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Featured Album
Strychnine.213 (Bonus Track Edition) (2023)
Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
A Stare Bound in Stone (2018)
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Featured Death Metal Album
Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
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Thrash/groove metal band from Piraeus, Greece, active since 2019. Their approach blends thrash velocity with groove metal's rhythmic drive from the Athenian port city.
Reykjavik heavy/thrash metal act formed in 2014, delivering aggressive riffing from Iceland's capital. Their name means 'riff' in Icelandic, directly declaring their allegiance to the primacy of the guitar riff.
Rifftera is an alternative/melodic death/thrash metal band from Vaasa on the west coast of Finland, formed in 2015. The band blends alternative metal accessibility with melodic death and thrash from the Ostrobothnian coast.
Stoner/doom metal band from Zagreb, Croatia, formed in 2020. Their arboreal name frames riff-heavy stoner doom from the Croatian capital.
Rifle is a speed/thrash metal band from Stockholm, Sweden, formed in 2022. The band delivers high-velocity metal that fuses speed and thrash traditions from the Swedish capital's thriving underground scene.
UK thrash metal band active since 2015. Their approach delivers classic thrash aggression.
Rift Giant is a sludge/stoner metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in 2017. The band channels massive, low-tuned heaviness through sludge and stoner metal from the Copenhagen underground.
Heavy/power metal band from Belgorod, Russia, active since 2013. Their approach delivers anthemic heavy and power metal from the southern Russian border city.
Rigel is a raw black metal and ambient project from Oulu in northern Finland, active since 2014. Named after the bright star in Orion, the project merges raw black metal with ambient soundscapes from the Finnish north.
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