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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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Black metal project from Bergen, Norway. The project channels black metal from the city that birthed Norwegian black metal.
Rotterdam heavy/power metal act formed in 2014, delivering melodic grandeur and anthemic compositions from the Netherlands' second city. Their soaring approach channels the triumphant energy of the power metal tradition.
Zaporizhia groove/thrash metal act formed in 2019, delivering crushing rhythms and aggressive speed from the Dnipro River city. Their dual approach draws from both genres' most impactful qualities.
Heavy metal/hard rock band from Veghel, the Netherlands, active since 2015. Their approach delivers classic heavy metal from the North Brabant town.
Ravenheart is a power metal band from Zürich, Switzerland, formed in 2014 and delivering melodic, high-energy metal in the European power metal tradition. The band channels soaring vocals and twin-guitar harmonies as part of Zürich's active heavy metal community.
Folk metal band from Kazan, Russia, active since 2014. Their approach weaves folk elements into a metal framework from the Tatar capital.
Ravenheit is a black metal project from the Sinzig/Brohl-Lützing area in the Rhine valley of Germany, formed in 2025. The project represents the newest wave of German black metal emerging from the volcanic Eifel foothills.
Ravenhell is a thrash/heavy metal band from Madrid, Spain, formed in 2014. The band delivers aggressive thrash with heavy metal foundations from the Spanish capital.
Ravenholm is a black metal band from Ulm in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, formed in 2012. Named evocatively, the project delivers atmospheric black metal from the Danube city known as the birthplace of Albert Einstein.
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