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I'm going to have to go with Sweden; Enforcer, Helvetets Port, Tribulation, Portrait etc all great.

I must admit that I don't follow any of today's metal scene, but things in Slovenia aren't that bad at all. Some bands you might check:

CROSSBREED - The best Slovenian band, I think that they finally got a singer and 2nd guitarist! www.myspace.com/crossbreedslo

NEGLIGENCE - www.myspace.com/negligence

ERUPTION - www.myspace.com/eruptionband

RAGER - www.myspace.com/ragerspeedmetal

DAWN PATROL - www.myspace.com/dawnpatrolmetal

And of course there's Dyz's (Negligence mastermind) Bay area tribute: www.myspace.com/bayareatributeprojectvoli

The Bay Area tribute sounds great first time I've heard it.

From Today scene, I will tell without a doubt Spain !!

there are tons of actual great HM Bands in Spain nowadays who don't follow the fashion but play traditional HM as :

METAL MARENY
SHERATAN
SIRACIDA
SPHINX
and tons more ...
Argentina (PATAN, ICARO, TRIDENT, ...) & South & Central America too

Love that Mik from ALTAR OF OBLIVION!!!!!

Great stuff!!

Italy: Wotan,Doomsword,Holy Martyr,Thunderstorm I wouldn't say they are all brand new but they didn't get in full force until the 2000's.

Nightlock wrote:I'm going to have to go with Sweden; Enforcer, Helvetets Port, Tribulation, Portrait etc all great.

Agree! Helvetets Port is my favourite band these days. No other band sounds so old and forgotten today. Don't know of any other group sounding like them now?
Enforcer and Portrait are very good too.

Enforcer, Helvetets Port and Portrait really kicks ass..
Enforcer played at KIT didn't they?

A friend recommended this other swedish young band called In Solitude:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpBP_4UmlYs
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu ... =114138571

Really heavy shit! The intro riff on the live video is some ballcrushing stuff...

Kelly wrote:Enforcer, Helvetets Port and Portrait really kicks ass..
Enforcer played at KIT didn't they?

A friend recommended this other swedish young band called In Solitude:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpBP_4UmlYs
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu ... =114138571

Really heavy shit! The intro riff on the live video is some ballcrushing
stuff...

In Solitude fuk! awsome band
Crucifier from Greece are good too, great Thrash metal there chek them out!
and the best mexican band VOLTAX: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Q1CyxvuoIX8 yes!!!!!!!!!

Actually In Solitude don't quite do it for me. They're okay good at best but no Helvetets Port or Enforcer. Their music just doesn't sound all that original trapped somewhere in between power and traditional metal with no major pros from either genre.

Actually I think Russia is doing pretty fucking well these days. Plenty of new, young bands carry the torch of Olde Gods like MAGNIT, ARIA, AUGUST etc, rather than copying the western bands by numbers.

So far I've only scratched the surface of this scene so I'll have to backtrack if I'm going to do any namedropping. "BLACK BLACKSMITH" were pretty amazing but I've forgotten their russian name. Let's bug Destrozer for a scene-report!

DaN wrote:Actually I think Russia is doing pretty fucking well these days. Plenty of new, young bands carry the torch of Olde Gods like MAGNIT, ARIA, AUGUST etc, rather than copying the western bands by numbers.

So far I've only scratched the surface of this scene so I'll have to backtrack if I'm going to do any namedropping. "BLACK BLACKSMITH" were pretty amazing but I've forgotten their russian name. Let's bug Destrozer for a scene-report!

Other recommendations for killer new Sovjet Metal?Judging from Reanimatsiya this area can produce diamonds.

Nightlock wrote:I'm going to have to go with Sweden; Enforcer, Helvetets Port, Tribulation, Portrait etc all great.

all good choices!
Not kids by any means, but I'd recommend VILLAINS [all veterans of other bands] and the unsigned Staten Island death metal teens ENTHRALLED.