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Ice Sealed Eyes bring their new album to Cologne. Formed in Brussels in 2020, the Belgian four-piece call what they do newcore – heavy, immersive music built around emotional weight rather than posturing. After the 2022 EP Solitude came an ambitious triptych of EPs (Torments, Fragments, Laments), collected into their debut album Altar in 2024:…

Oceans bring their emotionally raw heaviness to Cologne. "Oceans could easily be the next big thing." – Blabbermouth Since 2018, Germany's Oceans have fused death metal, nu metal and post-rock into a sound that's as heavy as it is emotionally raw. Their music tackles mental health with brutal honesty and zero compromise. From their debut…