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Featured Album
ManiaCult (2021)
Featured Progressive Metal Album
The Seed of Singularity (2024)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
All Hell's Breaking Loose Down at Little Kathy Wilson's Place - Remastered (2025)
05/24 @ The Waterloo Music Bar, Blackpool
Featured Black Metal Album
Death Doom Punks (2026)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
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Kyiv's Soul Thieves play melodic heavy metal from the Ukrainian capital since 2012. Over a decade from the Dnieper capital, their spirit-stealing name has channeled the theft of consciousness into accessible, melody-driven compositions.
Soul Tomb pair doom and death metal from an undisclosed Swedish location since 2023. Their spirit-burial name channels the entombment of consciousness into compositions of anonymous, crushing heaviness.
Lulea's Soulash deliver melodic death metal from the Norrbotten capital since 2013. Over a decade from Sweden's Arctic coastal city, their spirit-destruction name has shaped compositions of melody-driven intensity from the far north.
Oldenzaal's Soulburn have been channeling black, death, and doom metal since 2009 with members from Asphyx lineage. Their Overijssel origins and incendiary name mark them as carriers of Dutch death metal's legendary heritage.
Soulcage craft progressive metal from Helsinki, building intricate compositions that explore the concept of the trapped soul. Active since 2013, they bring cerebral ambition to the Finnish capital's progressive scene.
Belgian heavy metal act whose 2020 debut "Maelstrom of Death and Steel" earned praise for being "unselfconsciously unique whilst honoring heavy metal's iron-clad customs." Their approach blends traditional heavy metal reverence with a distinctive artistic perspective.
Soulcide deliver black metal from Belarus, channeling raw aggression and misanthropic fury into their compositions. Formed in 2019, they operate in the uncompromising tradition of underground Eastern European black metal.
Soulcut deal in death metal from Gronau on the Dutch-German border, channeling extreme aggression from the Westphalian frontier. Active since 2018, they bring raw brutality to the border region.
Souldevourer practice death metal from Kaiserslautern, consuming souls through crushing compositions that live up to their predatory name. Active since 2017, they bring consuming darkness to the Rhineland-Palatinate.
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