, focused on strong, catchy tunes with a blend of hard rock, metal, and ambient textures. Their discography from 'Agent Provocateur' through 'Running in Circles' features memorable melodies fronted by powerful vocals.
Swedish band from Boras that evolved from melodic death/thrash metal origins in 2011 into metalcore territory. Their parasitic name captures the clinging, invasive character of their aggressive sound.
Greek black metal band from Thessaloniki, formed in 2023 and channeling the Hellenic black metal tradition. Their name, a reversal of 'Michael,' signals the inverted, anti-celestial character of their sound.
London-based stoner/doom metal and rock band formed in 2020, delivering fuzz-drenched desert grooves. Their blues-tinged approach to stoner doom channels arid, sun-scorched heaviness.
German black/speed/thrash metal act from Dresden, newly formed in 2026 and bringing a triple assault of blackened ferocity, speed metal velocity, and thrash aggression. They represent the newest wave of extreme metal emerging from Saxony.
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