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Featured Album
ManiaCult (2021)
Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Soundtrack to Your Escape (The Quiet Place Version) (2022)
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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 doom metal band from Turku, delivering crushing, low-tempo heaviness since 2013. Their name evokes the massive, leaden weight that characterizes their doom metal approach.
Swedish heavy/power metal band from Gavle, forging muscular riffs and soaring melodies since 2020. Their name channels the barrier-shattering energy of their Scandinavian power metal.
Stuttgart-based stoner metal/grunge trio self-described as a 'Cozy Doom-Trio from Kaputtgart,' recording live since 2017. Their sound blends doom, grunge, psychedelic, and sludge influences into raw, atmospheric heaviness across sprawling compositions.
German melodic death metal band from Freising, delivering Scandinavian-influenced melodeath with harmonic precision since 2011. Their sound channels the genre's trademark dual-guitar melodies and aggressive rhythms.
British groove metal band from Leeds, delivering rhythmically punishing riffs. Their sound channels groove metal's head-nodding heaviness through crushing, hook-laden compositions.
Swedish heavy metal band from Umea, formed in 2022 and delivering classic metal from northern Sweden. Their autumnal name evokes the falling, transformative energy of their heavy metal approach.
League of Distortion is a German modern metal band formed in 2020, built around vocalist Anna Brunner of Exit Eden and guitarist Jim Müller of Kissin' Dynamite. Their Napalm Records debut, a self-titled album released in November 2022, blends melodic metalcore with nu metal and symphonic metal elements, with the track "Wolf or Lamb" surpassing one million streams. A second album, Galvanize, followed as the band extended the melodic, hook-driven approach of their debut.
Greek thrash/groove metal band from Thessaloniki, combining thrash velocity with groove-heavy breakdowns since 2017. Their approach delivers both headbanging speed and crushing rhythmic weight.
Swedish heavy/groove metal band from Karlshamn, combining classic metal power with rhythmic punch since 2018. Their morbid name signals the hard-won wisdom at the core of their aggressive sound.
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