The following artists ( musicians or bands) have had releases with the independent record label Nuclear Blast.

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Agathodaimon An agathodaemon ( grc, ἀγαθοδαίμων, ) or agathos daemon (, , ) was a spirit (''daemon'') of ancient Greek religion. They were personal or supernatural companion spirits, comparable to the Roman '' genii'', who ensured good luck, fert ...

(ex) * Agnostic Front (ex) * Alcest * Alesana (after Artery Recordings and Revival Recordings lost the band) * All Shall Perish (ex) * Almanac (ex) * Am I Blood (ex) * Amaranthe * Amorphis (ex) *

Anthem An anthem is a musical composition of celebration, usually used as a symbol for a distinct group, particularly the national anthems of countries. Originally, and in music theory and religious contexts, it also refers more particularly to short ...

Anthrax Anthrax is an infection caused by the bacterium ''Bacillus anthracis''. It can occur in four forms: skin, lungs, intestinal, and injection. Symptom onset occurs between one day and more than two months after the infection is contracted. The sk ...

(EU only) * Arsis (US only) * Ashes of Ares (ex) * As I Lay Dying *

Augury Augury is the practice from ancient Roman religion of interpreting omens from the observed behavior of birds. When the individual, known as the augur, interpreted these signs, it is referred to as "taking the auspices". "Auspices" (Latin ''aus ...

(US only) * Auri * Avantasia * Avatarium

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* Bal-Sagoth (ex) * Battle Beast * Battlecross (ex) * Beast in Black *

Behemoth Behemoth (; he, בְּהֵמוֹת, ''bəhēmōṯ'') is a beast from the biblical Book of Job, and is a form of the primeval chaos-monster created by God at the beginning of creation; he is paired with the other chaos-monster, Leviathan, and ...

* Belphegor * Benediction * Biohazard * Blackbriar * Black Star Riders *

Blackguard Blackguard is an old-fashioned term for a scoundrel. Blackguard or Black Guard(s) may refer to: * Black Guard, a corps of Black African soldiers in Morocco * Black Guard (Brazil), a militia of former slaves intended to protect the monarchy * Bla ...

(Europe only) (ex) * Bleed from Within * Bleed the Sky (ex) *

Bleeding Through Bleeding Through is an American metalcore band from Orange County, California, formed in 1999. In 2004, ''Revolver'' magazine hailed Bleeding Through as one of eight bands ushering in the "Future of Metal" cover story, and '' Spin'' called Ble ...

(Europe only) (ex) * Blind Guardian * Blues Pills * Brujeria * Before the Dawn * Broken Teeth *

Bury Tomorrow Bury Tomorrow are a British metalcore band formed in 2006 in Southampton, Hampshire, England, Hampshire, England. The band is composed of six members; lead vocalist Daniel Winter-Bates, bassist Davyd Winter-Bates, drummer Adam Jackson, lead gu ...

(ex)

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* Callejon (ex) * Candlemass (ex) * Carcass * Carnifex * Cathedral (ex) * Cellar Darling * Children of Bodom (ex) * Chimaira (Cleveland Ohio) (ex) * Cipher System * Chrome Division * Clawfinger(ex) *

Coldseed Coldseed is a multinational heavy metal band led by Swedish vocalist Björn Strid of Soilwork and Terror 2000. The five other members are German drummer Thomen Stauch (Savage Circus), his countrymen bassist Oliver Holzwarth (Blind Guardian) and ...

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Communic Communic is a Norwegian progressive metal band from Kristiansand. The band was founded in 2003 and has released six albums. The first two have received positive reviews from magazines and critics. History Beginning (March 2003–April 2004 ...

* Comeback Kid * Conjurer *

Control Denied Control Denied was a progressive metal band formed by death metal musician and Death founder Chuck Schuldiner. History The band started in 1996 as Schuldiner wanted to create a more melodic style than was possible with Death. The project was in ...

(ex) * Corrosion of Conformity *

Cradle of Filth Cradle of Filth are an English extreme metal band formed in Suffolk in 1991. The band's musical style evolved originally from black metal to a cleaner and more "produced" amalgam of gothic metal, symphonic metal and other metal genres. Their ly ...

* Crematory (ex) * Crobot * Crucified Barbara (US only)

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* The Damned Things * Danzig (ex) * Darkane (ex) * Darkseed (ex) *

Dark Sermon Dark Sermon was an American blackened death metal band from Tampa, Florida signed to EOne Music in North America and Nuclear Blast Records in Europe. The band was formed in 2009 under the name "In Reference to a Sinking Ship" and later chang ...

(ex) * David Shankle Group (ex) * Death (ex) * Death Angel * Deathstars * Decapitated *

Decrepit Birth Decrepit Birth is an American death metal band from Santa Cruz, California. They have released two studio albums through Unique Leader Records and two through Nuclear Blast, and a demo independently. All of their studio albums feature artwork ...

Defecation Defecation (or defaecation) follows digestion, and is a necessary process by which organisms eliminate a solid, semisolid, or liquid waste material known as feces from the digestive tract via the anus. The act has a variety of names ranging f ...

* Demonaz * Demonoid (ex) * Destruction (ex) * Despised Icon * Devilment * Devil You Know *

Dew-Scented Dew-Scented was a German thrash and death metal band. They have released eight studio albums and were last signed to Metal Blade Records (Europe) and Prosthetic Records (USA/North America). Their name is inspired by the writings of Edgar Allan P ...

(ex) * Diablo Boulevard * Die Apokalyptischen Reiter * Dimmu Borgir * Disbelief (ex) *

Discharge Discharge may refer to Expel or let go * Discharge, the act of firing a gun * Discharge, or termination of employment, the end of an employee's duration with an employer * Military discharge, the release of a member of the armed forces from serv ...

* Disharmonic Orchestra (ex) *

Dismal Euphony Dismal Euphony was a metal band from Norway that mixed styles including gothic metal, melodic metal, black metal and classical music. History The history of Dismal Euphony began in 1992 in Stavanger, Norway by bassist Ole K. Helgesen and drum ...

(ex) * Dismember (ex) *

Dissection Dissection (from Latin ' "to cut to pieces"; also called anatomization) is the dismembering of the body of a deceased animal or plant to study its anatomical structure. Autopsy is used in pathology and forensic medicine to determine the cause o ...

(ex) * Divinity (ex) * Doro *

Dreadful Shadows Dreadful Shadows is a German rock band formed in 1993 in Berlin. Initially part of the gothic rock and dark wave movement, the band had developed considerably by the time of the release of their debut album, incorporating metal elements and mod ...

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* Earthless *

Echoes of Eternity Echoes of Eternity is an American progressive metal band based in Los Angeles, California, United States. Their debut album ''The Forgotten Goddess'', was released in February 2007 on Nuclear Blast records. The band's follow up album, ''As Sha ...

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Edguy Edguy is a heavy metal band formed in Fulda, Germany in 1992. History Demos, AFM years (1992–2003) Edguy was founded in 1992 by 14-year-old students Tobias Sammet, Jens Ludwig, Dominik Storch and Dirk Sauer. The name "Edguy" was an affecti ...

* Ektomorf (ex) * Eluveitie * Enforcer * Enslaved * Emperor (ex) * Epica * Equilibrium * Ex Deo (ex) * Exodus * Exhorder * Eyes Set To Kill

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Face Down Face Down may refer to: Music * Face Down (band), a Swedish post-thrash/death metal band * Facedown Records, a Christian record label based in California Albums * ''Face Down'' (album), a 1999 album by Serial Joe * ''Facedown (album)'', a 2004 al ...

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Fallujah Fallujah ( ar, ٱلْفَلُّوجَة, al-Fallūjah, Iraqi pronunciation: ) is a city in the Iraqi province of Al Anbar, located roughly west of Baghdad on the Euphrates. Fallujah dates from Babylonian times and was host to important Jew ...

* Farmer Boys (ex) * Fear Factory * Filter (ex) * Fireball Ministry (ex) * Fit for an Autopsy * Fleshgod Apocalypse *

Flotsam and Jetsam In maritime law, flotsam'','' jetsam'','' lagan'','' and derelict are specific kinds of shipwreck. The words have specific nautical meanings, with legal consequences in the law of admiralty and marine salvage. A shipwreck is defined as the remai ...

(ex) * Forbidden * For Today (ex)

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* Gardenian (ex) * Generation Kill * Ghost Bath *

Godgory Godgory was a Swedish melodic death metal/ death doom metal band that was formed in 1992 by drummer Erik Andersson and vocalist Matte Andersson (unrelated). Formation and ''Invasion Records'' era Forming in 1992, Godgory started their career ...

(ex) * Golem (ex) * Gorefest (ex) * Gorgoroth (ex) * Gotthard * Grand Magus * Grave Digger (ex) * Graveworm * Graveyard

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* Hackneyed (ex) * HammerFall (ex) * Hatebreed *

Hardcore Superstar Hardcore Superstar is a Swedish heavy metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden. The band was formed in 1997 and have released eleven studio albums. History The first ten years (1997–2007) 1997–2004 Hardcore Superstar was formed in Gothenburg, ...

Heathen __NOTOC__ Heathen or Heathens may refer to: Religion *Heathen, another name for a pagan *Heathen, an adherent of Heathenry Music *Band of Heathens, a North American rock and roll band *Heathen (band), a North American thrash metal band *The Hea ...

Hell In religion and folklore, hell is a location in the afterlife in which evil souls are subjected to punitive suffering, most often through torture, as eternal punishment after death. Religions with a linear divine history often depict hell ...

* The Hellacopters * Helloween (ex) *

Helltrain Helltrain is a Swedish death 'n' roll band formed in Luleå in 2002 by vocalist and bassist Pierre Törnkvist. The current line-up consists of Pierre Törnkvist (vocals), Patrik Törnkvist (guitars, keyboards), Mikael Sandorf (guitars), Markus ...

(ex) * Hollow (ex) * Holy Grail *

Horde Horde may refer to: History * Orda (organization), a historic sociopolitical and military structure in steppe nomad cultures such as the Turks and Mongols ** Golden Horde, a Turkic-Mongol state established in the 1240s ** Wings of the Golden Hord ...

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Hypocrisy Hypocrisy is the practice of engaging in the same behavior or activity for which one criticizes another or the practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one's own behavior does not conform. In moral psychology, it is the ...

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* I * Illuminate (ex) * Immortal (ex) *

In Flames In Flames is a Swedish heavy metal band, formed by guitarist Jesper Strömblad in Gothenburg in 1990. Alongside At the Gates and Dark Tranquillity, In Flames pioneered the genres known as Swedish death metal and melodic death metal. During t ...

Immolation Immolation may refer to: *Death by burning *Self-immolation, the act of burning oneself *Immolation (band), a death metal band from Yonkers, New York *''The Immolation'', a 1977 novel by Goh Poh Seng *''Dance Dance Immolation'', an interactive per ...

* Indica

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* Kadavar *

Kataklysm Kataklysm is a Canadian death metal band. They have released fourteen studio albums, one EP and two DVDs as of 2020. Kataklysm won their first Juno Award (Canadian equivalent of the Grammy) for best album of the year in the "heavy metal" categor ...

* Keep of Kalessin (ex) * Khemmis * Killer Be Killed * Knorkator (ex) * Korpiklaani * The Kovenant (ex) * Kreator

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* Lacrimosa (United States only) *

Lamb of God Lamb of God ( el, Ἀμνὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ, Amnòs toû Theoû; la, Agnus Dei, ) is a title for Jesus that appears in the Gospel of John. It appears at John 1:29, where John the Baptist sees Jesus and exclaims, "Behold the Lamb of God wh ...

* Light the Torch * Like Moths to Flames (ex) * Lingua Mortis Orchestra * Liquido (ex) * Lock Up * Lordi (ex) * Lovebites * Luca Turilli's Rhapsody

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* M.O.D. (ex) * Machine Head * Madball * Malevolent Creation (ex) *

Mandragora Scream Mandragora Scream is an Italian gothic metal band. History Early history Formed in 1997 by a singer and front-woman Morgan Lacroix. In 1999, Lacroix recorded a demo album, with four songs. In 2000, Lacroix was introduced to singer, guitarist a ...

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Manowar Manowar is an American heavy metal band from Auburn, New York. Formed in 1980, the group is known for lyrics based on fantasy (particularly sword and sorcery) and mythology (particularly Norse mythology and Greco-Roman mythology), as well as ...

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Mantic Ritual Mantic Ritual (formerly Meltdown)Nuclear Blast press release

(ex) * Master (ex) * MaYan *

Melechesh Melechesh is an ethnically Assyrian black metal band that originated in Jerusalem and is currently based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Ashmedi started the band as a solo project in 1993. In the following year, guitarist Moloch and drummer Lord ...

Mendeed Mendeed was a Scottish heavy metal band formed in Dumbarton, in 2000 and disbanded in 2007. History The band's members met at school in Dumbarton. In 2002 they self-released their first EP ''Killing Something Beautiful''. In 2003 the band ...

(ex) * Meshuggah (ex) * Metal Allegiance * Ministry *

Misery Index Misery Index can refer to: Economics *Misery index (economics), adding the unemployment rate to the inflation rate Entertainment *Misery Index (band) Misery Index is an American death metal band formed in 2001 in Baltimore, Maryland, United ...

(ex) * Mnemic (ex) * Mortification (ex) * Municipal Waste * My Dying Bride * Mystic Prophecy (ex)

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* Nails * Narnia (ex) *

Nightwish Nightwish is a Finnish symphonic metal band from Kitee. The band was formed in 1996 by lead songwriter and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, and former lead singer Tarja Turunen. The band soon picked up drummer Jukka Neva ...

(ex) * Nile *

Nokturnal Mortum Nokturnal Mortum are a Ukrainian black metal band from Kharkiv. They were one of the founders of the Ukrainian black metal scene and pioneers in the early National Socialist black metal ("NSBM") scene. The band has claimed to have moved away ...

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NorthTale NorthTale is an American power metal band formed in late 2017 and currently lined up by guitarist Bill Hudson, vocalist Guilherme Hirose, drummer Patrick Johansson, bassist Mikael Planefeldt and keyboardist Jimmy Pitts. The band teased their deb ...

* Northward * Nothing Left

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* Obscura * Omnium Gatherum (ex) *

One Man Army and the Undead Quartet One Man Army and the Undead Quartet was a Swedish band, that played a fusion of melodic death metal and thrash metal. The band was formed by vocalist Johan Lindstrand after the breakup of The Crown (band), The Crown. After two albums on Nuclear B ...

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Opeth Opeth is a Swedish progressive metal/rock band from Stockholm, formed in 1990 by lead vocalist David Isberg. The group has been through several personnel changes, including the replacement of every original member; notably Isberg in 1992. Mikael ...

(ex) * Opprobrium (ex) * Orchid * Origin * Orphanage (ex) *

Overkill Overkill may refer to: * Overkill (term), the use of excessive force or action to achieve a goal * Surplus killing, when a predator kills more prey than it can eat * Overexploitation, depletion of a natural resource through overharvesting ** Ove ...

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Pain Pain is a distressing feeling often caused by intense or damaging stimuli. The International Association for the Study of Pain defines pain as "an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with, or resembling that associated with, ...

Paradise Lost ''Paradise Lost'' is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton (1608–1674). The first version, published in 1667, consists of ten books with over ten thousand lines of verse (poetry), verse. A second edition fo ...

* Pegazus (ex) * Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons * Possessed *

Primal Fear Primal Fear may refer to: * Primal Fear (band) Primal Fear is a German power metal band formed in 1997 by Ralf Scheepers (vocals, ex-Gamma Ray) and Mat Sinner (bass and vocals, Sinner). Sinner and Scheepers formed the band after Scheepers was ...

(ex) * Prime STH (ex) * Pro-Pain (ex) * Psycroptic * Pungent Stench (ex) *

Pyogenesis Pyogenesis is a German metal band based in Stuttgart that played different genres of music such as death metal, alternative metal, punk rock, and gothic metal, which they were credited for their part in originating the latter genre in the ear ...

(ex)

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Rage Rage may refer to: * Rage (emotion), an intense form of anger Games * Rage (collectible card game), a collectible card game * Rage (trick-taking card game), a commercial variant of the card game Oh Hell * ''Rage'' (video game), a 2011 first-per ...

* Raise Hell (ex) * Raunchy (ex) * ReVamp (ex) *

Rhapsody of Fire Rhapsody of Fire (formerly known as Rhapsody) is an Italian symphonic power metal band formed by Luca Turilli and Alex Staropoli, widely seen as a pioneer of the symphonic power metal subgenre. Since forming in 1993 as Thundercross, the band h ...

(ex) * Ride the Sky (ex) *

Rob Zombie Rob Zombie (born Robert Bartleh Cummings; January 12, 1965) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, filmmaker, and voice actor. His music and lyrics are notable for their horror and sci-fi themes, and his live shows have be ...

Rise of the Northstar Rise of the Northstar (abbreviated as ROTNS) is a French heavy metal and hardcore punk band from Paris. Formed in 2008, the band combines heavy metal, hip-hop, and hardcore punk with Japanese pop culture influences. The band currently consists ...

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* S.O.D. (ex) * Sabaton * Samael (ex) * Satyricon (ex) * Savatage (United States only) * Scar Symmetry * Scorpion Child * Secret Sphere (ex) * Sepultura * Sinergy (ex) * Sinister (ex) * Sinner (ex) * Sirenia (ex) * Skyclad (ex) * Slaughter{{Cite web, url=https://www.nuclearblast.de/en/label/music/band/about/70975.slaughter.html, title=SLAUGHTER - Nuclear Blast, website=www.nuclearblast.de, language=en, access-date=2018-08-20 (ex) *

Slayer Slayer was an American thrash metal band from Huntington Park, California. The band was formed in 1981 by guitarists Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman, drummer Dave Lombardo and bassist/vocalist Tom Araya. Slayer's fast and aggressive musical style ...

(ex) * Slipknot (band) *

Soilwork Soilwork is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Helsingborg. They are signed to Nuclear Blast. Formed in late 1995 by Björn Strid and Peter Wichers, originally under the name ''Inferior Breed'', the band changed their name in late 1996 to S ...

* Sonata Arctica (ex) * Sonic Syndicate (ex) * Soulfly *

Speckmann Project Master is an American death metal band led by Paul Speckmann. Originally formed in Chicago, the band later relocated to Uherské Hradiště, Czechia. History The group was originally formed by Speckmann in 1983 as Death Strike, after the demis ...

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Stahlhammer Stahlhammer (German for "Steel Hammer") is a Neue Deutsche Härte band from Austria that formed in 1992. They incorporate elements from hardcore, groove metal, industrial metal and symphonic metal into their songs. The band has to this date ...

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Steel Prophet Steel Prophet is an American power metal band led by the founder and main writer Steve Kachinsky. History The band started in 1984 in Middletown, Connecticut. The group's initial lineup consisted of Kachinsky on guitar, Gary Stocking on vocals ...

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Stormwitch Stormwitch is a German Heavy metal music, heavy metal band from Heidenheim an der Brenz, Heidenheim, Baden Württemberg, Germany, formed in 1981. They have been called "The Masters of Black Romantic" by their fans. The band's song lyrics often f ...

(ex) * Stratovarius (ex) * Subway To Sally (ex) *

Success Will Write Apocalypse Across the Sky Success Will Write Apocalypse Across the Sky (SWWAATS) is an American death metal band from Tampa, Florida, formed in 2006. The group was founded by guitarists Aaron Haines and Ian Sturgill, shortly after the disbandment of their previous band, ...

(ex) * Such A Surge (ex) *

Suffocation Asphyxia or asphyxiation is a condition of deficient supply of oxygen to the body which arises from abnormal breathing. Asphyxia causes generalized hypoxia, which affects primarily the tissues and organs. There are many circumstances that can i ...

* Suicide Silence (ex) * Suicidal Tendencies (ex) *

Susperia Susperia is a Norwegian black/thrash metal band formed in October 1998 by Tjodalv and Cyrus. The band was originally named Seven Sins, but since there was another band with that name they changed it to the title of the horror film '' Suspiria' ...

(ex) * Swashbuckle (ex) * Sylosis * Symphony X

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* Tankard (ex) * Tarot * Tasters (ex) * Terror 2000 (ex) *

Testament A testament is a document that the author has sworn to be true. In law it usually means last will and testament. Testament or The Testament can also refer to: Books * ''Testament'' (comic book), a 2005 comic book * ''Testament'', a thriller nov ...

* Texas in July (Europe only) * Textures * Theatre of Tragedy (ex) * The 69 Eyes * The Abyss (ex) * The Accüsed (ex) * The Adicts * The Black League (ex) *

The Crinn The Crinn is an American mathcore band from Saint Paul, Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States, formed in 2005. On April 20, 2010, they released their debut album ''Dreaming Saturn'' through Nuclear Blast records. Discography * ''Kills C ...

(US only) * The Defiled *

The Duskfall The Duskfall is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Luleå, formed in 1999. The band released four full-length studio albums and, shortly afterwards, split in 2008; however, they reformed in 2014. History The band was formed in 1999 when g ...

(ex) * The Exploited * The Halo Effect * The Hellacopters * The Night Flight Orchestra * The Vintage Caravan * The Charm The Fury * Therion * Threat Signal *

Threshold Threshold may refer to: Architecture * Threshold (door), the sill of a door Media * ''Threshold'' (1981 film) * ''Threshold'' (TV series), an American science fiction drama series produced during 2005-2006 * "Threshold" (''Stargate SG-1''), ...

* Thunderstone (ex) * Thy Art Is Murder * Tiamat (ex) * Timo Tolkki (ex) * To/Die/For (ex) * Tuomas Holopainen *

Turilli / Lione Rhapsody Turilli / Lione Rhapsody was an Italian symphonic metal band formed in December 2018, by former Rhapsody of Fire members Luca Turilli and Fabio Lione. The lineup also included former Rhapsody of Fire members Alex Holzwarth, Patrice Guers, and Do ...

* Twilight Force

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* Unleashed

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* Vader *

Vein.fm Vein.fm (formerly known as Vein) is an American hardcore punk band from Boston that formed in 2013. They are known for their frequent tours and have performed shows with groups such as Code Orange and Twitching Tongues while in Europe. In 2017 ...

* Venom Inc. * Voivod

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Warmen Warmen is a Finnish heavy metal band assembled by keyboardist Janne "Warman" Wirman. Wirman has played with Children of Bodom from 1997 until their disbandment in 2019, and in 2000 created a musical project focused on instrumental work, which ...

(ex) * Warrior (ex) * Watain * We Came as Romans (Europe only) * Wednesday 13 * While Heaven Wept * White Skull (ex) * Winter (ex) * Wintersun * Witchcraft * Witchery (ex) * Within Temptation * Wolf Hoffmann * World Under Blood

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