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Featured Album
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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Russian thrash metal/crossover band from Kolomna, merging thrash speed with punk attitude since 2012. Their no-nonsense name signals the direct, devastating character of their crossover thrash.
London-based heavy metal band formed in 2018, forging classic heavy metal with raw power. Their sound channels the genre's essential riff-driven energy through commanding performances.
Swiss symphonic death/thrash metal act from Collombey, debuting with 'Mechanical Era' in 2024. Their sound blends industrial, death, and progressive metal elements across compositions set in post-apocalyptic and futuristic worlds.
Spanish thrash metal band from Vigo, delivering relentless speed and aggression since 2014. Their sound channels classic thrash metal's razor-sharp riffing and breakneck tempos through a Galician lens.
Russian brutal death metal band from Dobryanka in the Urals, delivering punishing extremity since 2012. Their name captures the fatal, death-dealing precision of their brutal death metal.
Spanish death/doom metal band from Salamanca, merging death metal's brutality with doom's crushing pace since 2018. Their name captures the heavy, slow-burning lethargy that defines their sound.
German black metal project from Darmstadt, formed in 2020 and channeling atmospheric darkness through a Hessian perspective. Their name, meaning 'lethargy,' captures the heavy, oppressive mood that permeates their sound.
Spanish power/progressive metal band from Madrid, blending epic melodies with progressive complexity since 2019. Their approach channels soaring vocal lines and intricate arrangements through a modern metal framework.
Ukrainian depressive black metal band from Lviv, channeling despair through raw DSBM since 2017. Their name captures the silent, suffocating hopelessness that defines their depressive approach.
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