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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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Bourg-en-Bresse heavy metal act formed in 2020, representing the Ain department's contribution to the French heavy metal scene. Their bovine-slaying name brings a rural, agrarian humor to classic heavy metal territory.
Helsinki melodic death/groove metal/metalcore act active since 2014, blending three modern metal styles into an accessible but aggressive whole. A decade in Finland's capital has given them access to one of the country's most active metal communities.
Madrid death metal act formed in 2019, contributing to the Spanish capital's growing death metal underground. Their industrial-sounding name -- referencing oxy-fuel cutting -- matches the mechanical precision of their death metal approach.
Thrash metal band from Rybnik in Poland's Upper Silesian industrial region, active since 2011. Their long-running project delivers thrash aggression from the coal-mining heartland.
Mieres thrash metal act from the mining region of Asturias, active since 2012. Their decade-plus commitment to thrash metal from this coal-country setting brings a working-class grit to the genre.
Heavy metal act from the Gothenburg suburb of Ravlanda, active since 2019. Their corrosion-evoking name and traditional heavy metal approach channel the weathered, industrial character of western Sweden's metal heartland.
Pamplona heavy metal act from Navarra, active since 2014. Their name -- Spanish for 'rust' -- and their traditional heavy metal approach evoke the weathered, enduring quality of metal in its most elemental form.
Minsk black metal project formed in 2022, contributing to Belarus's growing raw black metal underground. Early output favors primitive, stripped-down compositions that prioritize atmosphere and hostility over technical refinement.
Toulouse's Oxus crafts expansive post-metal that builds through patient crescendos and atmospheric tension before releasing into walls of distorted guitar. Their instrumental approach prioritizes dynamic storytelling over vocal-driven songwriting.
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