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Featured Album
Infinite Terror (2022)
Featured Thrash Metal Album
Inhale The Noise (2026)
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Featured Grindcore Album
Apocalypse (2023)
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Grindcore/black metal crossover from Milan, Italy, active since 2010. Their approach merges grindcore's blasting velocity with black metal's atmospheric hostility.
Funeral doom/death metal band from Eindhoven, the Netherlands, active since 2006. Two decades of glacially paced, agonizing extreme metal from the Dynamo festival city.
Sludge/post-metal band from Moscow, Russia, active since 2010. Their Russian name, meaning 'river,' channels fluid, expansive sludge and post-metal from the Russian capital.
Rekoma is a melodic gothic/heavy metal band from the Raahe/Oulu area in northern Finland, formed in 2017. The band merges gothic atmospherics with melodic heavy metal from the Bothnian coast.
Rekop is a heavy metal band from Barcelona, Spain, formed in 2013. The band contributes traditional heavy metal to the Catalan capital's diverse metal scene.
Rektifier is a thrash metal band from Toulouse in southwestern France, formed in 2023. The band delivers aggressive thrash from the 'Pink City' of the French south.
Melodic black/death metal/metalcore band from Leiden, the Netherlands, formed in 2021. Their multi-genre approach blends melodic extreme metal with metalcore from the historic university city.
Power metal band from Kristiansand, Norway, formed in 2024. Their approach delivers anthemic power metal from southern Norway.
Thrash metal band from Athens, Greece, with roots dating to 2005. Two decades of thrash from the Greek capital represent significant staying power.
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