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Featured Album
Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
Featured Sludge Metal Album
AMENRA "Song To The Siren" by This Mortal Coil (written by Tim Buckley) (2021)
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Featured Doom Metal Album
De Doorn (2022)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Rehab (24-bit HD Audio, Bonus Tracks Version) (2023)
05/22 @ Yuengling Center, Tampa
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Greek doom/stoner metal and rock band from Volos, delivering hazy, heavy grooves since 2008. Their reptilian name evokes the slow, deliberate character of their doom-laden stoner approach.
Swedish band from Gothenburg that blends melodic black metal with post-punk influences, newly formed in 2026. Their name, meaning 'the light' in Swedish, channels the luminous side of Gothenburg's dark musical heritage.
Welsh black metal project formed in 2025, channeling Celtic darkness through black metal intensity. Their Welsh-language name brings the ancient tongue's mystical quality to the genre's hostile framework.
Greek band from Eleusis that evolved from black metal origins in 2017 into melodic black/death metal territory. Named after a drow spider goddess, their sound weaves dark fantasy themes through evolving extreme metal.
British heavy/folk/doom metal band from Newcastle upon Tyne, blending three distinct traditions since 2021. Their approach weaves folk melodies into a foundation of heavy and doom metal weight.
Norwegian heavy metal band from the Sarpsborg/Fredrikstad area, formed in 2023 and delivering powerful, riff-driven metal. Their no-nonsense name matches the direct, heavy-hitting character of their approach.
Italian speed metal band from Naples with roots stretching back to 1993, making them one of the longest-running acts in this catalog. Their three decades of high-velocity riffing mark them as veterans of the Neapolitan metal scene.
Maltese death metal/crossover band from Marsa, active since 2003 and representing the island's longest-running extreme act. Their two decades of brutality make them pioneers of the Maltese underground metal scene.
Grindcore/death metal outfit from Ghent, Belgium, unleashing short, savage blasts of extremity since 2012. Their sound combines grind's blistering speed and brevity with death metal's low-end heaviness and guttural vocals.
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