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Featured Album
Impetus Odi (2021)
Featured Heavy Metal Album
Trial By Fire (2023)
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Featured Stoner Metal Album
Brazen (2024)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Enemy Of God (Remastered) (2024)
05/22 @ The Paramount in concert with Northwell, Huntington
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Portuguese death metal project active since 2013, with a name meaning 'the abominable one' in Portuguese. Their Lusophone approach to death metal draws from both the Iberian and South American extreme metal traditions.
Heavy metal band from Bronvaux, France, active since 2001. Over two decades they have delivered traditional heavy metal from the Lorraine region of northeastern France.
Perpignan heavy metal act from France's Catalan border region, active since 2012. Over a decade they have delivered traditional heavy metal with the intensity and directness their abbreviated name implies.
Eindhoven death metal/grindcore act formed in 2023, emerging from a Dutch city with legendary status in extreme metal thanks to its annual Neurotic Deathfest legacy. Their fusion of death metal weight with grindcore velocity fits the city's uncompromising reputation.
Turin thrash metal act active since 2018, part of Piedmont's resilient thrash scene. Their abbreviated name and direct approach channel the efficiency and aggression that Italian thrash has cultivated since the 1980s.
Vigevano thrash metal act from the province of Pavia, formed in 2026. Among the newest entries in the Italian thrash metal underground, they emerge from a small Lombardy city with a rich Renaissance heritage.
Turku doom metal practitioners active since 2008, crafting monolithic riffs from Finland's oldest city. Over seventeen years they have refined an approach to doom that favors massive, slowly unfolding compositions with a naturalistic weight.
Budapest-based band that evolved from post-hardcore origins into doom, sludge, and post-metal, active since 2012. Their stylistic transformation reflects a deepening heaviness across more than a decade of activity.
Leipzig post-metal act crafting expansive, dynamically rich compositions since 2013. Rooted in Saxony's creatively fertile underground, their patient approach to heaviness favors atmosphere and emotional weight over brute force.
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