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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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Operating from the rural Emsland district since 2009, Parity Boot fuses industrial metal's mechanical pulse with electronic experimentation. Their Lower Saxon countryside setting provides an unlikely home for their cold, machine-driven sound.
Heavy metal turned rock band from Odda, Norway, formed in 2023, delivering music from the dramatic fjord landscape of Hardanger. Their evolution from heavy metal to rock reflects a broadening sonic palette.
Raw black metal and punk band from Budapest, Hungary, formed in 2019, combining the aggression of raw black metal with punk's stripped-down urgency. Their name means 'fallow land' in Hungarian.
Symphonic black metal band from Linkoping, Sweden, formed in 2019, named after the Greek mountain sacred to Apollo. They layer orchestral grandeur over black metal from the Ostergotland region.
Sludge metal band from Coventry, England, active since 2009, delivering crushing sludge metal from the West Midlands. Their name suggests release from confinement, matching the cathartic weight of their sound.
Folk metal band from Dubnica nad Vahom, Slovakia, active since 2009, weaving Slovak folk traditions into their metal sound for over sixteen years. They are veterans of the Slovak folk metal scene.
Black metal band from Swansea, Wales, formed in 2023, bringing Welsh black metal fury to the South Wales coast. They channel the rugged Welsh landscape through atmospheric black metal.
Grindcore band from Kassel, Germany, formed in 2021, delivering short, sharp bursts of extreme sonic violence. They operate at the fastest and most abrasive end of the Hessian extreme metal spectrum.
Symphonic death metal band from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia, with roots stretching back to 1985, making them one of the oldest metal acts in the Russian Far East. Their decades of activity from Sakhalin Island represent remarkable dedication.
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